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West L.A. Fadeaway
March 1, 1984
Studio

the FADED version! sick brent synths and groovy phil/drums/bobby behind Jerry's stoned-sounding vocals. Best one I ever heard.
2
The Music Never Stopped
Dec. 27, 1991
Oakland Coliseum Arena

Crazy this wasn't submitted yet. Awesome slam back out of space into the end jam. Vince plays his fucking heart out
4
Foolish Heart
Aug. 3, 1994
Giants Stadium

The outro is lovely, flowing and beautiful
1
Cassidy
March 29, 1995
The Omni

Truly awesome version, for any year. Shows how spacey they were in 95, in a good way. The jam floats forever with beautiful spidery playing from Jer.
1
Estimated Prophet
March 26, 1995
The Omni

Strong version especially for the time. Jerry tears the mid solo to shreds! Definitely worth a listen.
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Comments

Supplication
June 27, 1985
SPAC

Legitimately upsetting to hear Jerry Phil and drummers ready to go into lazy lightning 5-10 times during this four minute jam. Sucks that Weir would do shit like this sometimes, IMO. Still enjoyable jam of course but would have been cool to get the LL.
Dire Wolf
Oct. 11, 1980
Warfield Theater

There’s nothing better than this one. First one I heard and there isn’t anything out there that’ll ever exceed it. Sweet little 5 seconds of crowd before the intro that’s burned into my brain.
Row Jimmy
March 26, 1987
Hartford Civic Center

Very sweet version. Jerry’s vocals aren’t too hot (honestly prefer 84 to 86-87 for his voice) but this one is kind enough that I don’t care.
Sugaree
Oct. 9, 1976
Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Stadium

Really fantastic dynamic version. 76 never fails to spark a little joy for me
Bird Song
June 13, 1994
Memorial Stadium

Probably better and definitely heavier than 6/19. Really underrated one.
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