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Deal
May 29, 1971
Winterland Arena

Great version; early vintage or not
4
Might As Well
June 21, 1984
Kingswood Music Theater

This is the one
2
Don't Ease Me In
Dec. 12, 1972
Winterland Arena

Energetic version
5
Dupree's Diamond Blues
June 21, 1984
Kingswood Music Theater

Real nice latter era version from a fine show with Jerry doing this Dupree's some late game justice
4
U.S. Blues (Wave That Flag)
March 23, 1987
Hampton Coliseum

US Blooz

Comments

Got My Mojo Working
Oct. 21, 1978
Winterland Arena

“Then we get a tremendous Mojo jam with Lee Oskar of War joining in on harmonica giving it a real bluesy, open feel. The segue into The Other One is so smooth you cannot tell where the Mojo ended and The Other One began, but suddenly you realize that it is indeed that unmistakable theme steaming toward you. And watch out because it gets super head-exploding hot and funky before dropping into an unbelievably sumptuous Stella Blue” (Dead of the Day)
Let It Grow
June 10, 1976
Boston Music Hall

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RaE2_wHDGw
Let It Grow
June 10, 1976
Boston Music Hall

Carrion_Crow, I am a completist at heart but this mashup of jams from ‘76 provides ‘furthur’ evidence
They Love Each Other
Oct. 28, 1977
Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial Hall

There’s a version of JGB Ain’t No Woman where Martin Fierro on flute sounds like an old Atari game then a dial up modem, no kidding. And it’s a fantastic version otherwise, or maybe “because of”
When Push Comes to Shove
Sept. 15, 1987
MSG

^ I love this song. One of my fav lines and perfect for a Jerry song “Here there may be tigers to punch you in the ear”