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3
Jack Straw
June 18, 1983
Saratoga Performing Arts Center

Great guitar work highlights this version, Jerry is dialed in from the get-go. Great show.
1
Not Fade Away
Dec. 29, 1984
San Francisco Civic Center

Posted the wrong date before; anyway, this is a scorcher.
3
The Other One
Dec. 30, 1989
Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena

Don't sleep on this one - super dark and intense version.
3
Playin' In The Band
March 27, 1985
Nassau Coliseum

Great version that gets really spooky towards the end. Very nice exploratory passages with Jerry, Brent and the Devils especially shining.
1
The Other One
May 27, 1989
Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Stadium

An utterly whacked out version. Healy's vocal effects are just plain weird.

Comments

Jack A Roe
Feb. 17, 1979
Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Jerry and Bob have some fantastic interplay throughout this one.
Greatest Story Ever Told
Feb. 17, 1979
Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Seriously, this needs to be WAAAAAAAY higher. They play this song like their welcoming back a long lost friend. Keith is more alive here than he is in any other part of the show. Jerry's solo is the definition of torched and his fills are to die for. As good as many 1972-74 versions.
The Wheel
Nov. 30, 1980
Fox Theatre

Serenity.
Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
Feb. 26, 1990
Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena

One of those where you really can't find another one like it. This one's a real trip.
China Cat Sunflower
Feb. 14, 1968
Carousel Ballroom

This early version reminds me of the Doors; Jerry even sounds like he's darkening his tone a bit to mirror Morrison a little. Really cool version.