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Very pumped for this: Eugene 1-22-78 http://www.dead.net/store/special-edition-shops/almanac/daves-picks-volume-23
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One of the staples in the Grateful Dead canon is Samson and Delilah, which was originally composed by the Rev. Blind Gary Davis. A second-such track from the same album (Harlem Street Singer) is Death Don't Have no Mercy, which the Dead occasionally visited. I saw this performed twice. Once at Shoreline in Mt. View in 1989, and then in 2015 in Santa Clara. It appears at least once in their earlier works, and the new TV mini-series on Amazon begins with an old version and ends with a late version (possibly the 1989 performance). It was quite poignant to hear Bobby Weir perform this (solo) in 2015 at the 50th Ann. concert on Sunday, but I have no recollection of the 1989 version. I found it on So Many Roads and finally purchased that album. Here is a youtube version: Jerry, Brent and Bobby all participate on this stellar performance. It seemed like they performed it quite frequently toward the end.