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    It's interesting to hear Brent playing B3 on Row Jimmy and the first part of Let It Grow; he almost always played piano tones on those songs.
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    joennn24
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    Boy, they were playing well. Jerry's voice was strong and his playing is tasty. The whole band was pumping at full steam!!! Enjoyable stuff.
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    You gotta love those 1984 versions of "Hell in a Bucket" where Bobby's guitar always sounds like a wounded cat...in a good way! It's got everything to do with him leaning on the whammy-bar.
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Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where this week we have Grateful Dead music from 1984, and a double dose of Summer 1989.

First up this week is the entire first set from Ventura County Fairgrounds on 7/22/84, where we have Dancing In The Street> Bertha ; My Brother Esau ; Loser ; Cassidy; Ramble On Rose ; Hell In A Bucket> Keep Your Day Job.

Next is the end of the first set from the opening night at Alpine on 7/17/89, where we have Row Jimmy; When I Paint My Masterpiece; When Push Comes To Shove; The Music Never Stopped.

Lastly this week, from a couple of weeks later on 8/5/89 at Cal Expo, where we have One More Saturday Night ; Cold Rain And Snow ; We Can Run ; Stagger Lee ; Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again ; Row Jimmy ; Let It Grow, including a nifty OMSN opener.

Be sure to join us here next week for more music from the vault.

David Lemieux
Email: vault@dead.net
Twitter: @lemieuxdavid

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Submitted by LS3 on Fri, 09/07/2018 - 14:07

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You gotta love those 1984 versions of "Hell in a Bucket" where Bobby's guitar always sounds like a wounded cat...in a good way! It's got everything to do with him leaning on the whammy-bar.
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Submitted by joennn24 on Sat, 09/08/2018 - 14:57

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Boy, they were playing well. Jerry's voice was strong and his playing is tasty. The whole band was pumping at full steam!!! Enjoyable stuff.
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Submitted by Dead Pondo on Thu, 09/20/2018 - 14:57

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It's interesting to hear Brent playing B3 on Row Jimmy and the first part of Let It Grow; he almost always played piano tones on those songs.