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Row Jimmy
Sept. 20, 1974
Palais Des Sports

Billy's doing some interesting stuff on the drums here! And excellent solo from Jer! Vocals too!
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El Paso
Sept. 20, 1974
Palais Des Sports

74 versions really captured the western tone well. Short and sweet.
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Beat it on Down The Line
Sept. 20, 1974
Palais Des Sports

Rough start but gets real solid and fun
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Bertha
Aug. 5, 1979
Oakland Auditorium Arena

Jerry calls for Bertha then proceed to royally flub the lyrics LOL. Solid bouncy version though.
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Sugar Magnolia
Sept. 15, 1987
MSG

Phil and Brent really escalate the dance party factor of this tune in later years. Great performance this night. Just sheer fun. Comes to awk end.
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Comments

The Other One
Oct. 16, 1977
Louisiana State U

Much, much agreed^^ skipping a lot of '77 performances of TOO is to miss a lot of real gold. They aren't as fleshed out as they were in earlier years at this point, but they are really special.
Little Red Rooster
Dec. 9, 1981
Activity Center - University of Colorado

Big one
Friend of the Devil
Dec. 9, 1981
Activity Center - University of Colorado

Gorgeous indeed! Wow, Garcia knew how to hit you where it counts.
Wharf Rat
April 26, 1971
Fillmore East

After all these years, I still haven't been able to figure out what's that droning sound that whirs in and out lowly throughout the early versions, particularly this one. Is that Bob? Jerry? Sounds much more like Bob's style. Any help?
Wharf Rat
April 26, 1971
Fillmore East

God, I miss the first time I heard this. I couldn't believe how much atmosphere had been captured in this. Haunting performance. Dreadful, almost.
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