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That 8-1-94 Stella stands alone with 3-21-94 Richfield OH as the "Garcia vocal jam" late era Stellas. The man had virtually no chops left, but he could still muster a way to bring it.

August 1. To celebrate Jerry’s birthday, let’s go ahead and give a choice. The Grateful Dead only played 4 times on Garcia’s birthday. Only three are on the Archive: 1973 https://archive.org/details/gd73-08-01.aud.weiner.gdADT08.9145.sbeok.shnf 1982, at the Zoo in Oklahoma. (DSO played the Zoo in Minnesota.) https://archive.org/details/gd82-08-01.sbd.willy.10226.sbeok.shnf 1994 The show in 1967 doesn’t have a setlist and is not on the Archive. There are shows on July 31, and some the first week of August, but it seems evident that, for the most part, Jerry preferred to not be playing on his birthday. Speculation on my part, but it does seem to be a trend. I went to the Detroit show in 1994, Jerry’s 52nd. The show didn’t start until Stagger Lee, when the volume got turned WAY up mid-song (wtf, Cutler?). Music was good. Set 2 of that show was very strong. VOTC Scarlet Fire (only Scarlet/Fire of Summer Tour) Samba Estimated Prophet Drums/Space Watchtower Stella Blue (very emotive) Satisfaction (hot) E: Liberty https://archive.org/details/gd94-08-01.set2-sbd.georges.1026.sbeok.shnf

Hey - saw 'em both then! The Laguna Seca isn't ringing a bell though. And speaking of rare songs, when Believe It Or Not slipped into the ballad slot at Laguna Seca it felt like something that was probably there to stay. Alas, no.

Appropriate song for a drive inn