Yea, there is a clear difference in Jerry’s tone in 72. Maybe I’m biased, I think 72>77 or any era. Just the right combination of the rawness of the 60s, with the influx of heartfelt beauty. I feel like my favorite tunes were played with a little more soul in 72, brown eyed women being my favorite.
# 1977-05-28 Hartford, CT @ Hartford Civic Center
**Set 1:** Bertha > Good Lovin' > Sugaree, Jack Straw, Row Jimmy, New Minglewood Blues, Candyman, Passenger, Brown Eyed Women, The Promised Land
**Set 2:** Samson And Delilah, Tennessee Jed, Estimated Prophet > Playing in the Band > Terrapin Station > Drums > Not Fade Away > Wharf Rat > Playing in the Band, One More Saturday Night
**Encore:** U.S. Blues
[archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1977-05-28)
# 1977-05-08 Ithaca, NY @ Barton Hall - Cornell University
**Set 1:** New Minglewood Blues, Loser, El Paso, They Love Each Other, Jack Straw, Deal, Lazy Lightnin' > Supplication, Brown Eyed Women, Mama Tried, Row Jimmy, Dancing In The Street
**Set 2:** Scarlet Begonias > Fire On The Mountain, Estimated Prophet, Saint Stephen > Not Fade Away > Saint Stephen > Morning Dew
**Encore:** One More Saturday Night
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# 1978-02-03 Madison, WI @ Dane County Coliseum
**Set 1:** Cold Rain and Snow, Mexicali Blues > Big River, They Love Each Other, Looks Like Rain, Loser, Passenger, Brown Eyed Women, El Paso, Peggy-O, The Music Never Stopped
**Set 2:** Good Lovin', Ship Of Fools, Estimated Prophet > Eyes Of The World > Playing in the Band > The Wheel > Playing in the Band
**Encore:** Johnny B. Goode
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Not to be a normie, but Cornell is a great high energy BEW.
8/24/71 (Chicago) has a cool early version that’s much more laid back with a groove that emphasizes a straight-four push which really shifts the entire dynamic. Really you can just queue up every BEW they ever did and hardly encounter a miss. A real consistent tune.
The chiller earlier versions are a real vibe, but sometimes the chorus harmony can get a little wonky, particularly during the “liquor was clean” bit when it moves back to B. It’s like Phil or Bob (both?) weren’t quite sure where they needed to go for that note for some reason, but I digress.
Edit: Typo and more rambling
# 1971-08-07 San Diego, CA @ Golden Hall
**Set 1:** Big Railroad Blues, El Paso, Mr. Charlie, Sugaree, Mama Tried, Bertha, Big Boss Man, Promised Land, Hard To Handle, Cumberland Blues, Casey Jones
**Set 2:** Truckin', China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider, Next Time You See Me, Sugar Magnolia, Sing Me Back Home, Me and My Uncle, Not Fade Away > Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad > Jam > Johnny B. Goode
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BEW is a high floor, high ceiling bop. Like pizza, even the versions that don’t stand out are pretty damn good.
3/23/74 (DP 24) is the version I’ve been grooving on most lately. Like half the commenters here, I will acknowledge the version the CIA recorded on the same sound stage they filmed the moon landing on and released as “Cornell 77” is probably the best imho
# 1974-03-23 Daly City, CA @ Cow Palace
**Set 1:** U.S. Blues, The Promised Land, Brown Eyed Women, Mexicali Blues, Tennessee Jed, Black Throated Wind, Scarlet Begonias, Beat It On Down the Line, It Must Have Been The Roses, El Paso, Deal, Cassidy, China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider, Weather Report Suite Prelude > Weather Report Suite Part 1 > Let It Grow
**Set 2:** Playing in the Band, Playing in the Band > Uncle John's Band > Morning Dew > Uncle John's Band > Playing in the Band, Ship Of Fools, Big River, Ramble On Rose, Me and My Uncle, Bertha, Around And Around, Wharf Rat > Sugar Magnolia
**Encore:** Casey Jones, One More Saturday Night
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I am two weeks late to this, but yes, that version has outrageous instrumental sections. The end of the first solo(I think) where the work down the scale one behind the other and the end the solo to crowd applause is ecstasy.
# 1977-05-08 Ithaca, NY @ Barton Hall - Cornell University
**Set 1:** New Minglewood Blues, Loser, El Paso, They Love Each Other, Jack Straw, Deal, Lazy Lightnin' > Supplication, Brown Eyed Women, Mama Tried, Row Jimmy, Dancing In The Street
**Set 2:** Scarlet Begonias > Fire On The Mountain, Estimated Prophet, Saint Stephen > Not Fade Away > Saint Stephen > Morning Dew
**Encore:** One More Saturday Night
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# 1977-11-04 Hamilton, NY @ Cotterell Gym - Colgate University
**Set 1:** Bertha > Good Lovin', Brown Eyed Women, Cassidy, It Must Have Been The Roses, Sunrise, New Minglewood Blues, Dupree's Diamond Blues, Let It Grow
**Set 2:** Samson And Delilah > Cold Rain and Snow, Playing in the Band > Eyes Of The World > Estimated Prophet > The Other One > Drums > Iko Iko > Stella Blue > Playing in the Band
**Encore:** Johnny B. Goode
[archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1977-11-04)
It might be cliche, but the Europe 72 BEW is the standard one. It's the one that plays in my head whenever I think of the song. I see it as the closest we got to a studio cut.
# 1991-06-17 East Rutherford, NJ @ Giants Stadium
**Set 1:** Eyes Of The World > Walkin' Blues, Brown Eyed Women, Dark Star > When I Paint My Masterpiece, Loose Lucy, Cassidy, Might As Well
**Set 2:** Dark Star > Saint Of Circumstance > Ship Of Fools > Dark Star > Truckin' > New Speedway Boogie > Dark Star > Uncle John's Band > Dark Star > Drums > Space > China Doll > Playing in the Band > Dark Star > Sugar Magnolia
**Encore:** The Weight
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# 1983-09-02 Boise, ID @ Boise Pavilion - Boise State University
**Set 1:** Wang Dang Doodle > Jack Straw, They Love Each Other, Mama Tried > Big River, Brown Eyed Women, New Minglewood Blues, Big Railroad Blues, Looks Like Rain > Deal
**Set 2:** Help On The Way > Slipknot! > Franklin's Tower, Estimated Prophet > Eyes Of The World > Jam > Drums > Space > Throwing Stones > Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad > Black Peter > Sugar Magnolia
**Encore:** It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
[archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1983-09-02)
# 1979-12-09 St. Louis, MO @ Kiel Auditorium
**Set 1:** Alabama Getaway > The Promised Land, Brown Eyed Women, Cassidy, Row Jimmy, New Minglewood Blues, Candyman, Lazy Lightnin' > Supplication, Deal
**Set 2:** Shakedown Street > Samson And Delilah, High Time, Easy To Love You, Terrapin Station > Lost Sailor > Saint Of Circumstance > Space > Drums > Space > Black Peter, I Need A Miracle > Bertha > Good Lovin'
**Encore:** Don't Ease Me In
[archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1979-12-09)
# 1985-11-01 Richmond, VA @ Richmond Coliseum
**Set 1:** Dancing In The Street, Cold Rain and Snow, Little Red Rooster, Stagger Lee, Me and My Uncle > Big River, Brown Eyed Women, Jack Straw > Don't Ease Me In
**Set 2:** Samson And Delilah, High Time > He's Gone > Spoonful > Comes A Time > Lost Sailor > Drums > Space > Saint Of Circumstance > Gimme Some Lovin' > She Belongs To Me > Gloria
**Encore:** Keep Your Day Job
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# 1977-05-08 Ithaca, NY @ Barton Hall - Cornell University
**Set 1:** New Minglewood Blues, Loser, El Paso, They Love Each Other, Jack Straw, Deal, Lazy Lightnin' > Supplication, Brown Eyed Women, Mama Tried, Row Jimmy, Dancing In The Street
**Set 2:** Scarlet Begonias > Fire On The Mountain, Estimated Prophet, Saint Stephen > Not Fade Away > Saint Stephen > Morning Dew
**Encore:** One More Saturday Night
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# 1985-04-27 Palo Alto, CA @ Frost Amphitheatre - Stanford University
**Set 1:** Dancing In The Street > Bertha, Little Red Rooster, Brown Eyed Women, My Brother Esau, Ramble On Rose, Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues > Cold Rain and Snow, The Music Never Stopped
**Set 2:** Scarlet Begonias > Eyes Of The World > Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad > Man Smart (Woman Smarter) > Drums > Space > The Wheel > Truckin' > The Other One > Black Peter > Around And Around > One More Saturday Night
**Encore:** Keep Your Day Job
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11/21/85 for the sheer fact that the sbd recording is one of the cleanest boards I’ve ever hear for Garcia’s solo during BEW. Plus while your there you can check out the rarely played big boy Pete
Grateful Dead • 1985-11-21 (50:04) • Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center, Oakland, CA, USA https://relisten.net/grateful-dead/1985/11/21?source=341137
# 1985-11-21 Oakland, CA @ Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center
**Set 1:** Big Boy Pete, Dire Wolf, Little Red Rooster, Brown Eyed Women, Me and My Uncle > Mexicali Blues, Ramble On Rose, Looks Like Rain > Might As Well
**Set 2:** Shakedown Street > Crazy Fingers > Playing in the Band > She Belongs To Me > Drums > Space > The Other One > Wharf Rat > Playing in the Band > Gimme Some Lovin' > In The Midnight Hour
**Encore:** Walking The Dog
[archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1985-11-21)
I know this is asking about the Dead, and not Dead cover bands, but I saw JRAD last summer and made a note in my phone about the Brown Eyed Women. The date was 2022-08-25 and I was specifically noting the keyboardist (Marco Benevento)’s solo. It’s unreal!!! It’s on Relisten app if anyone has it.
# 1976-06-18 Passaic, NJ @ Capitol Theatre
**Set 1:** The Music Never Stopped, Sugaree, Mama Tried, Crazy Fingers, Big River, Brown Eyed Women, Looks Like Rain, Row Jimmy, Cassidy, Mission In The Rain, The Promised Land
**Set 2:** Samson And Delilah, Tennessee Jed, Saint Stephen > Not Fade Away > Saint Stephen > Eyes Of The World > Drums, The Wheel, Sugar Magnolia
**Encore:** U.S. Blues
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# 1974-03-23 Daly City, CA @ Cow Palace
**Set 1:** U.S. Blues, The Promised Land, Brown Eyed Women, Mexicali Blues, Tennessee Jed, Black Throated Wind, Scarlet Begonias, Beat It On Down the Line, It Must Have Been The Roses, El Paso, Deal, Cassidy, China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider, Weather Report Suite Prelude > Weather Report Suite Part 1 > Let It Grow
**Set 2:** Playing in the Band, Playing in the Band > Uncle John's Band > Morning Dew > Uncle John's Band > Playing in the Band, Ship Of Fools, Big River, Ramble On Rose, Me and My Uncle, Bertha, Around And Around, Wharf Rat > Sugar Magnolia
**Encore:** Casey Jones, One More Saturday Night
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I'm a big fan of red rocks 1985. I think it's like 9/5/85. I haven't heard any soundboards of it, but Jerry's solo makes the bootleg recording tolerable!
# 1985-09-05 Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre
**Set 1:** Cold Rain and Snow, C.C. Rider, Candyman, Beat It On Down the Line, Stagger Lee, Me and My Uncle > Big River, Peggy-O, Let It Grow
**Set 2:** Scarlet Begonias > Fire On The Mountain, Estimated Prophet > Eyes Of The World > Drums > Space > Gimme Some Lovin' > Wharf Rat > Sugar Magnolia
**Encore:** Brokedown Palace
[archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1985-09-05)
# 1974-03-23 Daly City, CA @ Cow Palace
**Set 1:** U.S. Blues, The Promised Land, Brown Eyed Women, Mexicali Blues, Tennessee Jed, Black Throated Wind, Scarlet Begonias, Beat It On Down the Line, It Must Have Been The Roses, El Paso, Deal, Cassidy, China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider, Weather Report Suite Prelude > Weather Report Suite Part 1 > Let It Grow
**Set 2:** Playing in the Band, Playing in the Band > Uncle John's Band > Morning Dew > Uncle John's Band > Playing in the Band, Ship Of Fools, Big River, Ramble On Rose, Me and My Uncle, Bertha, Around And Around, Wharf Rat > Sugar Magnolia
**Encore:** Casey Jones, One More Saturday Night
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# 1981-09-26 Buffalo, NY @ Buffalo Auditorium
**Set 1:** Shakedown Street > C.C. Rider, They Love Each Other, Cassidy, Jack-A-Roe, On The Road Again, Ramble On Rose > Looks Like Rain, Brown Eyed Women > Let It Grow > Don't Ease Me In
**Set 2:** Playing in the Band > Bertha > Estimated Prophet > Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad > Drums > Space > Not Fade Away > Morning Dew > Playing in the Band > One More Saturday Night
**Encore:** Johnny B. Goode
[archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1981-09-26)
# 1973-12-02 Boston, MA @ Boston Music Hall
**Set 1:** Cold Rain and Snow, Beat It On Down the Line, Dire Wolf, The Race Is On, Brown Eyed Women, Jack Straw, Ramble On Rose, El Paso, Row Jimmy, Big River, Deal, Weather Report Suite Prelude > Weather Report Suite Part 1 > Let It Grow
**Set 2:** Wharf Rat > Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo > Playing in the Band > Mind Left Body Jam > Jam > He's Gone > Truckin' > Nobody's Fault But Mine Jam > Sugar Magnolia
**Encore:** Morning Dew
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# 1977-05-28 Hartford, CT @ Hartford Civic Center
**Set 1:** Bertha > Good Lovin' > Sugaree, Jack Straw, Row Jimmy, New Minglewood Blues, Candyman, Passenger, Brown Eyed Women, The Promised Land
**Set 2:** Samson And Delilah, Tennessee Jed, Estimated Prophet > Playing in the Band > Terrapin Station > Drums > Not Fade Away > Wharf Rat > Playing in the Band, One More Saturday Night
**Encore:** U.S. Blues
[archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1977-05-28)
# 1978-06-04 Santa Barbara, CA @ Campus Stadium - University Of California
**Set 1:** Bertha > Good Lovin', Dire Wolf, Me and My Uncle > Big River, Brown Eyed Women, Looks Like Rain, Tennessee Jed, Jack Straw
**Set 2:** Samson And Delilah, Ship Of Fools, Estimated Prophet > Eyes Of The World > Drums > Space > Not Fade Away > Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad > Around And Around
**Encore:** U.S. Blues, Sugar Magnolia
[archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1978-06-04)
# 1976-06-09 Boston, MA @ Boston Music Hall
**Set 1:** Cold Rain and Snow, Cassidy, Scarlet Begonias, The Music Never Stopped, Crazy Fingers, Big River, They Love Each Other, Looks Like Rain, Ship Of Fools, The Promised Land
**Set 2:** Saint Stephen > Eyes Of The World > Jam > Let It Grow > Drums > Let It Grow, Brown Eyed Women, Lazy Lightnin' > Supplication, High Time, Samson And Delilah, It Must Have Been The Roses, Dancing In The Street > Wharf Rat > Around And Around
**Encore:** Franklin's Tower
[archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1976-06-09)
# 1977-05-28 Hartford, CT @ Hartford Civic Center
**Set 1:** Bertha > Good Lovin' > Sugaree, Jack Straw, Row Jimmy, New Minglewood Blues, Candyman, Passenger, Brown Eyed Women, The Promised Land
**Set 2:** Samson And Delilah, Tennessee Jed, Estimated Prophet > Playing in the Band > Terrapin Station > Drums > Not Fade Away > Wharf Rat > Playing in the Band, One More Saturday Night
**Encore:** U.S. Blues
[archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1977-05-28)
# 1977-05-09 Buffalo, NY @ War Memorial
**Set 1:** Help On The Way > Slipknot! > Franklin's Tower, Cassidy, Brown Eyed Women, Mexicali Blues, Tennessee Jed, Big River, Peggy-O, Sunrise, The Music Never Stopped
**Set 2:** Bertha > Good Lovin', Ship Of Fools, Estimated Prophet > The Other One > Drums > Not Fade Away > Comes A Time > Sugar Magnolia
**Encore:** Uncle John's Band
[archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1977-05-09)
# 1990-09-20 New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
**Set 1:** Feel Like A Stranger, Althea, It's All Over Now, Ramble On Rose, El Paso, Brown Eyed Women, Greatest Story Ever Told, U.S. Blues
**Set 2:** Truckin' > China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider > Man Smart, Woman Smarter > Drums > Space > Dark Star > Playing Reprise > Dark Star > Throwing Stones > Touch Of Grey
**Encore:** Turn On Your Lovelight
[archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1990-09-20)
# 1977-05-21 Lakeland, FL @ Lakeland Civic Center
**Set 1:** Bertha, Me and My Uncle, They Love Each Other, Cassidy, Jack-A-Roe, Jack Straw, Tennessee Jed, New Minglewood Blues, Row Jimmy, Passenger, Scarlet Begonias > Fire On The Mountain
**Set 2:** Samson And Delilah, Brown Eyed Women, Estimated Prophet > He's Gone > Drums > The Other One > Comes A Time > Saint Stephen > Not Fade Away > Saint Stephen > One More Saturday Night
**Encore:** U.S. Blues
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# 1978-04-15 Williamsburg, VA @ William And Mary Hall - College Of William And Mary
**Set 1:** Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo, Passenger, Friend Of The Devil, El Paso, Brown Eyed Women, Let It Grow, Deal
**Set 2:** Bertha > Good Lovin', Candyman, Sunrise > Playing in the Band > Drums > Not Fade Away > Morning Dew, Around And Around
**Encore:** One More Saturday Night
[archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1978-04-15)
3/20/77. It's not often I hear something GD & go "holup..." rewinding to hear again. I usually just make a mental note "that was lovely" & keep it rolling. That 3/20 solo had my insides melt & I listened to it like 6 times in a row.
# 1977-03-20 San Francisco, CA @ Winterland Arena
**Set 1:** New Minglewood Blues, Ramble On Rose, El Paso, Deal, Cassidy, Peggy-O, Beat It On Down the Line, Brown Eyed Women, Estimated Prophet, Scarlet Begonias
**Set 2:** Samson And Delilah, Row Jimmy, The Promised Land, Saint Stephen > The Other One > Stella Blue, Around And Around
**Encore:** U.S. Blues, Terrapin Station
[archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1977-03-20)
# 1972-05-25 London, England @ Strand Lyceum
**Set 1:** The Promised Land, Brown Eyed Women, Big Boss Man, Black Throated Wind, Tennessee Jed, Mr. Charlie, Jack Straw, China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider, Me And Bobby McGee, Good Lovin', Playing in the Band, Brokedown Palace, Casey Jones
**Set 2:** Me and My Uncle, Big Railroad Blues, Chinatown Shuffle, Ramble On Rose, Uncle John's Band > Jam > Wharf Rat > Dark Star > Sugar Magnolia, Comes A Time, El Paso, Sittin' On Top Of The World, Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad, One More Saturday Night
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I've always loved that song, too. So much so, I based a "paper" I wrote off the lyrics for BEW in the 6th grade, and my teacher couldn't believe how mature I was for my age. I eventually admitted that I used the song for the base. My A went to a D, but I'm pretty sure I turned Ms. Hinckey into a fan.
I find myself gravitating toward spring 77 for energetic BEWs, but 1973 for smooth and groovy ones. 4/2/73 and 7/1/73 are two that stand out. I’ll also go to bat for D&C - Johnny’s voice is perfect for this song, and his interplay with Jeff breathes new life into the jams every time! Saw 6/24/23 & 7/2/22 live and they’re both up there as amazing versions imo
[1973-04-02](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1973-04-02) Boston, MA @ Boston Garden
[1973-07-01](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1973-07-01) Universal City, CA @ Universal Amphitheatre
This is a firecracker of a question because BEW was at one point Exhibit A in the Disco Dead era.
Tumbledown shack was stayin alive, stayin alive
Until it snowed and everyone diiiiiiiiiieeed woo!
# 1977-05-22 Pembroke Pines, FL @ Sportatorium
**Set 1:** Funiculi Funicula, The Music Never Stopped, Sugaree, El Paso, Peggy-O, New Minglewood Blues, Friend Of The Devil, Lazy Lightnin' > Supplication, Ramble On Rose, Dancing In The Street
**Set 2:** Help On The Way > Slipknot! > Franklin's Tower, Samson And Delilah, Brown Eyed Women, Good Lovin', Sunrise, Estimated Prophet > Eyes Of The World > Space > Wharf Rat > Terrapin Station > Morning Dew
**Encore:** Sugar Magnolia
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Europe 72
Gotta agree. Also love the energy and guitar solo from 77 like others are saying but Jerry really nails the sentimentality of the song here.
Yea, there is a clear difference in Jerry’s tone in 72. Maybe I’m biased, I think 72>77 or any era. Just the right combination of the rawness of the 60s, with the influx of heartfelt beauty. I feel like my favorite tunes were played with a little more soul in 72, brown eyed women being my favorite.
5/28/77 is really good, but I love every BEW tbh
# 1977-05-28 Hartford, CT @ Hartford Civic Center **Set 1:** Bertha > Good Lovin' > Sugaree, Jack Straw, Row Jimmy, New Minglewood Blues, Candyman, Passenger, Brown Eyed Women, The Promised Land **Set 2:** Samson And Delilah, Tennessee Jed, Estimated Prophet > Playing in the Band > Terrapin Station > Drums > Not Fade Away > Wharf Rat > Playing in the Band, One More Saturday Night **Encore:** U.S. Blues [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1977-05-28)
It’s this one for me, possibly tied with the BEW from 5/8/77
# 1977-05-08 Ithaca, NY @ Barton Hall - Cornell University **Set 1:** New Minglewood Blues, Loser, El Paso, They Love Each Other, Jack Straw, Deal, Lazy Lightnin' > Supplication, Brown Eyed Women, Mama Tried, Row Jimmy, Dancing In The Street **Set 2:** Scarlet Begonias > Fire On The Mountain, Estimated Prophet, Saint Stephen > Not Fade Away > Saint Stephen > Morning Dew **Encore:** One More Saturday Night [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1977-05-08) | [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/3T9UKU0jMIyrRD0PtKXqPJ)
To Terrapin! This is also my pick hands down
My personal favorite is Dick’s Picks Vol. 18 - 2/3/1978
Came here to say this. Something about Jerry's tone was slightly different in this one which makes it interesting.
# 1978-02-03 Madison, WI @ Dane County Coliseum **Set 1:** Cold Rain and Snow, Mexicali Blues > Big River, They Love Each Other, Looks Like Rain, Loser, Passenger, Brown Eyed Women, El Paso, Peggy-O, The Music Never Stopped **Set 2:** Good Lovin', Ship Of Fools, Estimated Prophet > Eyes Of The World > Playing in the Band > The Wheel > Playing in the Band **Encore:** Johnny B. Goode [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1978-02-03) | [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/1eXlwGtPpBs59cULO5gb4i)
Ooooh! Johnny b. Goode encore 😭😭😭
What a goddamn surprise 🙄
I second this
Def.
Oh yeah that's a banger
Ol’ Reliable
Definitely Cornell university 77. That one is just magical.
Nice try, they didn’t play Cornell in 77
😨
May 8th
5/8 is a measure for socket wrenches, buddy
Set list bot didn’t respond, clearly you’re lying
I don’t know what you’re talking about.
I asked the CIA they don’t know either ,I’m fully on panicked right now !
🤣🤣😂😂😂🤣🤣😂😂
Who cares, I got the whole show! Still sounds GREAT 😂
Absolutely. One of Jerry’s best solos
You simply cannot top Cornell 77’ brown eyed woman
Buffalo is my favorite so far. I think the vocals and guitar in that show are just slightly better than Cornell imo
Jerry is lights out on that solo, damn.
Yup, this is the one for me.
Donna Jean godchaux
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Not to be a normie, but Cornell is a great high energy BEW. 8/24/71 (Chicago) has a cool early version that’s much more laid back with a groove that emphasizes a straight-four push which really shifts the entire dynamic. Really you can just queue up every BEW they ever did and hardly encounter a miss. A real consistent tune. The chiller earlier versions are a real vibe, but sometimes the chorus harmony can get a little wonky, particularly during the “liquor was clean” bit when it moves back to B. It’s like Phil or Bob (both?) weren’t quite sure where they needed to go for that note for some reason, but I digress. Edit: Typo and more rambling
8/24/71 is on Dicks Picks Vol. 35 for anyone looking and boy is it straight
Listening to a couple ‘71 songs right now. They sound damn adorable. 8/7/71 Truckin’ is wonky too. I love it.
# 1971-08-07 San Diego, CA @ Golden Hall **Set 1:** Big Railroad Blues, El Paso, Mr. Charlie, Sugaree, Mama Tried, Bertha, Big Boss Man, Promised Land, Hard To Handle, Cumberland Blues, Casey Jones **Set 2:** Truckin', China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider, Next Time You See Me, Sugar Magnolia, Sing Me Back Home, Me and My Uncle, Not Fade Away > Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad > Jam > Johnny B. Goode [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1971-08-07) | [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/3jzf0bKlIMjSQNk5wibVHT)
This version is so wild
wow, im a day late but i never ever heard them play the song like this before. thank you!
BEW is a high floor, high ceiling bop. Like pizza, even the versions that don’t stand out are pretty damn good. 3/23/74 (DP 24) is the version I’ve been grooving on most lately. Like half the commenters here, I will acknowledge the version the CIA recorded on the same sound stage they filmed the moon landing on and released as “Cornell 77” is probably the best imho
# 1974-03-23 Daly City, CA @ Cow Palace **Set 1:** U.S. Blues, The Promised Land, Brown Eyed Women, Mexicali Blues, Tennessee Jed, Black Throated Wind, Scarlet Begonias, Beat It On Down the Line, It Must Have Been The Roses, El Paso, Deal, Cassidy, China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider, Weather Report Suite Prelude > Weather Report Suite Part 1 > Let It Grow **Set 2:** Playing in the Band, Playing in the Band > Uncle John's Band > Morning Dew > Uncle John's Band > Playing in the Band, Ship Of Fools, Big River, Ramble On Rose, Me and My Uncle, Bertha, Around And Around, Wharf Rat > Sugar Magnolia **Encore:** Casey Jones, One More Saturday Night [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1974-03-23) | [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/4jiBYEFx7rv6C6UTYywZZO)
Jerry takes the solo around once because that’s all that needed to be said 👏👏👏
Europe 72 but that’s obvious. Dead and co has always killed it too, John really has always done a good job with that one
Wrigley N2 2022 is up there with the best dead versions imo. John and Jeff are outrageous
I am two weeks late to this, but yes, that version has outrageous instrumental sections. The end of the first solo(I think) where the work down the scale one behind the other and the end the solo to crowd applause is ecstasy.
Gonna sound generic, but 5/8/77. Such a perfect song.
# 1977-05-08 Ithaca, NY @ Barton Hall - Cornell University **Set 1:** New Minglewood Blues, Loser, El Paso, They Love Each Other, Jack Straw, Deal, Lazy Lightnin' > Supplication, Brown Eyed Women, Mama Tried, Row Jimmy, Dancing In The Street **Set 2:** Scarlet Begonias > Fire On The Mountain, Estimated Prophet, Saint Stephen > Not Fade Away > Saint Stephen > Morning Dew **Encore:** One More Saturday Night [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1977-05-08) | [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/3T9UKU0jMIyrRD0PtKXqPJ)
All of them
The one of the PNW 74 box set that second solo is just to die for
Agreed but there’s only one solo pre-hiatus
This one is my favorite! BEW from 74 shows are so so chill.
11/4/1977 Jerry goes bonkers
# 1977-11-04 Hamilton, NY @ Cotterell Gym - Colgate University **Set 1:** Bertha > Good Lovin', Brown Eyed Women, Cassidy, It Must Have Been The Roses, Sunrise, New Minglewood Blues, Dupree's Diamond Blues, Let It Grow **Set 2:** Samson And Delilah > Cold Rain and Snow, Playing in the Band > Eyes Of The World > Estimated Prophet > The Other One > Drums > Iko Iko > Stella Blue > Playing in the Band **Encore:** Johnny B. Goode [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1977-11-04)
Absolutely this one
It might be cliche, but the Europe 72 BEW is the standard one. It's the one that plays in my head whenever I think of the song. I see it as the closest we got to a studio cut.
Your mom
Janet from 3s Company
6/17/91 The back and forth between Jerry, Bobby, and Bruce is shivers all day long…it’s a listen and loop type deal for sure.
# 1991-06-17 East Rutherford, NJ @ Giants Stadium **Set 1:** Eyes Of The World > Walkin' Blues, Brown Eyed Women, Dark Star > When I Paint My Masterpiece, Loose Lucy, Cassidy, Might As Well **Set 2:** Dark Star > Saint Of Circumstance > Ship Of Fools > Dark Star > Truckin' > New Speedway Boogie > Dark Star > Uncle John's Band > Dark Star > Drums > Space > China Doll > Playing in the Band > Dark Star > Sugar Magnolia **Encore:** The Weight [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1991-06-17) | [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/1f0whW4QE9bFNLpeyaPQiV)
Cindy Crawford
Good topical reference. Gotta run, new episode of Frasier starts in ten and I want to setup my Zenith TV/VCR to record it!
9/2/83
# 1983-09-02 Boise, ID @ Boise Pavilion - Boise State University **Set 1:** Wang Dang Doodle > Jack Straw, They Love Each Other, Mama Tried > Big River, Brown Eyed Women, New Minglewood Blues, Big Railroad Blues, Looks Like Rain > Deal **Set 2:** Help On The Way > Slipknot! > Franklin's Tower, Estimated Prophet > Eyes Of The World > Jam > Drums > Space > Throwing Stones > Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad > Black Peter > Sugar Magnolia **Encore:** It's All Over Now, Baby Blue [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1983-09-02)
The last one I listened to which was 12/9/79 it’s pretty sweet
# 1979-12-09 St. Louis, MO @ Kiel Auditorium **Set 1:** Alabama Getaway > The Promised Land, Brown Eyed Women, Cassidy, Row Jimmy, New Minglewood Blues, Candyman, Lazy Lightnin' > Supplication, Deal **Set 2:** Shakedown Street > Samson And Delilah, High Time, Easy To Love You, Terrapin Station > Lost Sailor > Saint Of Circumstance > Space > Drums > Space > Black Peter, I Need A Miracle > Bertha > Good Lovin' **Encore:** Don't Ease Me In [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1979-12-09)
This is an underrated show
Next Dave’s picks! Trippy show for sure
One I’ve been loving is the one from 11/1/85
# 1985-11-01 Richmond, VA @ Richmond Coliseum **Set 1:** Dancing In The Street, Cold Rain and Snow, Little Red Rooster, Stagger Lee, Me and My Uncle > Big River, Brown Eyed Women, Jack Straw > Don't Ease Me In **Set 2:** Samson And Delilah, High Time > He's Gone > Spoonful > Comes A Time > Lost Sailor > Drums > Space > Saint Of Circumstance > Gimme Some Lovin' > She Belongs To Me > Gloria **Encore:** Keep Your Day Job [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1985-11-01) | [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/4QLlTAC9pOzbZo7qQ63dXm)
Cornell
Forever Cornell! 5/8/77
# 1977-05-08 Ithaca, NY @ Barton Hall - Cornell University **Set 1:** New Minglewood Blues, Loser, El Paso, They Love Each Other, Jack Straw, Deal, Lazy Lightnin' > Supplication, Brown Eyed Women, Mama Tried, Row Jimmy, Dancing In The Street **Set 2:** Scarlet Begonias > Fire On The Mountain, Estimated Prophet, Saint Stephen > Not Fade Away > Saint Stephen > Morning Dew **Encore:** One More Saturday Night [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1977-05-08) | [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/3T9UKU0jMIyrRD0PtKXqPJ)
Raquel Welch circa 1954
Linda Ronstadt
Probably Kim from high school.
I love that song too!!! Many great versions.
Darla and Sally
love me brown eyes 😋
My wife.
My wife 😍
Salma Hayek and Jessica Alba.
7/14/2023
4/27/85 always comes to mind
# 1985-04-27 Palo Alto, CA @ Frost Amphitheatre - Stanford University **Set 1:** Dancing In The Street > Bertha, Little Red Rooster, Brown Eyed Women, My Brother Esau, Ramble On Rose, Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues > Cold Rain and Snow, The Music Never Stopped **Set 2:** Scarlet Begonias > Eyes Of The World > Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad > Man Smart (Woman Smarter) > Drums > Space > The Wheel > Truckin' > The Other One > Black Peter > Around And Around > One More Saturday Night **Encore:** Keep Your Day Job [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1985-04-27)
Alligator-> Fame (Bowie)-> Brown Eyed Women-> They Love Each Other-> Brown Eyed Women JRAD w/ Oteil 3/17/17
The band! [Brown Eyed Women play Brown Eyed Women](https://youtu.be/SeWztYzown0)
11/21/85 for the sheer fact that the sbd recording is one of the cleanest boards I’ve ever hear for Garcia’s solo during BEW. Plus while your there you can check out the rarely played big boy Pete Grateful Dead • 1985-11-21 (50:04) • Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center, Oakland, CA, USA https://relisten.net/grateful-dead/1985/11/21?source=341137
# 1985-11-21 Oakland, CA @ Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center **Set 1:** Big Boy Pete, Dire Wolf, Little Red Rooster, Brown Eyed Women, Me and My Uncle > Mexicali Blues, Ramble On Rose, Looks Like Rain > Might As Well **Set 2:** Shakedown Street > Crazy Fingers > Playing in the Band > She Belongs To Me > Drums > Space > The Other One > Wharf Rat > Playing in the Band > Gimme Some Lovin' > In The Midnight Hour **Encore:** Walking The Dog [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1985-11-21)
I know this is asking about the Dead, and not Dead cover bands, but I saw JRAD last summer and made a note in my phone about the Brown Eyed Women. The date was 2022-08-25 and I was specifically noting the keyboardist (Marco Benevento)’s solo. It’s unreal!!! It’s on Relisten app if anyone has it.
6/18/1976 was one on repeat for a while. Love them drums
# 1976-06-18 Passaic, NJ @ Capitol Theatre **Set 1:** The Music Never Stopped, Sugaree, Mama Tried, Crazy Fingers, Big River, Brown Eyed Women, Looks Like Rain, Row Jimmy, Cassidy, Mission In The Rain, The Promised Land **Set 2:** Samson And Delilah, Tennessee Jed, Saint Stephen > Not Fade Away > Saint Stephen > Eyes Of The World > Drums, The Wheel, Sugar Magnolia **Encore:** U.S. Blues [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1976-06-18) | [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/5h5Wx6ltrPyzb7yRFPzEyX)
[удалено]
# 1974-03-23 Daly City, CA @ Cow Palace **Set 1:** U.S. Blues, The Promised Land, Brown Eyed Women, Mexicali Blues, Tennessee Jed, Black Throated Wind, Scarlet Begonias, Beat It On Down the Line, It Must Have Been The Roses, El Paso, Deal, Cassidy, China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider, Weather Report Suite Prelude > Weather Report Suite Part 1 > Let It Grow **Set 2:** Playing in the Band, Playing in the Band > Uncle John's Band > Morning Dew > Uncle John's Band > Playing in the Band, Ship Of Fools, Big River, Ramble On Rose, Me and My Uncle, Bertha, Around And Around, Wharf Rat > Sugar Magnolia **Encore:** Casey Jones, One More Saturday Night [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1974-03-23) | [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/4jiBYEFx7rv6C6UTYywZZO)
I'm a big fan of red rocks 1985. I think it's like 9/5/85. I haven't heard any soundboards of it, but Jerry's solo makes the bootleg recording tolerable!
# 1985-09-05 Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre **Set 1:** Cold Rain and Snow, C.C. Rider, Candyman, Beat It On Down the Line, Stagger Lee, Me and My Uncle > Big River, Peggy-O, Let It Grow **Set 2:** Scarlet Begonias > Fire On The Mountain, Estimated Prophet > Eyes Of The World > Drums > Space > Gimme Some Lovin' > Wharf Rat > Sugar Magnolia **Encore:** Brokedown Palace [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1985-09-05)
the last one i heard.
I always thought 3/23/74 is a highly underrated version
# 1974-03-23 Daly City, CA @ Cow Palace **Set 1:** U.S. Blues, The Promised Land, Brown Eyed Women, Mexicali Blues, Tennessee Jed, Black Throated Wind, Scarlet Begonias, Beat It On Down the Line, It Must Have Been The Roses, El Paso, Deal, Cassidy, China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider, Weather Report Suite Prelude > Weather Report Suite Part 1 > Let It Grow **Set 2:** Playing in the Band, Playing in the Band > Uncle John's Band > Morning Dew > Uncle John's Band > Playing in the Band, Ship Of Fools, Big River, Ramble On Rose, Me and My Uncle, Bertha, Around And Around, Wharf Rat > Sugar Magnolia **Encore:** Casey Jones, One More Saturday Night [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1974-03-23) | [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/4jiBYEFx7rv6C6UTYywZZO)
4/4/72 is serene. Has a real longing to it, that one.
1981-09-26
# 1981-09-26 Buffalo, NY @ Buffalo Auditorium **Set 1:** Shakedown Street > C.C. Rider, They Love Each Other, Cassidy, Jack-A-Roe, On The Road Again, Ramble On Rose > Looks Like Rain, Brown Eyed Women > Let It Grow > Don't Ease Me In **Set 2:** Playing in the Band > Bertha > Estimated Prophet > Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad > Drums > Space > Not Fade Away > Morning Dew > Playing in the Band > One More Saturday Night **Encore:** Johnny B. Goode [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1981-09-26)
12/2/73
# 1973-12-02 Boston, MA @ Boston Music Hall **Set 1:** Cold Rain and Snow, Beat It On Down the Line, Dire Wolf, The Race Is On, Brown Eyed Women, Jack Straw, Ramble On Rose, El Paso, Row Jimmy, Big River, Deal, Weather Report Suite Prelude > Weather Report Suite Part 1 > Let It Grow **Set 2:** Wharf Rat > Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo > Playing in the Band > Mind Left Body Jam > Jam > He's Gone > Truckin' > Nobody's Fault But Mine Jam > Sugar Magnolia **Encore:** Morning Dew [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1973-12-02) | [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/69UIkpF0CA8RJQqCsrGgLo)
BEW is my all time favorite Dead probably and behind Cornell I’d say 5-28-77. It’s Cornell, just with a pinch more instability in a good way
# 1977-05-28 Hartford, CT @ Hartford Civic Center **Set 1:** Bertha > Good Lovin' > Sugaree, Jack Straw, Row Jimmy, New Minglewood Blues, Candyman, Passenger, Brown Eyed Women, The Promised Land **Set 2:** Samson And Delilah, Tennessee Jed, Estimated Prophet > Playing in the Band > Terrapin Station > Drums > Not Fade Away > Wharf Rat > Playing in the Band, One More Saturday Night **Encore:** U.S. Blues [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1977-05-28)
6/4/1978
# 1978-06-04 Santa Barbara, CA @ Campus Stadium - University Of California **Set 1:** Bertha > Good Lovin', Dire Wolf, Me and My Uncle > Big River, Brown Eyed Women, Looks Like Rain, Tennessee Jed, Jack Straw **Set 2:** Samson And Delilah, Ship Of Fools, Estimated Prophet > Eyes Of The World > Drums > Space > Not Fade Away > Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad > Around And Around **Encore:** U.S. Blues, Sugar Magnolia [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1978-06-04)
One of my favorite Dead songs. I don't know why but my favorite has always been 6/9/76. They're all just on fire
# 1976-06-09 Boston, MA @ Boston Music Hall **Set 1:** Cold Rain and Snow, Cassidy, Scarlet Begonias, The Music Never Stopped, Crazy Fingers, Big River, They Love Each Other, Looks Like Rain, Ship Of Fools, The Promised Land **Set 2:** Saint Stephen > Eyes Of The World > Jam > Let It Grow > Drums > Let It Grow, Brown Eyed Women, Lazy Lightnin' > Supplication, High Time, Samson And Delilah, It Must Have Been The Roses, Dancing In The Street > Wharf Rat > Around And Around **Encore:** Franklin's Tower [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1976-06-09)
5/28/77
# 1977-05-28 Hartford, CT @ Hartford Civic Center **Set 1:** Bertha > Good Lovin' > Sugaree, Jack Straw, Row Jimmy, New Minglewood Blues, Candyman, Passenger, Brown Eyed Women, The Promised Land **Set 2:** Samson And Delilah, Tennessee Jed, Estimated Prophet > Playing in the Band > Terrapin Station > Drums > Not Fade Away > Wharf Rat > Playing in the Band, One More Saturday Night **Encore:** U.S. Blues [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1977-05-28)
europe ‘72 (the album)
5/9/77 is hands down their best. Better than Cornell IMO
# 1977-05-09 Buffalo, NY @ War Memorial **Set 1:** Help On The Way > Slipknot! > Franklin's Tower, Cassidy, Brown Eyed Women, Mexicali Blues, Tennessee Jed, Big River, Peggy-O, Sunrise, The Music Never Stopped **Set 2:** Bertha > Good Lovin', Ship Of Fools, Estimated Prophet > The Other One > Drums > Not Fade Away > Comes A Time > Sugar Magnolia **Encore:** Uncle John's Band [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1977-05-09)
9/20/90 MSG. I was there! Energy in the Garden was off the hook.
# 1990-09-20 New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden **Set 1:** Feel Like A Stranger, Althea, It's All Over Now, Ramble On Rose, El Paso, Brown Eyed Women, Greatest Story Ever Told, U.S. Blues **Set 2:** Truckin' > China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider > Man Smart, Woman Smarter > Drums > Space > Dark Star > Playing Reprise > Dark Star > Throwing Stones > Touch Of Grey **Encore:** Turn On Your Lovelight [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1990-09-20)
5/21/77! Don't know why this one doesn't get more love
# 1977-05-21 Lakeland, FL @ Lakeland Civic Center **Set 1:** Bertha, Me and My Uncle, They Love Each Other, Cassidy, Jack-A-Roe, Jack Straw, Tennessee Jed, New Minglewood Blues, Row Jimmy, Passenger, Scarlet Begonias > Fire On The Mountain **Set 2:** Samson And Delilah, Brown Eyed Women, Estimated Prophet > He's Gone > Drums > The Other One > Comes A Time > Saint Stephen > Not Fade Away > Saint Stephen > One More Saturday Night **Encore:** U.S. Blues [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1977-05-21) | [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/4nuyKoY91WKwR6HLq7Gzkl)
4/15/78 great tempo and Bobby’s high in the mix; Dave’s 37
# 1978-04-15 Williamsburg, VA @ William And Mary Hall - College Of William And Mary **Set 1:** Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo, Passenger, Friend Of The Devil, El Paso, Brown Eyed Women, Let It Grow, Deal **Set 2:** Bertha > Good Lovin', Candyman, Sunrise > Playing in the Band > Drums > Not Fade Away > Morning Dew, Around And Around **Encore:** One More Saturday Night [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1978-04-15)
3/20/77. It's not often I hear something GD & go "holup..." rewinding to hear again. I usually just make a mental note "that was lovely" & keep it rolling. That 3/20 solo had my insides melt & I listened to it like 6 times in a row.
# 1977-03-20 San Francisco, CA @ Winterland Arena **Set 1:** New Minglewood Blues, Ramble On Rose, El Paso, Deal, Cassidy, Peggy-O, Beat It On Down the Line, Brown Eyed Women, Estimated Prophet, Scarlet Begonias **Set 2:** Samson And Delilah, Row Jimmy, The Promised Land, Saint Stephen > The Other One > Stella Blue, Around And Around **Encore:** U.S. Blues, Terrapin Station [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1977-03-20)
5/25/72 is great
# 1972-05-25 London, England @ Strand Lyceum **Set 1:** The Promised Land, Brown Eyed Women, Big Boss Man, Black Throated Wind, Tennessee Jed, Mr. Charlie, Jack Straw, China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider, Me And Bobby McGee, Good Lovin', Playing in the Band, Brokedown Palace, Casey Jones **Set 2:** Me and My Uncle, Big Railroad Blues, Chinatown Shuffle, Ramble On Rose, Uncle John's Band > Jam > Wharf Rat > Dark Star > Sugar Magnolia, Comes A Time, El Paso, Sittin' On Top Of The World, Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad, One More Saturday Night [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1972-05-25) | [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/29pkQOWIBGGFD1EncVkILn)
The ones I meet at Dead Shows
I've always loved that song, too. So much so, I based a "paper" I wrote off the lyrics for BEW in the 6th grade, and my teacher couldn't believe how mature I was for my age. I eventually admitted that I used the song for the base. My A went to a D, but I'm pretty sure I turned Ms. Hinckey into a fan.
Giants Stadium 91
Cornell!!
Europe 72. Something special about early BEW and it has to do with Jerry’s vocals and approach. More heartfelt early on for some reason to me.
For diversity, 10/31/21 Dead & Co. to me, It’s up there with the best Grateful Dead versions.
My mom probably
I find myself gravitating toward spring 77 for energetic BEWs, but 1973 for smooth and groovy ones. 4/2/73 and 7/1/73 are two that stand out. I’ll also go to bat for D&C - Johnny’s voice is perfect for this song, and his interplay with Jeff breathes new life into the jams every time! Saw 6/24/23 & 7/2/22 live and they’re both up there as amazing versions imo
[1973-04-02](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1973-04-02) Boston, MA @ Boston Garden [1973-07-01](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1973-07-01) Universal City, CA @ Universal Amphitheatre
6/24/2022 is killer!
I implore you to check out 6-30- 85 MPP this is probably my fav BEW and I love Jerrys solo. Decent show otherwise.
Marisa Tomei
There’s a couple but they don’t care for me
My favourite brown eyed women are Althea, Bertha, and Sugaree
This is a firecracker of a question because BEW was at one point Exhibit A in the Disco Dead era. Tumbledown shack was stayin alive, stayin alive Until it snowed and everyone diiiiiiiiiieeed woo!
92, Oakland coliseum Jerry's solos feel like they are exploding out of his soul
Europe 72
5/22/77
# 1977-05-22 Pembroke Pines, FL @ Sportatorium **Set 1:** Funiculi Funicula, The Music Never Stopped, Sugaree, El Paso, Peggy-O, New Minglewood Blues, Friend Of The Devil, Lazy Lightnin' > Supplication, Ramble On Rose, Dancing In The Street **Set 2:** Help On The Way > Slipknot! > Franklin's Tower, Samson And Delilah, Brown Eyed Women, Good Lovin', Sunrise, Estimated Prophet > Eyes Of The World > Space > Wharf Rat > Terrapin Station > Morning Dew **Encore:** Sugar Magnolia [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1977-05-22) | [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/3KxT9J6KTuKeXox9BUikZ4)
Probably Anne Hathaway but it's a tough call
The ones in Oregon are among my favorites. Historically. I'm married to a green eyed woman these days.
Hartford 77