@nOOb1OO said:

"I love the largeness of their catalog, but it doesn't kill me that they don't explore every inch of it."

Well, it bothers me. I just lived through 20 years of Lesh and Weir playing all the songs that the Dead never bothered to play from 77-95 and I found myself often asking "why?" Would it have been so hard for Jerry and Co. to play them when he was still with us? It would've meant a lot to me in retrospect. As much as I appreciated Phil reviving Viola Lee Blues, I would've really loved to have a recording of Jerry playing it with him in '92.

They can't explore the whole catalogue in 25 shows, granted, but they don't need to play Twist in the cleanup role every other show, either.