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Very Grateful.

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Man Smart, Woman Smarter
Sept. 12, 1987
Capital Centre

Awesome.
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China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider
April 1, 1985
Cumberland County Civic Center

Wow! Smokin! Jerry whips up an amazing transition before crossing into Rider. Playing is tight and fast. Heady af!
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Liberty
March 24, 1994
Nassau Coleseum

Most underrated version ever. Don’t get turned off by the fact that it’s an audience recording.
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Sugar Magnolia
July 4, 1990
Sandstone Amphitheatre

Hot version!
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Pretty Peggy O
Dec. 27, 1987
Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena

Really nice version! Needs more votes
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Comments

Let The Good Times Roll
Dec. 31, 1988
Oakland Coliseum Arena

Really? Some bad flubs here. I'd put this at the bottom of the list. The whole things sounds barely held together.
Lost Sailor
Aug. 4, 1979
Oakland Auditorium

First version played and I genuinely think this is the best Lost Sailor i’ve heard instrumentally. Jerry is just rentless, like stones skipping across the water… or bullets.
Mexicali Blues
Oct. 26, 1971
The Palestra, U. of Rochester

Wow
Casey Jones
March 1, 1992
The Omni

Respectfully, you couldn’t have made a post on the Grateful Dead subreddit or any other forum? This website is for performance rankings, not Q&A. it’s misleading, Casey Jones was never played on this date. The show you’re thinking of is 6/20/92 RFK
China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider
March 21, 1985
Hampton Coliseum

Best China > Rider of the 80s? Hot version!!!!
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