Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World" Live 2/9/1973, Stanford U., Palo Alto, Ca

[@kilcooleigh47]

Absolutely smoking version. One gift of better sound quality, or just older ears, is hearing Bob’s rhythm guitar. He paints on this one. As usual. Thanks so much for sharing. 🙏

[@josessounds]

😅🎉

[@american_cosmic]

Phil sounds great on this too (as usual) -- RIP

[@larrym2434]

To my ears, 72-73 were the peak years for Bobby's guitar playing.

[@jdel7525]

No words can describe this version. The clarity is sick. The Dead just keeps going. The best band ever.

[@georgemetesky5519]

I don't think Jerry sounds sick. He just sings like that but he was in good health at this time.

[@minusstage3]

Likely the healthiest of this generation! 🙏

[@speedspeed121]

This is the very first live performance of Eyes

[@erichanhauser3190]

Truly beyond description.

[@ericgoldmandcpc8994]

He means they are excellent!@@georgemetesky5519

[@stuartbowenjr8393]

I was 15 at boarding school in Northern Virginia. Had never heard the Dead then. Now I wish I'd been in Palo Alto that day.

[@dougwright3365]

Had this on cassette 40 years ago. Thank you!

[@garyambrosi2075]

They were the best in the early 70s with one drummer and rivaled any jazz combo at the time. Very unique time period for them

[@antonynopoulos823]

I still have my cassette of 2/9/73.. one of many that received heavy rotation back in the day.. fantastic stuff

[@Stonecrow25]

started seeing them in early 80s, all my crew cut our teeth to this back in the day, This and 1/22/78, 5/8-9/77, 12/30/78, shrine 67, among others.

[@seanegan3296]

Imagine being there for the first Eyes

[@patrickhawkinson8399]

It must have been eye opening.

[@JohnEuliss]

I've never been a deadhead but I kinda like this song.

[@Stonecrow25]

Dive in, there are many, many more

[@doodahdavesrecords4319]

This day was my 16 birthday I saw them play this at every show in 73 and I saw 4 starting on 3/19/73

[@balongisland3065]

Yeah that date in 1973 was my first show - Nassau Coliseum!

[@tunahead8872]

Fell in love with this song from the opening chords on Wake album. I was 14.

[@dougwright3365]

JORMA😊

[@timothywynne7903]

I was a virtual baby, 7 years old.... 50 years ago...

[@gjhoyt1]

I was there. 22 yrs. old. Wall of Sound was new. Sounded great in the Stanford Stadium. Lived in the Santa Cruz redwoods in La Honda. Great scene. The guy who drove us to the concert was on acid. I thought he would lose it on the nasty curves on CA Rt 84. Didn't have to bring any dope. The stadium was so smoky and wonderful that you just had to breath it in. Saw them many times after this at the US Festival and Sacramento Cal Expo. Never disappointing even at 75. :)

[@MikeClenens]

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[@cc-qq1gt]

Santa Cruz❤. My brother lived there and Capitola late 70s/80s/90s. I used to visit as much as I could. Eyes is one of my favs and this one the sound is so nice. Thank you Michael Rothenberg!

[@stuartbowenjr8393]

Best song debut ever. Totally jazzed out. The beginning of a two year jazz era.

[@bison2022]

The deads music held me together when i came home from nam. Thanks poochie!

[@thwackeymagi]

in '85 my best friend gave me a cassette of this show, when I was just hopping on at 17... nothing will compare, ever

[@tylerthompson1842]

Bobby has this perfect repetitive line that Jerry works around in the intro.. Chefs kiss

[@heidi22209]

RIP. Phil .. thank you. 🕊

[@howardstrauss1666]

I was there. A great show with lots of new tunes. Always a treat. I'll always remember the version of They Love Each Other.

[@gmcsrbosavl6964]

Amazing. I was born too late. This might be my favorite show.

[@piddlepup]

They love each other nice and bouncy and with a Bridge . Always loved 72 73 74

[@carolalvarado3363]

Ron pigpen Mckernan was the founder of the grateful dead blues with rock beautiful RIP Ron

[@williamswanson6424]

I was at that show! They were rocking so much one of the speaker cabinets fell off of the speaker scaffolding.

[@michaelyoung1055]

My goodness there sound 50 years ago. Crazy clear and crisp, incredible!

[@staggerleee1053]

Totally agree

[@jimmyjames7941]

50 and a half but who's counting?!

[@charlesandrews2360]

That's the magical mystical sound I fell in love with 50 years ago and no matter how crappy my player, no matter how beat up and worn out my records and 8tracks and cassettes became, that sound always came through. This is a nice walk down memory lane for me.

[@dawnoconnor6909]

Grooving & Grateful for this

[@porterhouse7260]

Bob's Guitar work is simply Beautiful!

[@doodahdavesrecords4319]

Thank you Kurt for posting this excellent version

[@MaartenVrijman]

First eyes best eyes ❤️

[@jimcross7686]

Jerry,as well as the rest of the band, was at the his best on this song. I could listen to this song all day.

[@Jheassler]

Yes this is my favourite version of eyes💜 thank you for posting another one!

[@benhinds2971]

I guess I never listened to this version that much before, I think its my favorite now too. So many unique things happening on this rendition. The recording, and the mix is almost like they made it for me. Pigpen had just died a few days earlier.

[@xneapolisx]

​@@benhinds2971Pigpen died on March 8. Also, this is the first time the Dead ever played Eyes. This is a tremendous recording and a top notch version, agree! If you like the early arrangements of Eyes give 8/6/74 a listen; that's my absolute all time favorite.

[@uslady100]

This right here... I just subscribed because of THIS right here! ❤️🎶⭕️

[@michaelrothenberg3488]

Glad you like it.

[@terryatpi]

In person I was there for the Brent years , what a beautiful trip!

[@uslady100]

At 4:06- listen to that crowd's minds being blown as they hear this for the first time! I feel this every time I listen & I've heard this ten times today! LOL

[@franklee6301]

Dicks pick two 13:23 into the Darkstar you can hear eyes. Granted two years before they play it as a song but it's where the riff originated.

[@speedspeed121]

@@franklee6301 It's similar. Eyes is Emaj7 to A (no 7th). That part of Dark Star sounds like E/B to Amaj7

[@geschickt]

Much gratitude Mr. Rothenberg! You can hear they're enjoying presenting this, trim execution + sprightly solo bits. I love they way it starts to "open" around the 9:30 mark...classic GD "the floor is open" to go any which way...then at 13:07, how Garcia plays that descending line that would show up later in "Help on the Way/Slipknot!", before they all return (mostly) to the EOTW harmonic terrain. Their musical/band maturity & telepathic interplay is on full display here--to the point that this "new" song comes off as something they've had under their belt for years. Outstanding!

[@TransitiveNightfallofDiamonds]

WTF: How can the first version be this perfect! I remember in the 80s the early versions of the new songs -- pretty rough. But this is stunning. Reminds me of the perfection of that first Rat from 71. There is a Greek myth of a goddess who was born fully formed from Zeus' head. Such is this. 2-15-73 is likewise tres awesome. Thanks for posting.

[@charlesandrews2360]

When I saw the date I was thinking that this must be one of the earliest live versions while I read the description. I was very fortunate to hear live versions of the song several times in the 70s

[@bison2022]

That was weird,i pressed like and the tally went down instead of up!. Love this jam.

[@matthewjuros7207]

Bobby’s guitar adds a great dimension to this version - and the lock-tight backup vocals by Phil and Bobby really make it. These guys are fresh off recording American Beauty an Working Man’s…they knew they could sing - and they did!

[@WillyCLARKE-g8c]

Great track.

[@tommanna6137]

14:38 - A little spontaneous riff that lodge in his brain somewhere and became part of Help On The Way.

[@franklee6301]

So many great songs debuted that day.

[@danmacomber5918]

Love this! Jerry grinning ear-to-ear throughout. Great energy!

[@cc-qq1gt]

😂

[@pc3642-x9o]

a tiny radio station in cambridge massachussetts used to play a version of this song every weekday around 1 pm i never found out what the history of that was but it was enough to convince me of the realness of THE DEAD. this was around 1985. i dont remember the name of the station and i dont know if they still exist.

[@walterlippmann6292]

bob weir is amazing. people think rhythm guitar is easy.

[@aaronayers6959]

I agree. It’s a group effort for sure. Garcia is/was the fuel that drove the boys for so long. After all he is the Captain of it all

[@michaelkinnevy7022]

Favorite song... St. Joes 74

[@doctorsteve9476]

with a good set of headphones you will be amazed at the mix. its almost like the right channel is another track mixed in but its not.......its live. its the dead. hard to believe this version was played 50 years ago. wowza.

[@thaddeusk4230]

Thanks Michael. This version may be my most played GD song via YT (though Veneta's BirdSong is right up there). This one has forever remained atop my list of all time favorites of EOTW, along with two that I personally saw 8/6/74 and 9/3/77 (with that Jerry intro mimicking George Benson (to my ears). For what it's worth, this day had me at the Academy of Music in NYC, 3,000 miles away seeing probably the best version of Traffic.

[@RETSELEkim07834]

just yesterday I commented on the scat singing to Phil's bass during Englishtown Eyes.

[@TransitiveNightfallofDiamonds]

Never thought of the George Benson connection before for Englishtown. But you are totally right. And the timing is right cause Breezin came out just a year earlier. The second solo from Englishtown has an unbelievable set of lightning fast chords near the end, followed by a beautiful lead line of pure jazz tonality.

[@crawlinjohn]

I was there. Bobby seemed uneasy at the beginning of the song, checking the crowds reaction. I assumed ihe was looking at the crowd to see how they would react to “jazz chords”.

[@peterjonas4971]

There are so many great performances of this ong, but this one is my favorite. I love how band just wades out into the song in the intro. Thanks for posting!

[@speedspeed121]

It's the first performance of Eyes

[@XOXOX007]

Looking at the second set list Unbelievable marathon of core classics Stuff we took for granted at the time But no They were that good

[@charlesandrews2360]

Never. Speaking for myself, even as a young teenager, I knew from the start how special they were. I remember thinking how great it will be to tell my grandchildren about seeing the Dead, live, in person!! Lol! Same thing at all be Neil Young and Crazy Horse shows I've been to

[@Stonecrow25]

Days we'd thought would never end, with days that never ended. Downhill from here indeed. Big fun while it lasted.

[@杉本明彦-s3w]

1973 ! / 02-09-73 Roscoe Maples Pavilion, Stanford U, Palo Alto, Ca.⚡️ First~ “China Doll” “Eyes” “H.C.Sunshine” “Loose Lucy” “TLEO” “Row Jimmy” “Wave That Flag” 💫 1970~74... Golden era ! Awesome Set Lists✨ Grateful Dead & Jerry Garcia Band Forever 🌙 From 🇯🇵

[@DelsinM]

China Doll opener? That's a very unusual way to start a concert; I wonder if there was a death in the family or something.

[@wolfgangpohl990]

Love it😍

[@Dave-ol7cc]

Dang! Boldly going where no band has gone before....or since.

[@danhedonia]

Fuck, I love the Dead.

[@kentaylor8004]

Awesome and classic. Performance, sound, energy, A-One.

[@TNA4LYFE]

The clarity in the intro is pretty insane.

[@ras124]

Thank you

[@davidr1676]

One of my first 30-50 tapes. I learned the show not by date but by venue, show full of 1sts, and I believe Wavy Gravy spoke on it about a children's hospital hit in ending days of Vietnam War. So much better sounding than the old 4th or 5th generation SBD. Got it on CD late 90s or early 2000's and was much clearer.

[@Stonecrow25]

The first copy I had of this in say 82/83 was crystal clear. Must have dosed to it a 100 times over the year.

[@donlubin2463]

Stellar!

[@stacyblue1980]

Oh so nice. Thank you for sharing. 😊🙏🌹🦅

[@j.frankparnell]

Debut of this song and the wall of sound. First is sometimes best

[@williamswanson6424]

No Complete Wall of Sound at that show. I was there.

[@jonathandavidtrott]

Great version! 😊

[@gregmenniges5963]

First wall of sound show.

[@Alex-fq3vm]

Hey Kurt, you the man 🤪

[@buckodonnghaile4309]

Giddy up, thats sweet.

[@ras124]

Wow!

[@balongisland3065]

Love Jerry's rifts throughout, Phil's rifts, and Bobby"s strumming!

[@J.G.M.Jr.]

rifts? as in "cracks" or "gaps" or do you mean riffs? hard to tell with attempting to describe the Dead...I mean no offense!

[@rebuttalc2075]

@@J.G.M.Jr.I thought maybe they were fighting offstage 😂

[@this_is_angel74]

Great version. They are so in the pocket and

[@BruceElliott]

This is really the first live performance? Cool! I had always assumed that the modal jam that they'd go into afterward (does it have a name?) was there from the start, but it's not here yet. I think they must have gotten it pinned down pretty well within the next four to six months. (Now I have to go and see if I can find a first version of that!)

[@floepiejane]

Have you found it?

[@Stonecrow25]

@@floepiejane think it'd be easiest to go say the Boston shows in dec, see if its there and then work your way back monthly till you find it.

[@russellpiccone869]

❤

[@patrickdugan2929]

Playing in they own backyard. How lucky were we?

[@jeremyjones4602]

Right there! Best part of living in Palo Alto

[@localhoquiamite8978]

Twas' better in person. Clouds of pot and the hypnotizing music was, for lack of a better word..PEACE> Lve Dead

[@ErikShen2907]

Jerry was in peak form on this one

[@davekennedy4498]

One of the best if not the best Eyes intros. Weir managed to wear out his repetitive riff on the very first version because i don't hear it much after this if again

[@tunahead8872]

Jack!!!

[@minusstage3]

Ever wonder if psalm choice and tour date, is the modern for told sequel3h? 🌘👁️🌒

[@charles351]

This just topped Englishtown in my Eyes😂

[@danbarrett20]

First Time Played

[@smittyinwootown5640]

Love hearing Bill Kreutzman cruising. Nothing against Mickey Hart but they were a tighter band at this time without Him.

[@MikeRyan-jg4ed]

Si mon limon … best

[@davidsmall9170]

Wrong venue. 2 9 73 is roscoe maples pavilion

[@commontater8630]

Excuse me? Roscoe Maples Pavilion IS AT STANFORD.

[@Joshy-g3f]

First "Eyes," really? Damn, right out the gate they play with bravado and gusto. Too much!

[@J.G.M.Jr.]

1st one in front of a commercial audience. I'm sure it was technically somewhere around the 200th time played...

[@VinnyfromJersey]

Birthed fully formed, rippin' and flowin'...

[@2get2Terrapin]

What can we say? Statements just seem vain at last (mine do, anyway) ❤⚡💙

[@carolalvarado3363]

RIP died March 8 1973

[@ohmsanti7914]

i used to go to Stanford U, i snuck in the showers and got hot shower everyday at Maples pavilion. Good tip if u there, just carry a gym bag and look determined .

[@kevinfromheaven]

do the tighten up

[@georgehines3188]

Cant go wrong with a 73 EOTW

[@joeshoe6184]

The first... definitely not the best. Took awhile for this song to fully bloom imo. They start to get the hang of it around the 4-2-73 show in Boston, by fall it had reached its full glory.

[@Boognishrisin]

Papa

[@missyounorm33]

I jizzed on my Levi’s

[@kurtwilliewalleye]

Q: What did the Dead Head say when he ran out of weed? A: "This band SUCKS!"

[@floepiejane]

Lol, favorite joke of non-head straight-ass crackahs

[@elizabethowens8548]

I had moments I felt that way until my brothers were killed in a car accident back in 81 when I was 15 I found they were the only sound I found comfort in