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Sugar Magnolia
Sept. 22, 1991
Boston Garden

Bruce pummels this one, repeating a hummable lick apparently unique to this version. It elicits a big finish from the whole band.
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Space
March 24, 1991
Knickerbocker Arena

Concerted and intense in the last few minutes. A team effort.
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Wharf Rat
Oct. 29, 1985
Fox Theater

Expertly rendered. Bobby provides terrific atmospheric coloration. Jerry just rocks out through the whole thing.
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Beat it on Down The Line
Aug. 5, 1974
Philadelphia Civic Arena

Zippy, choogling BIODTL with a great groove.
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Space
Oct. 5, 1984
Charlotte Coliseum

More than usually haunted Space raves and knocks around before cooling a funky, colorful Other One intro.
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Comments

Estimated Prophet
Nov. 5, 1979
The Spectrum

I already upvoted this, which shows it’s caught my attention before. Terrific Estimated from maybe its best year. Whatever Phil is doing at the end is very striking.
Tennessee Jed
Sept. 8, 1973
Nassau Coliseum

POW!
The Other One
Nov. 14, 1973
San Diego International Sports Arena

The second segment of TOO is what gets me. Briefly toys with a Dark Star swing. Everyone is fully melded and reading one another’s mind at 115 mph. I don’t like it quite as much as the 11/21 PITB triple-decker — heck, maybe not as much as the 11/20 or 11/23 TOOs — but that tells you how high the bar is, because this is incredible.
He's Gone
Nov. 9, 1979
Memorial Auditorium

The song itself is taken too slowly for my tastes (especially noticeable on the already slow RT board), but the jam is molten, heavy, and a little menacing. This shouldn’t be ranked too far below 10/27 or 12/1.
The Other One
April 6, 1978
Curtis Hixon Convention Center

This one really jams! 1977-78 is an interesting time for The Other One because some versions start to get pretty unremarkable and indistinguishable … but other times, you get prime ’70s jamming.
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