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Deal
April 4, 1985
Civic Center

Blazin' hot smokeshow of syncopated bends, slides, and hammer ons that turns the intensity up to 11
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Let It Rock
Sept. 16, 1989
Poplar Creek

Clarence Clemons sits in for the whole show and really is a great addition. They rock this Let It Rock better than anywhere else I have heard anywhere
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Jack Straw
March 31, 1988
Meadowlands Arena

Very strong throughout. Excellent Weir vocals. Garcia delivers.

Comments

Lost Sailor -> Saint of Circumstance
Nov. 1, 1985
Richmond Coliseum

This entire weekend was mindblowing beyond words, This is the best Sailor-Saint I ever heard. Tripping balls with Drums Space in between...wow The only thing that could beat it was the next night that somehow topped it.
Let It Grow
April 14, 1984
Hampton Coliseum

This performance of this song is what made me Deadicated for life. This was my very first show. I didn't really know the music other than What A Long Strange Trip It's Been and Skeletons In The Closet. I had no idea what was about to hit me. The acid was coming on strong right about the time the Dead just laid into a monster Let It Grow and blew the top of my head clean off. I had never in my life heard a jam that intense -- certainly not live. All the circumstances were perfect to simply steal my face -- and I never got it back again.
Viola Lee Blues
May 2, 1970
Harpur College

I really don't understand how this one got so many #1 votes. There are several better versions. Go listen to 12-4-66: it smokes this one. 12-4-66 is like you tied one end of a rope to the moon and tied a net filled with a ton of bricks on the other end of the rope and then your buddy climbed Mt. Everest with the bricks and let them loose from 26,000 feet and they swung and slammed right straight into your face. And then you get up and do it a few more times. Of course, at this point, your buddy is pretty spent what with running up and down Everest so many times -- but 12-4-66 is worth it.
Viola Lee Blues
Dec. 4, 1966
The Matrix Club

This gets my vote for best Viola Lee. It's like Jerry's driving a locomotive all through your brain and Pigpen is shovellin' the coal.
Morning Dew
Sept. 18, 1987
Madison Square Garden

I was at this MSG show and I was at 11-2-85 where they also did Morning Dew. 11-2-85 smokes this version and every other version ever.
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