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2
He's Gone
April 1, 1980
Capitol Theatre

A solid version with a passage about a minute long straight out of the heavens - directly following the a capella section. Must hear.
10
Stella Blue
July 1, 1979
Seattle Center Coliseum

Horrible video with STELLA sound on YouTube.
2
Black Peter
May 15, 1981
Rutgers Athletic Center

The first solo is sweet and beautiful. The outro is short, bluesy shredding.
10
Eyes Of The World
May 15, 1981
Rutgers Athletic Center

The well played end to a S>F>E>E combination. Jerry plays with a theme recognizable from the eyes on DP6.
10
Uncle John's Band
May 26, 1977
Baltimore Civic Center

The encore of the penultimate show of May 1977. It's short, but these people are practiced at this date.
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Comments

The Music Never Stopped
Dec. 27, 1978
Golden Hall, Community Concourse

Spectacular mid section and a decent outro. This one deserves votes. Edit: I've rediscovered this one a couple of months later and I think it belongs somewhere around #5 on the list, give or take a few. It's way better than 4 votes. The linked source is not the best of the three.
The Music Never Stopped
Dec. 27, 1977
Winterland Arena

I missed the one I wanted by a year.
Mississippi Halfstep Uptown Toodeloo
Nov. 23, 1978
Capital Centre

Awesome playing pre and post rio grandeo. Jerry does sound like a dying frog, but he tries to play his way around the laryngitis.
The Music Never Stopped
Nov. 18, 1978
Uptown Theatre

This is from the heyday of the song and this reading is really strong. But the quality of the SBD makes this version absolutely stand out.The midsection is great: rapid at first and then melodic and kind of cosmic before the segue and the outro is perfectly fine. I would put this one in the top 10.
The Music Never Stopped
Dec. 12, 1978
Jai-Alai Fronton

Great mid section.
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