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1
Hell in a Bucket
Sept. 6, 1983
Red Rocks Amphitheatre

Punchy and ready!
7
New Minglewood Blues
May 11, 1978
Springfield Civic Center Arena

Bobby's the hypeman for lightning rod Minglewood jamming in Springfield Mass.
2
The Race Is On
Oct. 29, 1980
Radio City Music Hall

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1cFy6NzS1k Heady acoustic Race is On, speedy as secretariat and so killin'! Barrelhouse Brent and gold Cali harmonies
1
Beat it on Down The Line
May 6, 1978
Patrick Gymnasium - University of Vermont

Speedy Beat it on this "five-six-seventy-eight" gig! Awesome!
4
Big River
May 1, 1981
Hampton Coliseum

Seguing from me and my uncle, crowd goes nuts. Smooth Rhodes playing and hot jer. Great version

Comments

Ship of Fools
June 20, 1974
The Omni

Chills. Big man is angelic, forever young on this madly inspired perfect groovy version with beautiful contributions from all.
Big Railroad Blues
Oct. 15, 1983
Civic Center

https://youtu.be/c0LeYB0IAHw Jerry's second solo on this one.... one of my favs, the sheer passion and fierce emotion exhibited by all for the blues in this version is deeply moving experience, makes me grateful to experience that GD magic
Playin' In The Band
Aug. 4, 1974
Philadelphia Civic Center

i've been really sleeping on this one... intricate and refined from the first seconds of liftoff... rhodes rhodes rhodes. WOLF and bill kreutzmann made this tune his bitch in the early 70's his project for expansion. This is the rainy sushi and sake buffet to the michelin coursed meals of those DS's.
Uncle John's Band
Dec. 18, 1993
Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Fantastic lightning bolt years version, explores with smirking authority and continues Playin!
Here Comes Sunshine
Feb. 9, 1973
Roscoe Maples Pavilion - Stanford University

me too danny... big fabs junkie so I love all versions of this one including the welnick ones