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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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Cassidy
July 23, 1994
Soldier Field

Also: I would rather listen to this version than any 70s version.
Cassidy
July 23, 1994
Soldier Field

Yeah this is one of those weird summer 94 tunes that is genuinely fantastic. He does invoke that godawful octave pedal in the middle of the jam but it's saved by some shredding at the end. Summer 94 is pretty much universally panned, and for good reason, but there's some good stuff, like this show's BEW and Cassidy, the Deer Creek PITB and Help Slip Frank, and the Buckeye Lake show. Definitely think that July 1994 was the worst Jerry's playing had ever sounded; majorly worse than on spring tour that same year. What the hell happened from March to July?
If I Had The World To Give
Aug. 30, 1978
Red Rocks Ampitheatre

Mid solo is definitive IMO
Terrapin Station
March 24, 1990
Knickerbocker Arena

Never been a huge fan of Lady With a Fan post 1978 - Jerry's voice doesn't cut it for me. This is still an excellent version, and the outro + MLB jam is unbelievably fantastic. Worth a vote for sure.
Help On The Way > Slipknot > Franklin's Tower
March 24, 1990
Knickerbocker Arena

Horrendous transition out of Slipknot. Ruins the whole thing imo. The version from 3/30 is much stronger, which the Dead must have known as it's featured on Without a Net.
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