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340:ā Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders ā 2017
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304:ā Merl Saunders and Jerry Garcia ā 2006
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329:Garcia Live Volume Six
285:Side Trips, Volume One
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240:ā Merl Saunders ā 1973
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296:ā Jerry Garcia ā 2005
214:ā Tom Fogerty ā 1972
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310:ā Bill Vitt ā 2008
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211:Excalibur
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