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Eyes Of The World
Jan. 17, 1979
New Haven Coliseum

Several relentless guitar passages throughout.
4
Wharf Rat
Jan. 10, 1979
Nassau Coliseum

Hard to believe this is an AUD. 8:00-8:40 is a good example - crystal clear and tight.
3
Row Jimmy
Jan. 10, 1979
Nassau Coliseum

Not too fast and not too slow with some nice double time at the end.
4
Playin' In The Band
Jan. 6, 1978
Swing Auditorium

Jerry has laryngitis, so only Bobby tunes set 2 this day, and Keith Godchaux takes over the 2nd half of this PITB, especially the last 5 minutes.
5
Deal
June 22, 1983
City Island

This is an eleven minute Deal with a bunch of ebbs, flows and peaks.
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Comments

Mississippi Halfstep Uptown Toodeloo
March 18, 1977
Winterland Arena

Jerry cannot remember the words of half step and solos through a couple of verses. Its nice to hear Jerry play over the verses. And you can tell Jerry's trying to make up for missing the lyrics before and after rio grandeo. There are a bunch of 77 half steps up near the top and this one deserves a look in spite of this one almost being instrumental.
Mind Left Body Jam
May 19, 1974
Portland Memorial Coliseum

Zoinks is right. I've been meaning to sing the praises of this version for a while. Might as well pile it on.
Crazy Fingers
Feb. 28, 1975
Bob Weir's Studio

This one should be on here. I was blown away the first time I heard it. Nothing floating about this one - it's all muscle.
Sugaree
Oct. 9, 1977
McNichols Arena

I'll put the link to mine on this page when I finish. Have you ever been to deadessays.blogspot, Carrion Crow? There's some Phd level stuff there.
Sugaree
Oct. 9, 1977
McNichols Arena

I set it up similar to Sharleena - who posted a google sheet of a scarlet fire project while back. There are eight sections to every half step and I've been ranking each section from A+ to C- and then taking an average. I'm also partial to the last three rio grandeo sections, so I weight them all twice as much. There are 19 '77 half-steps, and one is missing from the archive (10/7), so it's not even close to sharleena's project in scope. It's nerd paradise really.
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