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1
Playin' In The Band
Dec. 8, 1993
Sports Arena

Nice Playin'. Jerry finds a few good riffs. Not usually a fan of late era playins, as Jerry's speedy playing is so integral. He plays pretty well here
3
Cassidy
Oct. 30, 1984
Berkeley Community Theater

Picture perfect. Soaring leads from Jerry and crashes exquistely back into the verse
2
Playin' In The Band
Oct. 28, 1984
Berkeley Community Theatre

Hot Playin>China Doll>Playin. Long and exploratory on both ends, especially for 84.
2
Jack Straw
Nov. 29, 1994
McNichols Sports Arena

Very hot tour opener. Jerry's playing is excellent. This show is the only good one from this weird little run in Colorado.
5
Ramble On Rose
Sept. 29, 1994
Boston Garden

Shockingly good. Only good things to say about the Boston Garden run from this tour. These first few nights allayed fears after awful summer tour.
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Dire Wolf
July 2, 1995
Deer Creek Music Center

With feeling. Jerry goes for it on the vocals.
Wave to the Wind
June 23, 1993
Deer Creek Music Center

Honestly one of the worst songs I’ve ever heard. I saw someone comment on another version “this is one of the reasons I stopped seeing the dead” and I get it. I’ll take any Vince song over this. Jerry takes some ripping solos though, and the little out jam into terrapin is cool.
Dark Star
March 30, 1994
The Omni

Sorry to say that no 94 DS gets my vote. This one and 3/16 are both unexploratory noodlefests. I will give Vince some credit - his sound is very reminiscent of Pigpen's 60s Vox organ. Really cool. This show overall is quite good, but they should have hung up DS after 3/20/92.
Terrapin Station
Oct. 10, 1994
USAir Arena

Sublime transition from Estimated to Terrapin. Love how Jerry plays with the classic Lady with a Fan riff out of Estimated. Very underrated show IMO
Help On The Way > Slipknot > Franklin's Tower
Oct. 10, 1994
USAir Arena

I'm not going to lie I straight up love Vince's "Roll away-ay-ay the dew" harmonies on all the 90s Franklin's. Come at me, haters
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