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almost ablaze

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Don't Ease Me In
Nov. 11, 1985
Brendan Byrne Arena

Brent on fire version that rocks
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Looks Like Rain
Nov. 11, 1985
Brendan Byrne Arena

Flawless beautiful LLR with a spectacular finish
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Sugar Magnolia
Nov. 4, 1985
The Centrum

Jerry rocks it out for like the entire last 5 minutes of this song
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Truckin'
Nov. 4, 1985
The Centrum

rocks from out the blocks, underrated song from an underrated show
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The Wheel
Nov. 4, 1985
The Centrum

Very strong from start to finish
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Comments

China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider
Dec. 9, 1981
Activity Center - University of Colorado

Lots of good comments here. My take: Spectacular version, almost flawless, Garcia is absolutely on fire. The China Cat is almost flawless although Jerry takes too long to come in on vocals for the first verse. As a result he plays that opening riff multiple times but it is indicative of how well he plays on this that he just nails that riff every single time, doesn’t miss a note and that is something where he often drops notes. By the end of IKYR Garcia is just tearing shit up and rockin' the joint.
Let It Grow
Nov. 2, 1985
Richmond Coliseum

This was overall the greatest show I ever saw and this song was part of the reason why.
Let It Grow
Sept. 11, 1985
Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center

Jerry delivers the whole way, Phil drops ordnance, nice lay down
Let It Grow
June 30, 1985
Merriweather Post Pavilion

There was not a Let It Grow performed on this date
Let It Grow
April 3, 1985
Providence Civic Center

Amazing version surprisingly low ranked. Right up there with any versions I've heard. Bobby gaffes one line of the lyrics but otherwise it is pretty close to a perfect rendition.
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