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Casey Jones
April 30, 1981
Greensboro Coliseum

Before they start playing, Bob tells the crowd about how there was a train wreck near here and the engineer died, but his memory lives.
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Johnny B. Goode
April 30, 1981
Greensboro Coliseum

Solid, high octane ender for the second set..
2
Mexicali Blues
March 5, 1972
Winterland Arena

Lively, with solid lead vocals and harmonies.
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El Paso
March 5, 1972
Winterland Arena

I love these early 70's El Paso ditties.
2
Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad
March 5, 1972
Winterland Arena

Another great 1972 version of this rockin' tune.

Comments

Friend of the Devil
Oct. 30, 1991
Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Underrated run of shows. 1991 had a lot of highlights and these 4 shows from Oakland are all very good.
Sugar Magnolia
Oct. 27, 1991
Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Guys - you forgot to fit Sunshine Daydream in somewhere. As the instrumental break post vocals starts, Bruce sits back and lets Jerry take the lead and after a while, he jumps and and has some fun.
U.S. Blues (Wave That Flag)
April 9, 1987
UIC Pavilion

Jerry nails the instrumental break. A rollicking good version.
The Mighty Quinn (Quinn The Eskimo)
March 19, 1986
Hampton Coliseum

For a non-jam encore, there is a short, but sweet instrumental break.
Smokestack Lightnin'
Sept. 5, 1991
Richfield Coliseum

Having similar melodies, it almost sounds like they're going going to play New Speedway Boogie. It's got that great intensity, focus and execution like so many great tunes played in 1991.