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Althea
Aug. 23, 1980
Alpine Valley Music Theater

A 1980 Althea! Gorgeous and soaring and lilting!
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Lazy Lightnin' -> Supplication
Aug. 23, 1980
Alpine Valley Music Theater

Great jam into Supplication!
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Tennessee Jed
Aug. 23, 1980
Alpine Valley Music Theater

Packs a punch! Very groovy….
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Playin' In The Band
Feb. 24, 1971
Capitol Theater

Great for Toddler-Heads at under 5 minutes, with quirky urgency, one of the shortest ever…
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King Bee
Feb. 24, 1971
Capitol Theater

Blue Dead or Grateful Blues… either way, Jerry and Pigpen were master blues men.
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Comments

Terrapin Station
Oct. 7, 1977
University of New Mexico

Lack of lyrics for a nice while turns this into an excellent jam.
Wharf Rat
June 20, 1983
Merriweather Post Pavilion

Lighting strikes, Phil goes bananas, the crowd goes berserk, just as they hit that moment, "I'll get up and fly away..." And then the Sugar Mags..... The epitome of a Dead show.
Jack Straw
Oct. 20, 1984
Carrier Dome, Syracuse U

Impossible to pick a best ever Jack Straw, but this is a great one....
Pretty Peggy O
Sept. 3, 1977
Raceway Park

Best ever. Period.
Mississippi Halfstep Uptown Toodeloo
Sept. 3, 1977
Raceway Park

Cascading and lilting and gorgeous and lush....!!! Like most "Best Ever" versions, it takes a while for Jerry and the Boys to take us there. Most "Best Ever" versions start off as just another average, ordinary version (which is great, too!). But then, maybe half-way through, maybe sooner, maybe later, we realize we are listening to something beyond description. This "Best Ever" is the epitome of that. So ridiculously fantastic and inspiring.
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