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Stella Blue
Oct. 10, 1994
USAir Arena

Beautiful version from a totally unheralded show. Jerry's impassioned vocals in the verses blew me away.
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Cassidy
June 25, 1994
Sam Boyd Silver Bowl, U.N.L.V.

Spacey, LONG, jam. There's a video, and you can see Bob smiling as Jerry somehow nails the last climax of the jam and they slam into the chorus.
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Cold Rain and Snow
March 23, 1995
Charlotte Coliseum

Hot version - Jerry's guitar tone is thicker than it was in 94, he's totally present and playing some of those added riffs like in 10/12/83.
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Cassidy
Sept. 18, 1982
Boston Garden

Lots of very under the radar shows in 82. This version is perfectly executed from start to finish - great end jam with huge finish.
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Uncle John's Band
Dec. 8, 1993
Sports Arena

Pretty hot version. Nice mid solo and shreddy outro that heads into a spacey jam. Great vince contributions and Jerry firing on all cylinders
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Revolution
Oct. 12, 1983
Madison Square Garden

Love this version, even though they all suck (sorry!) - truly amazing energy at these MSG shows in 83. Cosmic
Let It Grow
March 25, 1983
Compton Terrace Amphitheatre

Cool version. Very mediocre verses and mid solo without the characteristic-for-the-era speedy playing that Jerry usually played there - but they more than make up for it in the outro. That's one of my favorite things about this band - if they fucked up a verse, or a song, or a show, or even a whole tour, they never failed to recognize that they'd let the audience down a little, and they'd always come back stronger. See: shitty summer tour 94 followed by amazing fall tour 94.
Jack A Roe
Oct. 5, 1994
The Spectrum

Great solo, Jerry came to play on this night!
Space
Oct. 12, 1984
Augusta Civic Center

bcarter - I would kill to hear what they would have done to an estimated at this show too, but I think part of the magic is the sparseness (song-wise) of the second set. The meat of the second set is really only a couple songs, and yet they're so unbelievably well executed that there isn't a show around that can really compete with this one.
Dark Star
March 30, 1994
The Omni

Cheers, darkstar. Couldn't agree more. You can find something different in each listen, and isn't that what it's all about? Give the second set from 3/21 a listen if you liked this. Hope to see you in that discussion!
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