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The Wheel
June 21, 1976
Tower Theater

Wow. Opens the 2nd set in the best year of the Wheel... Donna was awesome! This tune was hers in '76....
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The Eleven
Jan. 23, 1969
Avalon Ballroom

Excellent. Rehearsal. From Download Series Vol. 12
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Hell in a Bucket
Nov. 6, 1987
Henry J Kaiser Convention Center

Explodes out of Scarlet...a very dreamy Scarlet. Weird & unexpected, not the let-down some might expect. Not at all. Bob's a bit scraggly though...
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Turn On Your Love Light
Nov. 11, 1985
Brendan Byrne Arena

Genuinely super 80s version....
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Feel Like A Stranger
Nov. 10, 1985
Meadowlands Arena

Set closer. Excellent!
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Dark Star
Nov. 15, 1971
The Austin Municipal Auditorium

Yes. This is the Grateful Dead. The second half out of El Paso is absurd, into a mellow rocking Casey and it’s not even the end of a ridiculous First Set. Entire show is why we keep listening and will be forever GRATEFUL. And…..this is a TOP 5 OVERALL DARK STAR.
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!)
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