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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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Comments

Dark Star
Feb. 18, 1971
Capitol Theater

I avoided this for years because I heard it once when I was 16 and thought it was overrated...how WRONG was I??? The 2 or 3 minute "beautiful jam" segment is truly unreal. The way Bobby and Phil are always there to catch Jerry with a beautiful major key resolution as he weaves his notes through the cosmos is just lovely. Jerry's playing here (and in a lot of early 71) is so different than how he played ever again. absolutely unbelievable use of dynamics.
Estimated Prophet
July 26, 1994
Riverport Amphitheatre

Pretty spacey and hot outro jam. The body of the song is nothing to write home about, but Phil, Vince, and the drummers take the out jam into space! very cool, i think the one from Jerrys birthday show is better though
Looks Like Rain
Oct. 14, 1994
Madison Square Garden

Pretty terrible version. Whenever Jerry whipped out the weird spooky sounding octave pedal that he used a lot in late 94 and 95, you knew it was because he couldn't handle playing anything difficult. See also 7/23/94 Cassidy or a lot of 94-95 Sugarees.
Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
Oct. 14, 1994
Madison Square Garden

Love the little theme Jerry plays with for about 15 seconds at 19:30 in Fire. That, IMO, is where the Fire heats up.
Queen Jane Approximately
Oct. 14, 1994
Madison Square Garden

Best version of this tune as far as I'm concerned. Jerry's tone is lovely and Vince's contributions elevate this one. Bob and Vince playing off each other at the end is just so nice. Clearly the whole band having fun here.
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