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Terrapin Station
Sept. 20, 1982
Madison Square Garden

There was nothing like a Terrapin in the Garden! Into drums-quick-weird-almost-Close Encounters-Spanish Jam-rip-roaring Truckin' in the Garden....
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Throwing Stones
Sept. 20, 1982
Madison Square Garden

Short and sweet and kinda quaint as this was the third time ever, still a work in progress... into a very good Day Job!
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Row Jimmy
Sept. 20, 1982
Madison Square Garden

Nice out-row coda groove!
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Samson and Delilah
Sept. 14, 1982
University of Virginia

Scorching! Bridge between great China-Rider and sweet High Time!
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Never Trust A Woman
Sept. 20, 1982
Madison Square Garden

A grooving, blues beauty.
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Uncle John's Band
May 19, 1977
Fox Theatre

Opens in reverse, yep, with the rocking sense of urgency we usually find in the coda, one of the best pieces of music ever, and it's just a fulcrum for one of the all-time-grate jams (Estimated-Terrapin-Playin-UJB-Drmz-Wheel-China Doll-Playin), a sequence most Prog Rock bands wish they could come close to after years in a studio, and the Dead just did it night after night on stage with little-to-no preparation, creating masterful works of art like it really was no big deal, improvisational masterpieces..... And the Wheel-China Doll is exquisite!!
Jack Straw
May 21, 1977
Lakeland Civic Center

Best? Maybe. Super fluid and rocking, the usual May of '77 grateness......
Terrapin Station
Feb. 4, 1978
Milwaukee Auditorium

Everything we want from a Terrapin!!!
The Music Never Stopped
Oct. 1, 1977
Paramount Theatre

Jerry shreds the roof off the joint, then steps back, takes a breath, and blows the roof off the place even more!!!! This tune sometimes suffers from the band never quite being in sync with Jerry as he rips through the coda jam…. They sometimes miss the transitions that need to happen to make this just near exactly perfect…. But 77 was a great year for this tune and this might be the best of the year, despite early vocal stuff, etc…….
Wharf Rat
Nov. 1, 1977
Cobo Arena

Wharf Rat— Truckin…. A scorching combo!!! Excellent excellent show!!!
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