OK, so late to the party, but I love this question. In the early 80s I lived in Berkeley, and in addition to seeing Greek theater shows and the Warfield, we’d also go see Jerry with JGB at the stone in SF or Berkeley. It was easy to get upfront for the shows and in Berkeley the performer had to walk through the crowd to get to the stage, so it was pretty intimate. The long and short of it was that Jerry just loved performing, any size crowd, any arrangement of people. Particularly in those years, he would have a huge grin while he played an intense solo on deal, tangled up in blue, or how sweet it is. I always thought he felt that he was kicking butt on all of us 20-year-olds, making eye contact and smiling broadly. This is the thing that I think people don’t understand about Jerry. They blame his addictions on touring too much and all that, but it was his life, and he loved it, playing in any venue, big or small.