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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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It Must Have Been The Roses
April 22, 1978
Nashville Municipal Auditorium

Great version - nice little Lost Sailor tease at the end of the song. Nice to hear Bobby playing around with that riff over a year before the song debuted.
Black Peter
Dec. 31, 1969
???

Beautiful, crushing vocals. Love the 69-70 electric versions.
Cassidy
June 25, 1994
Sam Boyd Silver Bowl, U.N.L.V.

Cassidy is interesting. In the mid-80s, they added the extra G#m/C#m "sharp turn" in the jam, and that added a lot of depth to the song. In 94 they added an extra part to the jam, before the minor key climb back into the verse, in which they quieted down the jam for a moment. Interesting to see that develop in real time through summer 94 - 7/23 is another cool version. Also nice to see Jerry could still hack it, at least a little bit, on any one song from this show.
Playin' In The Band
July 19, 1994
Deer Creek Music Center

Hey it's maybe moderately more interesting than other 94-95 Playins but this really just feels like noodling to me. I'm a HUGE fan of 1994 Dead but this aint it. Nice noise to have on in the background while doing work but if you guys think this is fantastic idk what youre smoking
Mississippi Halfstep Uptown Toodeloo
April 7, 1985
The Spectrum

Great moment in the outro where Jerry screams "across the rio grandeo" raises his fist and you can hear the crowd go wild.
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