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Tennessee Jed
April 5, 1993
Nassau Coliseum

feels good to get lost in a good fluid jed, the light at end of the tunnellin' jokester's mountain. Barrelhouse vince, weir and lesh and fire jer bear
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Deal
April 15, 1982
Providence Civic Center

Hot, glinting Deal. early Brent is evolutionary days for the party songs in the ouevre, great tiger smoker!
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Bird Song
Oct. 30, 1980
Radio City Music Hall

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Snz5k9PkXTk magisterial jamming
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Truckin'
March 22, 1985
Hampton Coliseum

bobby puts his hand over his forehead as if looking out on a bright day on "other times i can barely see"
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Mississippi Halfstep Uptown Toodeloo
June 25, 1994
Sam Boyd Silver Bowl, U.N.L.V.

jer bear sings this one beautifully

Comments

Dark Star
June 24, 1970
Capitol Theatre

A moving experience, so close to being lost forever yet saved from the abyss by Ken and judy, this magical version is so jazzy lush and transcendent, fuck yes. Glowing with a primordial state of infinite transition, constellation undulating across millenia of time and light, revealed to us in but an image, a film of existence
Not Fade Away
June 24, 1970
Capitol Theatre

Mega portion of tube-frying raw power--cleansing sermonic type 2 opener
Uncle John's Band
June 24, 1970
Capitol Theatre

closes acoustic and electric sets, each is a visceral epigram summarizing in such a simple sweep the mindset born that generations would continue to inherit.
Spoonful
March 25, 1991
Knickerbocker Arena

russian lullaby jam
Bertha
Nov. 2, 1979
Nassau Coliseum

freaky version, love it! Solo finds all the little spaces and commas that you didnt know existed within this deceptively simple gd classic.