Not on my top ten list, but....
It is on my list of great music lists. While I'm a Deadhead, I also dig Tony and Grisman. These guys are phenomenal. Lots of fun to hear the way they banter between songs.
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pizza tapes
While this won't be on most deadhead top ten lists, the pizza tapes give guitarists and fans a look into how Jerry and David interacted during informal jam sessions. Named the pizza tapes due to their theft by the pizza delivery guy and subsequent disappearance for many years. Jerry's talent oozes from these tapes.
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