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    1. Can’t Come Down 3-11-19652. The Only Time Is Now 3-11-1965 3. On The Road Again 25-02-1966 4. You Don’t Have To Ask 25-03-1966 5. It’s A Sin 19-05-1966 6. In The Pines 17-07-1966 7. Nobody’s Fault But Mine 17-07-1966 8. Midnight Hour 16-09-1966 9. Alice D. Millionaire 1-12-1966 10. You Don’t Love Me 1-12-1966 11. Deep Elem Blues 1-12-1966 12. The Golden Road To Unlimited Devotion 18-03-1967 13. Cream Puff War 18-03-1967 14. The Same Thing 18-03-1967 15. Cold Rain And Snow 18-03-1967 16. Viola Lee Blues 18-03-1967 17. Dancing In The Street 3-09-1967 18. That’s It For The Other One 22-10-1967 19. Morning Dew 14-02-1968 20. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl 14-02-1968 21. Dark Star 14-02-1968 22. China Cat Sunflower 14-02-1968 23. The Eleven 14-02-1968 24. Turn On Your Lovelight 14-02-1968 25. That’s It For The Other One 14-02-1968 26. New Potato Caboose 14-02-1968 27. Born Cross-Eyed 14-02-1968 28. Spanish Jam 14-02-1968 29. Alligator 14-02-1968 30. Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks) 14-02-1968 31. Feedback 14-02-1968 32. Midnight Hour 14-02-1968 33. Rosemary 7-12-1968 34. Dark Star 2-03-1969 35. St. Stephen 2-03-1969 36. The Eleven 2-03-1969 37. Turn On Your Lovelight 2-03-1969 38. Doin’ That Rag 2-03-1969 39. Dupree’s Diamond Blues 20-04-1969 40. Mountains Of The Moon 20-04-1969 41. Slewfoot 27-06-1969 42. Casey Jones 27-06-1969 43. Dire Wolf 27-06-1969 44. The Main Ten 5-12-1969 45. It’s All Over Now Baby Blue 5-12-1969 46. Overture/Mason’s Children 2-01-1970 47. High Time 2-01-1970 48. Easy Wind 16-01-1970 49. Me And My Uncle 13-02-1970 50. Dire Wolf 13-02-1970 51. Smokestack Lightning 13-02-1970 52. Yellow Dog Story 23-02-1970 53. Monkey And The Engineer 13-02-1970 54. Little Sadie 13-02-1970 55. Wake Up Little Susie 13-02-1970 56. Black Peter 13-02-1970 57. Uncle John’s Band 13-02-1970 58. Katie Mae 13-02-1970 59. Dark Star 13-02-1970 60. That’s It For The Other One 13-02-1970 61. Turn On Your Lovelight 13-02-1970 62. Walkin’ The Dog 21-03-1970 63. Big Boss Man 21-03-1970 64. He Was A Friend Of Mine 21-03-1970 65. Candyman 7-05-1970 66. Cumberland Blues 7-05-1970 67. New Speedway Boogie 7-05-1970 68. I’m A King Bee 7-05-1970 69. Frozen Logger 7-05-1970 70. Don’t Ease Me In 15-05-1970/1 71. I Know You Rider 15-05-1970/1 72. Ain’t It Crazy (The Rub) 15-05-1970/1 73. St. Stephen 15-05-1970/1 74. That’s It For The Other One 15-05-1970/1 75. Cosmic Charlie 15-05-1970/1 76. New Minglewood Blues 15-05-1970/1 77. Morning Dew 15-05-1970/2 78. Good Lovin’ 15-05-1970/2 79. To Lay Me Down 30-07-1970 80. Truckin’ 18-08-1970 81. Dire Wolf 18-08-1970 82. Friend Of The Devil 18-08-1970 83. Dark Hollow 18-08-1970 84. Ripple 18-08-1970 85. Brokedown Palace 18-08-1970 86. Operator 18-08-1970 87. Box Of Rain 17-09-1970 88. Rosalie McFall 18-08-1970 89. New Speedway Boogie 18-08-1970 90. Cold Jordan 18-08-1970 91. Swing Low Sweet Chariot 18-08-1970 92. Dancing In The Street 18-08-1970 93. Sugar Magnolia 18-09-1970 94. It’s A Man’s Man’s Man’s World 18-09-1970 95. Till The Morning Comes 18-09-1970 96. Not Fade Away 18-08-1970 97. Truckin’ 19-02-1971 98. Loser 19-02-1971 99. Cumberland Blues 19-02-1971 100. It Hurts Me Too 19-02-1971 101. Bertha 19-02-1971 102. Playing In The Band 19-02-1971 103. Greatest Story Ever Told 19-02-1971 104. Johnny B. Goode 19-02-1971 105. Good Lovin’ 19-02-1971 106. Casey Jones 19-02-1971 107. Hard To Handle 20-02-1971 108. Bird Song 20-02-1971 109. Not Fade Away 18-03-1971 110. Going Down The Road Feeling Bad 18-03-1971 111. Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks) 18-03-1971 112. Feedback 18-03-1971 113. I Second That Emotion 8-04-1971 114. Dark Star 8-04-1971 115. Good Lovin’ 17-04-1971 116. Empty Pages 24-08-1971 117. Beat It On Down The Line 24-08-1971 118. Brown-Eyed Women 24-08-1971 119. Comes A Time 19-10-1971 120. Ramble On Rose 19-10-1971 121. Me And Bobby McGee 19-10-1971 122. Brokedown Palace 19-10-1971 123. That’s It For The Other One 19-10-1971 124. Wharf Rat 19-10-1971 125. Hideaway 7-11-1971 126. Big River 31-12-1971 127. The Same Thing 31-12-1971 128. Promised Land 23-05-1972 129. Sugaree 26-05-1972 130. Mr. Charlie 26-05-1972 131. Black-Throated Wind 26-05-1972 132. Deal 11-05-1972 133. Chinatown Shuffle 11-05-1972 134. Rockin’ Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu 23-05-1972 135. Mexicali Blues 23-05-1972 136. Black Peter 24-05-1972 137. Dire Wolf 26-05-1972 138. The Stranger 26-05-1972 139. Playing In The Band 26-05-1972 140. Good Lovin’ 4-05-1972 141. Truckin’ 26-04-1972 142. The Faster We Go The Rounder We Get 26-04-1972 143. Comes A Time 25-05-1972 144. Tennessee Jed 11-05-1972 145. Jack Straw 4-05-1972 146. Dark Star 4-05-1972 147. Sugar Magnolia 17-04-1972 148. Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks) 17-04-1972 149. Johnny B. Goode 17-04-1972 150. Stella Blue 17-06-1972 151. Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo 26-07-1972 152. Dark Star 26-07-1972 153. Comes A Time 26-07-1972 154. Dark Star 27-08-1972 155. El Paso 27-08-1972 156. Sing Me Back Home 27-08-1972 157. Around And Around 23-09-1972 158. It’s All Over Now Baby Blue 23-09-1972 159. That’s It For The Other One 23-09-1972 160. Wharf Rat 23-09-1972 161. Box Of Rain 30-10-1972 162. Truckin’ 30-10-1972 163. Tomorrow Is Forever 30-10-1972 164. Around And Around 30-10-1972 165. Candyman 30-10-1972 166. Eyes Of The World 10-06-1973 167. Stella Blue 10-06-1973 168. Loser 17-09-1973 169. Looks Like Rain 17-09-1973 170. Row Jimmy 17-09-1973 171. Jack Straw 17-09-1973 172. Loose Lucy 17-09-1973 173. You Ain’t Woman Enough To Take My Man 17-09-1973 174. Let Me Sing Your Blues Away 17-09-1973 175. Here Comes Sunshine 6-12-1973 176. Big River 6-12-1973 177. Dark Star 6-12-1973 178. Weather Report Suite 8-12-1973 179. Big Railroad Blues 19-12-1973 1. Let It Rock 23-06-1974 2. Deal 21-05-1974 3. The Race Is On 21-05-1974 4. Scarlet Begonias 21-05-1974 5. El Paso 21-05-1074 6. Row Jimmy 21-05-1974 7. Money Money 21-05-1974 8. Ship Of Fools 21-05-1974 9. Weather Report Suite 21-05-1974 10. China Doll 21-05-1974 11. Playing In The Band 21-05-1974 12. US Blues 21-05-1974 13. Loose Lucy 25-07-1974 14. He’s Gone 29-07-1974 15. Truckin’ 29-07-1974 16. Nobody’s Fault But Mine 29-07-1974 17. Spanish Jam 29-07-1974 18. The Faster We Go The Rounder We Get 29-07-1974 19. Wharf Rat 29-07-1974 20. Seastones 18-10-1974 21. Interlude 18-10-1974 22. Dark Star 18-10-1974 23. Morning Dew 18-10-1974 24. Interlude 13-08-1975 25. Help On The Way 13-08-1975 26. Slipknot 13-08-1975 27. Franklin’s Tower 13-08-1975 28. The Music Never Stopped 13-08-1975 29. Eyes Of The World 13-08-1975 30. King Solomon’s Marbles 13-08-1975 31. King Solomon’s Marbles 13-08-1975 32. Crazy Fingers 13-08-1975 33. Drum Theme 13-08-1975 34. The Faster We Go The Rounder We Get 13-08-1975 35. Sage And Spirit 13-08-1975 36. Going Down The Road Feeling Bad 13-08-1975 37. US Blues 13-08-1975 38. Blues For Allah 13-08-1975 39. Might As Well 3-06-1976 40. Cassidy 3-06-1976 41. Lazy Lightning 3-06-1976 42. Supplication 3-06-1976 43. The Wheel 3-06-1976 44. Friend Of The Devil 4-06-1976 45. Mission In The Rain 4-06-1976 46. Cosmic Charlie 4-06-1976 47. It’s All Over Now 18-03-1977 48. Sugaree 18-03-1977 49. Estimated Prophet 18-03-1977 50. Terrapin Station 18-03-1977 51. Drum Transition 18-03-1977 52. Not Fade Away 18-03-1977 53. St. Stephen 18-03-1977 54. Around And Around 18-03-1977 55. Samson And Delilah 20-03-1977 56. Sunrise 1-05-1977 57. Dancing In The Street 4-05-1977 58. Jack-A-Roe 13-05-1977 59. Passenger 15-05-1977 60. High Time 18-05-1977 61. Shakedown Street 16-09-1978 62. Interlude 16-09-1978 63. Interlude 16-09-1978 64. Truckin’ 16-09-1978 65. Stella Blue 16-09-1978 66. Around And Around 16-09-1978 67. I Need A Miracle 17-10-1978 68. Estimated Prophet 17-10-1978 69. Eyes Of The World 17-10-1978 70. Interlude 17-10-1978 71. Interlude 17-10-1978 72. If I Had The World To Give 17-10-1978 73. Around And Around 17-10-1978 74. Scarlet Begonias 22-10-1978 75. Fire On The Mountain 22-10-1978 76. From The Heart Of Me 22-10-1978 77. Stagger Lee 24-11-1978 78. New Minglewood Blues 24-11-1978 79. Cold Rain And Snow 10-12-1979 80. Greatest Story Ever Told 10-12-1979 81. Alabama Getaway 1-05-1980 82. Promised Land 1-05-1980 83. Lost Sailor 1-05-1980 84. Saint Of Circumstance 1-05-1980 85. Deal 1-05-1980 86. Althea 3-09-1980 87. Little Red Rooster 3-09-1980 88. Candyman 3-09-1980 89. Easy To Love You 3-09-1980 90. Far From Me 4-09-1980 91. Iko Iko 7-10-1980 92. Heaven Help The Fool 7-10-1980 93. Oh Babe It Ain’t No Lie 9-10-1980 94. Ripple 9-10-1980 95. Feel Like A Stranger 9-10-1980 96. Never Trust A Woman 30-09-1981 97. Walkin’ Blues 28-05-1982 98. I Got A Mind To Give Up Living 28-05-1982 99. Throwing Stones 20-09-1982 100. Day Job 20-09-1982 101. Wang Dang Doodle 2-09-1983 102. Jack Straw 2-09-1983 103. I Just Want To Make Love To You 22-07-1984 104. Man Smart Woman Smarter 22-07-1984 105. Down In The Bottom/I Ain’t Superstitious 28-12-1984 106. She Belongs To Me 4-04-1985 107. That’s It For The Other One 16-06-1985 108. Willie & The Hand Jive 23-03-1986 109. Not Fade Away 30-03-1986 110. Mighty Quinn 30-03-1986 111. Funiculi Funicula 9-05-1987 112. When Push Comes To Shove 9-05-1987 113. Tons Of Steel 9-05-1987 114. My Brother Esau 9-05-1987 115. West LA Fadeaway 10-05-1987 116. Black Muddy River 10-05-1987 117. Touch Of Grey 12-06-1987 118. Hell In A Bucket 18-09-1987 119. Sugaree 18-09-1987 120. Walkin’ Blues 18-09-1987 121. When I Paint My Masterpiece 18-09-1987 122. Gentlemen Start Your Engines 26-06-1988 123. We Can Run 29-09-1989 124. California Earthquake 20-10-1989 125. Just A Little Light 26-03-1990 126. Picasso Moon 26-03-1990 127. Blow Away 26-03-1990 128. Built To Last 26-03-1990 129. Victim Or The Crime 6-05-1990 130. Foolish Heart 6-05-1990 131. Dark Star 26-09-1991 132. Saint Of Circumstance 26-09-1991 133. Eyes Of The World 26-09-1991 134. Interlude 26-09-1991 135. Interlude 26-09-1991 136. The Faster We Go The Rounder We Get 26-09-1991 137. Dark Star Part 2 26-09-1991 138. So Many Roads 22-02-1992 139. Wave To The Wind 22-02-1992 140. Don’t Ease Me In 22-02-1992 141. Way To Go Home 23-02-1992 142. Corinna 23-02-1992 143. Lazy River Road 21-02-1993 144. Eternity 21-02-1993 145. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again 20-07-1994 146. Samba In The Rain 20-07-1994 147. Salt Lake City 21-02-1995 148. Liberty 21-02-1995 149. Easy Answers 23-03-1995 150. Unbroken Chain 23-03-1995 151. Childhood’s End 9-07-1995
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    The final Furthur shows ever were in Mexico in January 2014. This is before Fare Thee Well was announced and before John Mayer gloriously entered our universe. We thought this was the end of the music ... They segued from Scarlett Begonias not into Fire on the Mountain but into the best Reuben and Cherise of all time. And then, under a glowing full moon at night they did the most lovely Standing on the Moon ever. My wife and I thought we were gliding to Fennario ... Jerry was there in spirit for sure and those may have been the most memorable Dead experiences ever for those few of us lucky to be there
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    Try the nice folks at: help@setlist.fm Just a few keystrokes for them.
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    Are there any lists of the best of Dave's? I could dive into it myself but figure someone with greater knowledge may have already tackled this, trying to make one playlist that is manageable in size.
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    Not a bad jam list at all...I would listen to entire shows tho. Just me
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    Try DeadBase. You'll find it there.
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    openers?
    trying to find a list of every opening song ever played. would love to see how many times each song was played, but will settle for just a list of song names. thanks in advance!
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    Hi Everyone. Only got into The Dead about 4 years ago thanks to a good friend (and lifetime fan) taking me under his wing. I have a "favorites" CD that I burned that I listen to in the car mostly (I.e. good driving tunes) and would welcome everyone's comments as to my selection, here goes: 1) Oh Boy, Manhattan Center, 1971 2) Next Time You See Me, Fillmore East, 1971 (Ladies and Gentlemen) 3) Ain't It Crazy (The Rub), Fillmore East, 1971 (Ladies and Gentlemen) 4) Big River, Great American Music Hall, 1975 5) Franklin's Tower, Great American Music Hall, 1975 6) Promised Land, Stanley Theatre, 1972 7) Me And My Uncle, Jarhunderthalle, 1972 8) Sugar Magnolia, Fillmore West, 1977 (New Years Eve) 9) Hard To Handle, Hollywood Palladium, 1972 10) Playin' In The Band, Jarhunderthalle, 1972 11) Truckin', Fillmore East, 1971 (Ladies and Gentlemen)
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    Listening to this right now - 10/21/83 Wharf Rat. INDEED worth a listen and re-listen many times over. Solid.
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So, what are your all-time greats?
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Submitted by kcornia on Thu, 06/14/2007 - 19:02

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Iko Iko - 2-27-90
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Submitted by bobsbeard on Sat, 06/16/2007 - 19:13

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live dead stephen ddhnm 2 from vault crazy fingers 1 from vault ds 2 14 70 black peter bear choice around and around 12 31 76 morning dew 5 2 70 truckin 4 26 72 looks like rain 3 25 72 cassidy reckoning music nev stopped 5 22 77 alabama go to nassau lovelight dp 16 ujb 12 31 76 gset stanley 72 friend of devil dead set bertha skullfuckc
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Submitted by mkz on Sat, 06/16/2007 - 23:07

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There's been many great versions of Terrapin, but I like the one from the 09/13/81 show at the Greek Theater in Berkeley the best. It's the only version I've heard where the band goes through the middle instrumental part, not once (as always), or twice (which is rare), but three times they take you for a ride with the melody, giving Brent the lead for the start of the last go around.
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Submitted by Ken K on Sun, 06/17/2007 - 04:12

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Best show ever.................Dillon Stadium Hartford, Conn. 7/31/74
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Submitted by Fritz on Tue, 06/19/2007 - 13:57

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Man, it's hard to say what song/show was the best. But I'm quite sure that I like the version of Scarlet > Mountain from Hamilton 3-22-1990 as presented on the So Many Road Box Set very much.
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Submitted by Teedawg on Tue, 06/19/2007 - 15:13

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China/ Rider 7/17/89 Alpine Valley (I am sure some of the early 70's versions might be better , but so far I have yet to find oneScarlet/Fire 11/8/77 Barton Hall, Cornell Univ. (amazing) Dancin' 2/26/77 Swing Auditorium ( Just Cooks) Shakedown Street 12/5/81 Indianapolis ( Jerry's Lead work just sounds like he is trying to just 'pop' the notes out, scaling fast, circling ) Lost Sailor/ Saint 12/5/81 Indianpolis ( the build-up and release between Sailor and Saint is orgasmic) Morning Dew 10/12/84 Augusta, Maine( Just Smoking) Sugaree 10/17/83 Lake Placid ( I loved alot of the late 70's ones, but this is just wicked) I could go on and on, alot of fun thinking of these, but it is all subjective, ain't it. I love this thread, makes me want to go out and listen to these picks. God Bless this Band, and all of us.
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Submitted by Trader X on Wed, 06/20/2007 - 16:04

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Trader X This is THE BEST version of this jam.....great tribute to the closing of SanFrancisco's finest dancehall.
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Submitted by rodger allinson on Wed, 06/20/2007 - 16:17

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RODGER ALLINSON The Help Slip Fire from 9-20-91 is truely remarkable granted its the only time they did it but the short second of dead silence after slipnot and the thunderous reaction into fire is truely amazing thank god for masters.
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Submitted by KJ7XJ on Thu, 06/21/2007 - 08:50

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lets see... Ive got too many damn tapes and I havnt listen to many in a long time but also shows Ive been too etc.... mind left body jam from Reno 74 the Spanish jam from the show I saw in Chicago 92 Black Muddy River from Shoreline in 89 That would be something from LA 93 My 1st show...9/5/82 Shakedown>Playin Long may you run with Neil of course 11/3/91 Theres many more but Ill let you put those in...Eric
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Submitted by Deadicated on Thu, 06/21/2007 - 15:03

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In the car today listening to 5/23/72 (Dark Star>Morning Dew) and Jerry juxtaposed verses but what the heck, it was all from the gut. Since all was spontaneous, during the "Thought I heard a young man", verse, he does a call-response with himself that is so nakedly emotional it can only really be rivaled by the version from 5/26/72. (One day we'll hear it at its appropriate pitch!) Escuchalo! "From day to day, just lettin' it ride, You get so far away from how it feels inside, You can't let go, 'cause you're afraid to fall, But the day may come when you can't feel at all."
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Submitted by playdead on Thu, 06/21/2007 - 15:29

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I think it was Feb.'94....but Jerry teased Cosmic Charlie just before a great Wharf Rat....Maybe it's cuz of the cosmic chuck tease and everyone literally on the edge of thier seats...but it will be a rendition that "will live in infamy" in my memory. "Half of my life... I spent doing time for some other fucker's crime"
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Submitted by IslandMyk on Thu, 06/21/2007 - 16:01

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I reluctantly admit I got into the band much too late in life...a couple of years after Jerry left us. I picked up a copy of Without A Net at a friend's urging, and the first song that nailed me to the wall was the rendition of Looks Like Rain. Beautifully orchestrated and accompanied, I simply fell in love with it. Sadly, the closest I ever came to seeing the boys live was an Other Ones show in 2000. It was a good show, but if I could travel back in time, I would love to see the band perfom in the early to mid 70's, my personal favorite era of the band. Mike
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Submitted by Deadicated on Thu, 06/21/2007 - 16:32

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Islandmyk, that's my favorite time, too. Looks Like Rain is one of those tunes - the only way I expect to have heard it at it's best is from the tapes - and there are some great performances - check the Europe Tour bonus version - many agree it's one of the best! Bienvenidos! "From day to day, just lettin' it ride, You get so far away from how it feels inside, You can't let go, 'cause you're afraid to fall, But the day may come when you can't feel at all."
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Submitted by peacefrog4 on Fri, 06/22/2007 - 05:47

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Grateful DeadFillmore East New York, NY 9-19-70 d3t01 - Dark Star -> d3t02 - St. Stephen -> d3t03 - Not Fade Away -> d3t04 - Darkness Jam -> d3t05 - China Cat Jam -> d3t06 - Not Fade Away -> d3t07 - Turn On Your Lovelight d3t08 - Crowd noise > Youngbloods: Get Together... -> d3t09 - Phil and Pigpen speak -> d3t10 - Youngbloods: Get Together -> Crowd noise
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Submitted by Teedawg on Fri, 06/22/2007 - 08:39

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OK, I am listening to GDRadio, real good mix, take a listen if you have not already They just played Winterland 10-18-78, and the Truckin' to close the show is freaking great, and the Miracle encore is just real sweet.
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Submitted by pomo1 on Fri, 06/22/2007 - 15:40

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Viola: 5/2/70 (of course)Here Comes Sunshine: DP1 (I still play this song for my Dead-ignorant friends to convert them) Dancin' In the Streets: 5/19/77 (Notice how often 77 is mentioned). I am a huge Eyes of the World fan. Can anybody out there point me to some of their favorite versions?+
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Submitted by Deadicated on Fri, 06/22/2007 - 16:24

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2/15/73 - Comes so startlingly sweetly out of Dark Star - Unforgettable! Stream it. 10/74 Winterland (box set) 9/03/77 Estimated>Eyes - The quintessential eyes (it's a Dick's Picks) Tres versiones nuevas para ti - vas a gozar! "From day to day, just lettin' it ride, You get so far away from how it feels inside, You can't let go, 'cause you're afraid to fall, But the day may come when you can't feel at all."
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Submitted by cosmicmystic777 on Fri, 06/22/2007 - 18:09

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Is this not like trying to pick favourite child? For Heaven sake it can't really be done!!!It's interesting too see replies and check out the shows... So many roads to trip down and explore Different versions at different points in life It will probably keep changing in life's evoloution
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Submitted by richard on Sat, 06/23/2007 - 09:04

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BIODTL 04-26-71 Duane Allman and Jerry head-to-head Bertha DP18
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Submitted by Friend of the Devil on Sun, 06/24/2007 - 12:10

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Relatively impossible but some favorites: 10/16/89 - Attics of My Life at Brendan Byrne (actually that whole second set) 3/24/86 - Box of Rain and Morning Dew at The Spectrum & 3/29/90 - Birdsong, Eyes and Dark Star at the Nassau Coliseum w Branford Totally different answers tomorrow.......
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Submitted by pomo1 on Mon, 06/25/2007 - 08:26

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Thanks deadicated. I will check them out.
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Submitted by queenjane on Mon, 06/25/2007 - 18:03

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This was the second set opener . . .I had some friends who got there real early and had seats in the bleachers on the left side of the floor . . .I have never seen Oakland, save and except for the craziness of a parade or the like, so ON FIRE - the staff at the coliseum could not keep the dancing people out of the aisles . . .i don't know the exact stats as to how long it had been since the boys had busted out a help/slip/franklin's but i think it had been quite a while . . . and a very notable crazy fingers - jerry's solo is the sweetest thing these ears have ever heard - GOOSE BUMPS WIDE REMEMBERING THIS GEM . . .anyone else remember it like this??????~KRISSY~
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Submitted by DrkStr on Wed, 06/27/2007 - 06:57

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The Scarlet Fire from the Cornell 77 Show. Not only because I was there....The fire Starts off nice but by the end it is just massive. Like the old days at winterland, the sound seems to be coming from all directions. Very Impressive Paul
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Submitted by DrkStr on Wed, 06/27/2007 - 07:02

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Oh by the way, The dancin' that closed the fist set at cornell 77 is also amazingJerry gets into the nitrous jam.. I'm sure there are many more... But you know this is a hard question Definetly food for thought Paul
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Submitted by Deadicated on Wed, 06/27/2007 - 07:37

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The "Saturday Nights" in the Fall of '71 are pretty much as good as they got. One where Bobby seemed to be feelin' it just a little extra was in St. Louis at the Fox Theatre, 12/10/71. It was the encore that followed a brief pause after already having toasted his vocal chords wailin' with Pig on NFA. Goodnight folks. "From day to day, just lettin' it ride, You get so far away from how it feels inside, You can't let go, 'cause you're afraid to fall, But the day may come when you can't feel at all."
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Submitted by johnnyg on Wed, 06/27/2007 - 09:22

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question.......I am so fickle that they change so often. I have best versions in different Dead vintages, etc...and they ALL change. A couple from the top: Stella Blue - 8.1.94 UJB - for the modern era - so many but 3.26.88 continues to dominate Eyes - modern day tie - 6.17.91 and 3.31.91; and so many 74 versions Terrapin - 2.26.77; 3.27.87 Shakedown - 6.30.85; 3.30.87 Scarlet - LMAO - almost impossible to nail one down but 3.27.88 is right up there; there are so many from 1974 and then there is Cornell and about 15 other 77/78 shows where this song steals the Thunder. Dark Star - many and often, 10.9.89 “The Omnipotent Grateful Dead!”
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Submitted by pomo1 on Wed, 06/27/2007 - 18:00

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Such a tough question. But one that stands out for me was Rochester 9/2/80. Came out of drumz with an amazing IKO IKO into Morning Dew.
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Submitted by jaybird on Wed, 06/27/2007 - 18:11

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10-21-1983.....A perfect Wharf Rat...August West....stumblin around drunk on Burgandy Wine. This night every note they played was on...Its Brents B-day..@ the Centrum...Like fine wine this is a vintage worth a taste..Maybe they will make a DP? We need 83...
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Submitted by leadbelly27 on Wed, 06/27/2007 - 20:17

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I've had a great time reading people's favorite versions and scouring through my Dead collection or the Achieve to hear what you all have been raving about. Sometimes I'll hear a version I know I've heard before, but I think I'm hearing it with fresh ears. You all have excellent taste! Anyway, I was recently reading an old piece of early rock journalism written shortly after the Monterrey Pop Festival in 1967. The writer (I can't remember his name) was ecstatic about the Dead's performance. It got me thinking: I have very few recordings from '67, and my knowledge of the music is scant. Can anyone point me toward a particularly excellent show or shows from '67? Many thanks! Oh, a few more of my personal favs: He was a Friend of Mine from the Fillmore West Bonus Disc Scarlet>Touch>Fire (Exact date unknown-my tape merely says The Greek 7/84 Yo Soy Boricua!
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Submitted by jerryair on Thu, 06/28/2007 - 09:42

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Absolutely wonderful "vocal jam" at the end. Jerry "This is but a dream we dreamed one afternoon long ago." Box of Rain Lyrics by Robert Hunter Music by Phil Lesh
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Submitted by jpederzane on Fri, 06/29/2007 - 18:42

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Not just my favorite version of this song, it's one of my favorite Dead performances period. Jerry's beautiful long lead reminds me of his "Like a Road" solo on Live at Keystone album; both show off his ability to imagine dozens of stunning variations of a song's single melody. And the rest of the boys build a perfect sky for his flights.
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Submitted by BluegrassGator on Sat, 06/30/2007 - 21:58

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My two all-time favorite Grateful Dead performances. Comes A Time from 8-19-80, Uptown Theatre, Chicago. Incredibly beautiful. Loser from Englishtown, NJ 1977 (DP15) Wow. Thanks for asking!
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Submitted by Fatjack on Sat, 06/30/2007 - 23:35

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I really like "Lazy River Road" from 3-14-93 at Richfield Colliseum in Richfield, OH
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Submitted by Dark_Star777 on Thu, 07/05/2007 - 12:00

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My personal favorite Dark Star is September 21, 1972. Lasts roughly 37 minutes. It's delicious, if music can be summarized in such a way. It has three distinctly different parts, each with its own climax and beat.
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Submitted by chipwithrow on Fri, 07/06/2007 - 10:27

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I just love this song - the studio version with pedal steel, the Reckoning version (that's the one in my ipod). This week, I listened to versions from 1/10/70, 5/26/72 and 10/11/77 in the car. The 70 and 72 versions were just OK. 77 was better - sort of loped along. They played it after a long Dancin so maybe they needed a breather. 4/10/78 is a good version (whole show is good, matter of fact). 4/4/85 rocks - Garcia's really into the vocal. 9/20/93, immediately following Race Is On, is full of energy (I have it on an aud tape and the crowd loves it). GrayFolded - 3/18/77 is a great all-around show, don't you think? I prefer the early 77 shows (from Feb through May) to the fall shows. One of my favorite Terrapins is one Phil and Friends did with members of String Cheese Incident at Red Rocks in 99. "Folk rock for groovin families!" myspace.com/chipwithrow chipwithrow.com
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Submitted by johnnyg on Fri, 07/06/2007 - 11:08

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Dancin from 5.22.77; - DP 3; Garcia is off the charts outragously good here; although the Dancin from Cornell is no slouch Peggy-O - 5.5.77; jerry just so smooth vocally and muscially; the notes slink and slide and become one; of course that could describe 1977 in its entirety more later “The Omnipotent Grateful Dead!”
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Submitted by GrayFolded on Fri, 07/06/2007 - 14:43

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QUOTE FROM SW FL CHIP -"GrayFolded - 3/18/77 is a great all-around show, don't you think?" Indeed my friend...A great show indeed...Scarlet>Fire to end a hell of a first set...And the 2nd set combo of Terrapin>Drumz>NFA>Stephen>Around is big time and I love UJB for the encore....I agree Chip,early 77 is in a league of it's own.......And by the way, I love Dire Wolf..Never found a live version that really moved me the way the album version did.... Dead to the Core www.myspace.com/bongwizard
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Submitted by Deadicated on Fri, 07/06/2007 - 15:19

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3/18/77 - a unique show - I've had a single cassette of it and always look forward to listening to it. I dig all the songs on Workingman's, but I think the three that are absolute diamonds are UJB, High Time and Dire Wolf. Each of the others has availed itself to opening either in a vocally nuanced or an extended jamming context when played live. I realize UJB has the D minor vamp that can go a lot of places live, but the vocals on the studio version are absolutely beautiful! Oigame! "From day to day, just lettin' it ride, You get so far away from how it feels inside, You can't let go, 'cause you're afraid to fall, But the day may come when you can't feel at all."
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Submitted by Jack_Straw22 on Fri, 07/06/2007 - 17:38

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Good Lovin'...Madison Square Garden (9/21/82). Turn On Your Lovelight...Nassau Coliseum (3/29/90). Thank you Branford Marsalis. Franklin's Tower...Hampton (4/9/83). Brent got quite funky with the opening. Midnight Hour...Oakland Coliseum (12/31/85) "So everyone here...is wishing you all out there...a very Happy New Year......From us to Youuuuuu." I Need A Miracle > Bertha...Madison Square Garden (10/11/83). "One of Jerry's speakers just barked its little heart out." Just my choices...for what THAT is worth...lol.
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Submitted by amellowd on Mon, 07/09/2007 - 15:54

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Jack Straw 8-27-83 Seattle - Phil drops some serious bombs, would like to hear a SDBWharf Rat 4-12-78 Durham NC - absolutely amazing Morning Dew 6-14-85 Greek - Probably not the best, but was on my first bootleg and love it. Dear Mr. Fantasy 4-14-85 Irvine CA - Comes out of space and a great version Music Never Stopped 6-28-85 Hershey PA - Opens set 2 with a great jam.
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Submitted by JoeBurke on Wed, 07/11/2007 - 08:18

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it would have to be "scarlet begonias" from the orpheum theatre in SF 7/18/76 ... i taped that show off the KSAN FM b'cast and listened to the cassettes incessantly for many many years ... in fact one summers night in '78 or was it '77, in the front yard on 47th & judah, in SF, i shared this tape with our new neighbors (just moved to SF from LA) who had never heard the dead ... they were instantly converted ... i still think it's the best version ever ...
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Submitted by That Nice Hippy Guy on Wed, 07/11/2007 - 21:43

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The version of China Cat/I Know You Rider from Without a Net. Ive heard other really good versions but none with near as much energy "You know the one thing we need is a left handed monkey wrench....."