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Lazy Lightnin' -> Supplication
Jan. 8, 1979
Madison Square Garden

Sneaks up on you. Clean audience source.
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Wharf Rat
Jan. 8, 1979
Madison Square Garden

Gets up and wanders and flies away
8
Mama Tried
Dec. 28, 1979
Oakland Auditorium

Really tight and energetic; follows the blistering Sugaree and darts into superb Mexicali
7
New Minglewood Blues
Oct. 12, 1983
Madison Square Garden

Injected with Weir’s idiosyncratic slide runs; then Jerry sends it around for another lap.
10
Brother Esau
Oct. 12, 1983
Madison Square Garden

This one bounces, spins, and rolls through the waves rather well.
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Comments

Dark Star
July 31, 1971
Yale Bowl, Yale University

Goes down smooth like an afternoon cocktail... with a jigger of rainbow juice.
Jack Straw
Jan. 11, 1979
Nassau Coliseum

^ Here's a Jerry still soloing consolation video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuR_lDvi9no
Playin' In The Band
June 19, 1976
Capitol Theatre

Another piece that’s been absorbed deep into the grey matter (surely rainbow-tinged by now) over the years and then brought to new life with a video. Thanks, everyone.
The Other One
Oct. 12, 1968
Avalon Ballroom

AKA the good shit.
Black Throated Wind
April 24, 1972
Rheinhalle

Jer's run-up the scale near the end is just exactly perfect.
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