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2
Here Comes Sunshine
March 18, 1994
Rosemont Horizon

Just a lovely version. Beautiful little mid solo and lovely synths and harmonies from Vince. These spring 94 shows are almost universally underrated.
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Truckin'
April 5, 1995
Jefferson Civic Center Coliseum

MAJOR PHIL VOCALS HERE
2
Truckin'
April 2, 1982
Cameron Indoor Stadium, Duke U

Nicely jammed into from He's Gone, awesome Bobby, Jerry and Brent scat on the outro and high energy
2
The Music Never Stopped
March 18, 1994
Rosemont Horizon

HEADY outro jam with all members contributing. Great barroom keys from Vince and some speedy playing from Jer. Basically unknown show, great 1st set!
2
Space
Sept. 12, 1990
The Spectrum

Beautiful rendition of Handsome Cabin Boy/Two Soldiers lasting over 3 minutes in the middle

Comments

Foolish Heart
March 22, 1995
Charlotte Coliseum

One of those great late era mid solos that seems like it might end three times but Jerry just winds it and winds it…sounds great on the available auds hearing the crowd get more and more into it as he keeps it going. I always liked Vince’s harmonies on this tune.
Pretty Peggy O
May 28, 1995
Portland Meadows

Beautiful aching version. Nice to be reminded how special this band was - ALWAYS. Jerry’s old man voice really suits this one and solos are nice and pretty. This is definitely one of the songs that did not suffer and possibly got better as Jerry declined.
Hell in a Bucket
June 26, 1994
Sam Boyd Silver Bowl

Jerry has some absolutely searing leads here - he's only hampered by his thin distorted tone, a hallmark of his Summer '94 sound. Definitely a tight version,
Bird Song
Oct. 15, 1984
Civic Center

Really lovely out jam. Jerry and Phil sound great and so does Brent. Damn. So does Bob. And so do the drummers! All around classic mid 80s version with one of those meandering jams that never peaks but it does sound very nice.
Foolish Heart
June 27, 1995
The Palace

Not only is the jam into Foolish pretty good, the mid solo is stunningly hot. Foolish is one of the few songs I notice pretty consistently which Jerry never lost his mojo for playing a ripping solo on.