Grateful Dead - Feel Like A Stranger (Washington, DC 6/26/93)

[@gratefuldead]

"Bob Weir and John Barlow's wonderful 1980 song was mostly played as a show-opener, and allowed the Dead to jam powerfully to start the show. Like Shakedown Street, Feel Like A Stranger had a long, extended jam after the vocals, and gave Jerry unlimited space to explore his musical ideas. Always a favourite opener of mine, and this one features Bruce on accordion more than a year after he'd left active touring with the Grateful Dead." - David Lemieux

[@joshuaasolomon]

"Out there on..." what? Eleventh Avenue?

[@bobbyborrego1593]

Hell yeah Dave, what a killer version of one of my favorites.

[@bobandy3197]

Feel like a stranger always makes me miss brent. Silky silky crazy night..

[@jcashisking]

Brent did it the best imo

[@winebuyah]

​@@joshuaasolomon his says "Out there on Electric Avenue..." shout out to Eddy Grant!

[@matthewmaurysmith2486]

So, I was at these 2 shows but I've gone back and listened and listened and Jerry's guitar solo and really the way Phil and the whole band is playing during this feel like a stranger so amazing. Anytime someone talks about Jerry's best playing being back in the 70s, or that everything after Vince is trash, or just any of these ridiculous statements that people seem to so lazily toss around, I always suggest this particular version of feel like a stranger. Jerry's guitar playing in 93 was not only consistent , but he hit a guitar-playing peak that year. His knowledge of Harmony and his skills and his relatively good health at that time all come together and it's one of my favorite years of Grateful Dead music. But yeah, this stranger just kicks ass!! There's another unreal Kick-Ass moment in 1993, the jam out of Terrapin from Deer Creek. Oh my God

[@bobmondesi9356]

Indeed ! great analysis - I"m just wondering what the 11 people who pressed "not like" were thinking- probably because they didnt have their reading glasses on and clicked the wrong icon . Made that mistake myself so in true deadhead spirit I shall not judge ! LOL

[@drewstand5055]

God damn Jerry! This is such a good example of the notes between the notes. It's like everyone is playing Stranger and Jerry is up there putting his signature little twang and high notes all over the place!

[@jeffrysmith4910]

These 2 RFK shows were so.much fun!!! Love stranger. Man i miss those days. And i think 93 was a killer year

[@BeckyLilja]

I wish I saw them in concert more often. ❤❤❤

[@John-oo4ec]

Vince and Bruce, the accordion is a fire. RIP Vince

[@charlie.something]

Vince slit his own throat. I mean, wtf. Horror show.

[@angrybrids-t2q]

I fucking love this band so much !!! Jerry passed and in 97 further came near my home town. THANK YOU SOOO MUCH for remaining a band and facilitating such wonderful music . Now I’m 43 and wondering what band my kids might wanna travel the country devoted to music and friends and love 💚❤️💚❤️

[@Deadbuck73]

93... the year I got on the bus.. started in Beantown... been riding since... miss ya Jerry....

[@Twotontessie]

Garcia crisply shredding throughout '93. Great footage beginning at 7:45. The master!

[@R3TR0R4V3]

Very cool to see Jerry & his rig closeup. The rack mounted pedals is especially interesting and it's cool to see what pedals were being used, as well as their settings! 🤓

[@reggieworld3883]

Jerry not relying on his Octave Divider as much for this tune as he did in the 80's which gave it that signature sound. I don't know if Healy was gone at this point but this FoH mix has too much Vince for one thing.

[@scootfeet8206]

Wooop - Im doin a crazy dance somewhere on the floor of this show!!!!!

[@joeynice123]

93 has so many underrated shows. Do you have video of eugene 93...either day? Jackstraw vid would be delicious.

[@kevinr.3542]

"Buuuut Jerry was a walking corpse from 91 on, haven't you heard? He drooled his way thru every show and totally forgot how to play the guitar..... " Is a lame opinion that I'm so tired of hearing. A genius like Jerry is never going fully fade away. Even in 95 it shone through. I say bring on more 90a dead!

[@PaulBell88]

When Bob smashed his pink guitar!

[@markoshirazi]

@@kevinr.3542 your'e right and i have to admit that i"m guilty of having this opinion sometimes. This performance is a reminder that they could catch fire, even in the late years. For me, my hang ups with the post-Brent era have to do with Vince and his keyboard tones. but easy to ignore Vince when jerry is playing this well. cheers Kevin!

[@goodwi11]

Jerry's playing was very good in '93. Fall JGB and summer Dead tour in that year are amazing.

[@george.s.8491]

Paul Brian Bell what show was that? Wow!

[@brettwiley4064]

Amazing the difference between this and just two years later. This is Jerry in prime form on the best version of Stranger I've seen.

[@KirkGregory]

anybody notice at 1:54 the dude throwing something (gum?) into the hair of the chick on the other dude's shoulders?! LOL he's like "get down out of my view"!

[@notorioustampaton]

I ken eh? What a dickhead.

[@Deadbuck73]

Bet he was the kind of guy to knock the portajohns over too...

[@StarDarkAshes]

Actually it was a rolled up ten strip but unfortunately she had her back to him. 😉

[@jackpallet773]

That’s funny. I’m pretty sure I’m the dude in the backward hat 2 over from the chick. Hahahaha for real. Was there. Was up close for sting and the opener.

[@danemassie3750]

I always think of hearing without a net for the first time when I here Feel Like a Stranger, one of my favorite Dead albums of all time. These were the Bruuuuuce days which should have been its own album

[@susiefairfield7218]

Without A Net. .whooo..lost it so many times listening to that #religiousexperience

[@LibertyLynch]

Long, long, crazy tour!!!

[@frankiebarton907]

Excellent jam here.. Check out Stranger from Atlanta 3/30/94 also.. Garcia going deep

[@billb825]

See how good these songs are when played at the proper tempo!

[@dylanjoseph583]

Ive said it before and ill say it again: you cant tell an artist how to play their own music

[@bobandy3197]

Is this a nod at dead and co? If so. Yes, right on

[@ekbalamgarcia2624]

Bill B tempo is one of the reasons I stopped going to see Ratdog, the very lazy opening jams that seemed flat. I have not seen any incarnations of the Dead for 12 years. It’s not for me, that being said, I’m glad they are still going strong and playing for the people that never got to see the Grateful Dead etc... I am glad that there are these hq videos and recordings available to everyone, anytime we want them.

[@cyclesmoking]

There are many songs that Dead & Co. play really well, and kick ass at the right tempo. Stranger isn’t one of them. Another one that jumps to mind is Jack Straw. Way to slowwwww!

[@sealevelbear]

Slower > faster.

[@FunkHitsTheFan]

Inside you're burning! ❤️⚡💙

[@michaelhoward7009]

Very nice to hear Vince up front in the mix-agree w others-some really good shows that year.

[@rickpeuser233]

My all time favorite dead tune.

[@codyeynon8467]

It always does my heart good to see Jerry smile, especially in these later shows knowing he probably didn't feel great.

[@jackstraw8145]

Love the shots of the drummers feeling the grove. It looks like Bill is having a lot of fun with this one.

[@ProfessorOaks-f5q]

D&C just opened tonight with this at the Sphere final show...ace killed it 🙏

[@samiam7342]

they are sounding good on this one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! they always played good shows in DC.........

[@michaeldooley6804]

The last I saw a few years later 😔 a great show though

[@pdlauber1629]

A very solid version. My go-to is from the Spring '90 double album but I'll have to check out some later 90s takes.

[@axandio]

I was in that crowd. Hot June evening. Good times. Sting opened.

[@samslade1252]

Bruce ripping the accordion 🔥🔥🔥

[@jennoelle29]

Grateful Dead and their magical music. ❤️ I already feel better about my day.

[@caseylm100]

Jerry noodled with sting on Walking on the Moon. Sting was a fantastic opener playing police and covers

[@axandio]

Yes, it was their effort to save Rain forests.

[@sealevelbear]

@@axandio Save the humans!

[@craigholliday]

What I’d give to go back to 93 to feel like a stranger again.

[@sealevelbear]

Love ya Vinnie ❤️

[@seanlahm4826]

I was there. Hot as shit. Everyone gathering in clumps around the The Pit or General Admission floor seats. Then BAM. Bum rush the floor. Then the next wave would go. Seemed so coordinated . Great show.

[@keseysvenisonchili]

93 had its moments.

[@toddsmith1083]

Hot version!

[@218maryland]

FIRST. Long live the grateful dead

[@SnowTheJamMan]

Why are most of Billy and Mickey's cymbals inaudible, that was a common theme in the late 80's and 90's

[@george.s.8491]

HaliniSnow yup, very strange.

[@veneta72]

Seriously? Listen to 92 esp Europe 92 it’s awful. Ruins the mix

[@Twotontessie]

Noise gates were most likely used. Anything above or below a certain threshold is basically muted in the mix. The other thing they would do is basically mute part of one guy’s kit, usually Mickey. His toms might be loud and his hi hats prominent, but the engineer would pull way back on everything else on his drum set until it was time for the drums. Sometimes anyway. Being the pulse of the band Billy’s bass and snare drums were consistently popping out of the mix but they did keep the overheads (cymbals) very controlled it’s true because otherwise it’s this giant wash of high end noise that makes it impossible to clearly mix everybody else. There were six or seven guys up there soloing and using MIDI .... something had to give! Quite candidly I thought the overall sound and groove got a lot cleaner and tighter in 1992-1994 when Mickey would eschew the traditional drum kit and play on some African type drums with mallets. Listen to “Scarlet - Fire” from 6-19-94 as an effective example. Hypnotic and cleaned up the overall sound of the band a lot.

[@matthewmaurysmith2486]

If you listen to the Chapel Hill soundboard recordings from spring of 93, you will hear, especially between songs, someone toggling certain microphones on and off. When they're on, you get a lot more stage and crowd noise but you hear the cymbals, and then whoever is running the mix turns them 'off' and you lose a lot of treble and cymbals overall. I'm no live sound expert or anything but you can definitely hear that.... and then, in the summer 93 shows, you get that flat sound again. A lot of mid-range but just not a lot of treble... I believe that was the first year they put all the amplifiers under the stage oh, so I don't know what all that has to do with it but they were clearly working out the Kinks. I-95 they were really starting to get the audio quality dialed in for all that and frankly the sound of the band (as far as sound quality) is way better in 95 than the two years before.

[@thomaspianella4131]

And the 2nd set.1st night n.albany.when they played.CASEY JONES FOR THE.LAST.TIME

[@charlie.something]

That is a stellar Stranger. Holy shite! For any year. God bless Jerome.

[@lisazonfrillo9674]

Phil da man !

[@schoonat]

🌹 bud and the accordion! Oh ya

[@bigbossman7991]

ABOUT TIME!!!!! PLEASE KEEP THE RARE PRO SHOTS COMIN!!!!!!!

[@aaronwimberleymbamsf5776]

classic & timeless=]

[@jayrenzulli6118]

thank you , peace

[@sosaonthebeat1695]

great jam here !

[@caverjeffbenford7841]

Thanks for posting this one. RFK was a fun place

[@jimmyhawke]

I'm the first view! How cool is that!

[@doodahman2995]

Who's better than you? Nobody!! Peace brother..

[@jimmyhawke]

@@doodahman2995 You would've too if you just happened to be there!

[@Pinghashmer]

Of your the guy im thinking of every time me and my last watch this she always says hey there you are lol

[@shannonmcgunn3936]

I was at this show !!

[@Mr.Bojangles12]

Tripping Time🤪

[@hashburystumble8808]

This time-travelling couch is great for touring Deadheads

[@jaytee_13]

Can you guys please upload the entire show? So many good shows with Hornsby that are only snippets.

[@BrandonPetrucci]

Is this the first song in the 'All the years live' series that wasn't previously taken from an official video release??? I think it is....and I was there!!

[@susiefairfield7218]

I'm hearing tinges of Slipknot in and out of this #goosebumps

[@mehakanlove6257]

They sound amazing I dont know how anyone could complain..... The way Bobby's semi mulletish hair blows in the wind is what got my attention and its debateable.

[@Chackabuu]

Everytime I see Bruce on one of these thumbnails it makes me chuckle

[@maybeioverreacted4504]

He always looks so excited to be playing with the boys

[@mcgannahanskyjellyfetti6854]

Why do people have a PROBLEM with Bruce Hornsby playing the accordian or just being part of the Dead? 🤔

[@RyanLynnWood]

Jerry shredding more than usual.

[@jonstrobele3223]

Happy birthday Bobby

[@wig9]

jerry shreddin it totally awesome

[@Wolfgasm0414]

Bravo!!!

[@DigDigDig]

Was there :)

[@stewartmoore3821]

I was hoping for Feel Like A Stranger->Beer Barrel Polka->Feel Like A Stranger.

[@adamcasadevall]

Hey now! What a tasty version on my 4th Birthday! I only wish my parents were deadheads growing up so I could say I was there to see Jerry still kickin'

[@sealevelbear]

I was twelve at the time of this performance. Was supposed to see them for the first time in 95/96 with my uncle, but Jerry sadly passed away before we made it. First time in my life I cried for a stranger’s death. Second was David Bowie a few years ago. So glad for KZbin and all the releases over the intervening years. Maybe once coronavirus stops ruling our lives I can catch Dead & Co.! Saw Phil Lesh and Friends in 2000, but was too high 😅

[@calcoleman2398]

A+

[@sv17fd]

Bruce and his accordion lol

[@mcgannahanskyjellyfetti6854]

What's wrong with that? 🤔

[@sealevelbear]

Accordion is an awesome instrument!

[@Chrispypullen]

Feeling like some Dead.

[@YourDayHasEnded]

Long long crazy night!

[@sneakerfacevids441]

This was the night Sting opened and Jerry AND Don Henley jammed with him !

[@777jones]

Sad! Those guys are ego obsessed douches. But very talented

[@axandio]

@@777jones Hmmm.. the effort was actually to donate to buying up Amazonian Rainforest, ego or not.

[@henrystory3011]

Never payed much attention to this band but this cut is funky as hell. Thought it was the Average White Band at first listen.

[@MattAronowitz]

RIP Bruce Hornsby

[@_SpaceDad]

Funny, made me check🤪

[@craigholliday]

Silky, silky crazy night

[@stonefilmsnyc]

Damn Garcia looks miserable. Poor bastard.

[@doodahman2995]

What Avenue there Bobby??

[@buckodonnghaile4309]

Someone had Eddy Grant on his mind.

[@suppiahramasamypillay9735]

Tq

[@jeremiahjamsband]

❤❤❤⚡💙💙💙

[@michaeliscoool]

vince absoletly kills this Stranger. He is just turned up a little bit to high in the mix so it comes out so overpowering at times. One of my favorite jams Ive heard with him so far. Really paying a lot of attention to the jam, just a little bit to much louder then everyone else in the mix, like 3-10% too much.

[@docholst5404]

awesome! Does anybody know if Jerry has a clean T-shirt. No. Just put this on and jam!!

[@herby1presents604]

Jerry is in full control on this one

[@xxcatfishjohnnyxx]

Is there a link to the full version of this show out there?

[@TheGabrielberki]

Bobby is such a hunk!

[@Bud0420]

Bruce chilling back there lol

[@coloradoconcentrates2434]

1:55 guy throws something and the girl on that other guy’s shoulders feels something on her head LOL

[@ShawnSelders]

She's totally blocking his view. I think he threw a coin. He looks like an asshole, anyway. But getting on someone's shoulders is lame and selfish.

[@coloradoconcentrates2434]

ShawnSelders i agree!!!

[@billbeliakoff5589]

Bruce should have been a little louder in the mix. NEEDS MORE ACCORDION !

[@johntetmyer6778]

Hot stranger

[@TheSchuyler75]

🤣 I made my Bobby stop wearing the cut off Levi shorts 🐞🥀🕯🧵👖🕊👐🏻💜🌈🌻🦋

[@EdBacon]

I believe I saw Al and Tipper Gore in a skybox at this show.

[@sealevelbear]

Did Bruce influence Bobby’s mullet 🧐

[@darrenblaszka4438]

Who knows. Bobby was riding his bicycle.

[@aanon9333]

Bobby needs a word with his stylist I think.

[@sosaonthebeat1695]

nah he killed those shorts

[@nomikosthegreat]

480p

[@fesquemonkey9784]

Jerry doughboy Bobby and Mickey mullet Phil mop top and Billy just a white Brillo pad

[@trentinthetrees]

most 90's pad ever haha

[@santacruzhomebroker]

Yeah Vince was a poor choice. '93 was the last year I saw Jerry at Cal Expo in California, and he was terrific. I love how understated his playing is here. Like Billy once said, one of the things he most appreciated about Jerry's playing is that he was an ensemble player. He wasn't always out lout in front, but listening to his guitar work was often just so mesmerizing.

[@SWEETWILLKINGSTON]

Best with Brent

[@liquidsunshineiam]

RIP PHIL LESH 🌈🌈🌈

[@jimmyhawke]

With all that Bobby going on, kinda hard for Bruce to break out in an accordion solo!

[@PaulBell88]

1993 soundboards suck because healey didn't fix the bad cable on Billy's kick drum all fucking summer. It sounds like a basketball.

[@Mark-kq6ch]

OMG why couldn't they ever get their shit together when it comes to when the refrain is going to end and the jam is going to begin?

[@stockmarketjobber]

Would have been the best Stranger ever if it wasnt ruined by an Accordian

[@pango-y8j]

San Rafael Marin County San Francisco California I am a sick man I am a spiteful man I'm a vengeful man there is no cure the doctor says son you have Jerry myelitis Tucson Arizona Sonoran Desert

[@HyzersGR]

Tragic to see the lack of joy in Jerry's face without Brent... Vince's backup vocals at the end are also sad

[@777jones]

Hyzer's Pro Disc Golf and Smoke Shop Brent was kind of a muse for Jerry, for whatever reason. I have friends like that, and when they’re gone, hurts like a bitch!

[@95PTorres]

Woman at 4:07 looks hilariously bored. On the right.

[@susiefairfield7218]

Can we have an eye roll plz lol used to score tixs off debs like this chick who'd freak out last minute and not go in to the show to plz bf

[@susiefairfield7218]

@Tom L yeah flying eyeballs

[@susiefairfield7218]

@Tom L yeah lol 😂

[@susiefairfield7218]

@Tom L feels like crapola! Lol

[@criticman123]

Oh man somebody turned vince up way too high phil and jerry sound great

[@kperry1969]

Still nice, but another tune that really lost so much after Brent died.