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Submissions

2
All New Minglewood Blues
Dec. 28, 1991
Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Stadium

X-Factor, Phil-Zone, Over the center field wall
3
Queen Jane Approximately
Sept. 19, 1988
Madison Square Garden

Yuppers!
21
Alabama Getaway
May 15, 1980
Nassau Coliseum

Rippin' getaway, Phil Bomb-punctuated jam. 43rd version to be listed? C'mon! Go to Nassau and check it out.
4
Franklin's Tower
Oct. 1, 1976
Market Square Arena

Inventive and unique
19
Help on the Way
Oct. 9, 1976
Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Stadium

Let's go to the audio tape...

Comments

Bird Song
Oct. 18, 1972
Fox Theater

The whole show is Bobby-mix oriented, and yes, it really showcases his phenomenal contributions. The China-Rider and that whole second-set suite give the listener a deeper appreciation of his genius.
China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider
March 9, 1981
Madison Square Garden

I was hitchhiking to see a girl I met at a GD show. A guy picked me up and I tossed this China>Rider into his cassette player. As he dropped me at my destination, I offered to send him some tapes. He said, please send the one you just played. My pleasure. (Who knows maybe he’ll read this.) Anyway, the creativeness of Jerry Garcia is in full-on here as he invents on the fly/ in the moment throughout the Chinacat and transition. And the mix-up, accidental or otherwise, in the “sun’s gonna shine” verse just provides another opportunity to take this to new places. Likewise, after the “headlight” lyrics. As a suite, this one is top-shelf. Oh yeah, the girl and I have been married for 20 years. Thanks for the ride, man.
Tennessee Jed
Feb. 26, 1973
Pershing Municipal Auditorium

Yup
Big Railroad Blues
Feb. 26, 1973
Pershing Municipal Auditorium

she's a rollin' down the line... SCHRED
Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
May 11, 1980
Cumberland County Civic Center

Interesting outro riff by Brent in the intro. And Bobby mixes this one up with great effect, e.g. the deliberate two-chord hits in the transition. He propels the Fire in similar fashion. The Scarlet is also one of a good handful without the “ain’t nothin’ wrong” verse which, in some interpretations, signals the eagerness to just play.