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I’m sitting here listening to 3/9/81 and wondering what are your favorite Althea’s?

I saw 3/15/90 and 9/12/90 and like them both a lot, but I feel like there are some scorchers I’m missing from the 80s that weren’t on official releases. I have been going through heady version list as well but sometimes there are some overlooked gems! Thanks!

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wish I was still in contact with the guitarist from my old band 20+ years ago. We covered Althea often because it was his all-time favorite tune to play on guitar. He would have taken one quick glance at the heady version list and likely had several more obscure but amazing recordings to recommend..

[–] scottywh 3 points 1 year ago

Like him or not, it's also interesting the story that hearing Althea playing got John Mayer into the Dead.

https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/john-mayer-grateful-dead-and-company-interview-6655956/