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Stella Blue
June 22, 1992
Star Lake Amphitheater

Jerry's guitar scorches throughout, with genuine pin drop moments, followed by sweeping beauty. Coda laments for Stella are short but sweet.
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Let It Grow
March 27, 1988
Hampton Coliseum

Surprised it's not here. Epic show, one of the best of the 80s.
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Standing On The Moon
June 8, 1994
Cal Expo

You will miss Jerry. Insanely great.
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Althea
Nov. 2, 1985
Richmond Coliseum

Surprised this ain't here. Builds nicely.
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Sugar Magnolia
Feb. 18, 1985
Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center

All about that Sunshine Daydream.
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Dancin' in the Streets
April 10, 1978
Fox Theatre

The first half jam almost makes this a top tier version…. a wonderful jam. Keith’s piano glows. Really, really great! Then Bobby counts down the twisty coda jam and the bottom drops out a bit. The final jamming tumbles and falls, eventually landing in one the earliest semi-official Drumz….
The Other One
March 2, 1969
Fillmore West

Vicious, relentless, fantastic, fiery scorcher out the gate to the very last insane rips of the Cryptical Envelopment Coda… totally insane, right up there with 5/2/70, 2/13/70, etc…. And yes… this is the greatest introduction, and most accurate, in GD history, when Bill Graham calls them “The American version of the Japanese film the Magnificent Seven” (which is hilarious, since Kurasowa’s film was the Seven Samurai, which John Surges based his movie on, etc, etc, etc….) Not just one of the best Other One-Cryptical ever… one of the greatest musical works of art of all time, though the Dead are responsible for a lot of those, but…. Anyhow!!! Enjoy!!!
Sugaree
May 19, 1977
Fox Theatre

Shredfest! Swings on all cylinders as does the entire show!
Jack Straw
May 17, 1977
Memorial Coliseum

Rip roaring!! Everything on this night is stellar! Tight, quick, short, but pretty much a near perfect Jack Straw from a great top 50 show!! Maybe top 25….. could be top 10…. (for me!)
Help on the Way
Oct. 9, 1976
Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Stadium

A centerpiece for a fantastic second set! Almost a stand alone HELP since it takes a while for it to find its way to Franklins, so that's why the voting is here. And the SLIPKNOT is ridiculous. But really, the whole sequence of St.Steph-NFA-St.Steph-Help-Slip-Samson-Slip-Frank is phenomenal!!
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