Grateful Dead - Loser (Philadelphia, PA 7/7/89) (Official Live Video)

[@gratefuldead]

"When Loser was 'on,' the song was sung with conviction and passion, and the instrumental segment built to a massive crescendo, one of those moments that indicated the band was having a great night. In the late 1980s into the early 1990s, there were several versions of Loser that fit this bill. The Albany rendition from 3/24/90 gets a lot of the mentions, but this one from the previous summer is every bit as great." - David Lemieux

[@lukefish7562]

Thank you! 😀⚡️🙂

[@GrahamSkardon]

Yep, for me, the '89 Riverfront Coliseum "Loser" was the template that Jerry would use throughout that period until reaching a climax at Knickerbocker 3/24/90. Such a powerful tune!

[@0otee]

Love it❣️🌹🌞🌺👌Jerry so ‘easy’ he does it.. First time hear this one..2021!! True.. Great❣️

[@charliekruger6360]

@@GrahamSkardon I was there 3/24/90 absolutely my favorite loser

[@BonAirCadet]

Indeed Dave!!

[@philiphall5232]

Greatest band that ever existed

[@Gr8fulDeadd]

And the greatest live band!

[@adamgill1278]

Hands down

[@joesheetstheragman7737]

Doesn’t matter they were in bed with the CIA and MK Ultra on the Haight. They can jam tight.

[@ocd000]

Gratest! But this is subjective and there's some really good competition, like the Stones, Nirvana/Foo Fighters, Pearl Jam. All-time though, GD's probably my best!

[@marksteinmann3203]

So very true!

[@jag6183]

Friends, Brent, Jerry and Phil are playing this in Heaven.

[@sessionssmokeshop9704]

"I can tell the queen of diamonds by the way she shines" My favorite line ever!

[@beaulyons1977]

Same 🌹

[@weegleflip]

come to daddy ON an inside straight well i've got no chance of losing this time

[@k0s234]

Yes brother. A great line

[@SomboonCM]

If I could only listen to two bands for the rest of my life, Grateful Dead would be both of them.

[@annclifford7076]

Which one is the other?

[@HMFOG]

❤❤❤

[@HMFOG]

Me too!!! And a little Roberta Flack 😘

[@lamadawa3645]

Haha that’s great! And I second that emotion!!!

[@christopherchristopher4482]

I always felt like Brent was the musician Garcia needed in the GD. Sometimes it looks and sounds as if the two of them are just playing as a duo, and everyone else slides in around them. A great team.

[@stevenpaulus3704]

The way they look at each other when they're locked in together says it all. I find myself rewatching any time Jerry makes that little smile from some move Brent made, it's always heartwarming to see and incredible to listen to. What a band.

[@juzagirlntheroom2692]

I was a tour kid. And I kept up even into the post JG work and when I look back on it all, the times with Brent were my personal favorites, because of him being him. Jerry being Jerry, it all just meshed and vibed. Mesmerizing..

[@davebrown6877]

Always thought the same thing. I was at this show it was one of Brents' best.

[@Jason1717171717]

Hornsby was like that with Jerry too, but Brent another level obviously

[@juzagirlntheroom2692]

@@Jason1717171717 definitely!

[@noone-xx5ho]

Rip. What a beautiful man

[@mattjm82]

There’s a reason this is fire. 87 to Spring ‘90 is one of the best eras. Jerry is doing fills left and right. Bobby is right behind with some of his best work. We haven’t even started talking about Brent yet.

[@patriciamays8244]

FAQ Our equipment improved tremendously during the 80's and 90's. I remember mixing recording and remixing reel to reel tapes from the 1960's and 70's onto cassettes.

[@rustyshackleford1114]

If Brent doesn't O.D. then Jerry doesn't start using again, IMO.

[@Evertnr11]

Couldn’t agree more!

[@ReedRosson1987]

You can look look around about the wide world over, but you’ll never find another honest man.

[@coreysine3952]

My favorite version so far. I can say that listening to this and other songs by the Dead help me get through some of the tough times dealing with cancer. Thank you gentlemen

[@elizabethmassengale2033]

I’m sorry

[@WhiteMountaingirl]

100%

[@humanimal5527]

Stay strong Corey Sine!

[@matthahn6463]

Hope you are feeling well Peace and love

[@Karmakatt6]

I said it when I heard it and say it today. 7 7 89 is Jerry's greatest solo I've ever EVER heard..

[@ReedRosson1987]

Listen to this band with good quality headphones, you can hear each band member so much more and better, particularly Phil.

[@jimmy427]

Keep on Truckin’ Phil!!!

[@ernestbass7254]

now Ich bin 64 ...I am really high ...OMG ..Memories are the best ....Cheers everyone...Peace and Love

[@HalfGramDabs]

i think we can all say thank you

[@kevingreen564]

AMEN

[@samgunderson]

Such a great song. This version is easily one of the absolute best examples of the Grateful Dead's awesome music. Beautiful.

[@lesevans6567]

The McCurry bros. do a great version.

[@jadenr.11]

i love how clearly you can hear phil during jerry’s solo it’s so nice

[@HMFOG]

Sing Brother!!! We are all listening ❤️❤️❤️

[@chriskertesz8367]

“Too much of a good thing is just about right”..... Jerry Garcia

[@edhorton2766]

Weir singing "I need a miracle": I need dynamite to get me up. too much of everything is just enough.

[@kirbycoulter9573]

In too much of everything is never enough

[@jasonfarris4354]

Jerry and Brent together are so awesome I could cry

[@aaroberts44]

The way Brent and Jerry looked at each other. Are all relationship goals.

[@Andrewtalksalot]

There’s something about seeing Jerry smile. It makes me very nostalgic, almost to tears. Touring with the Dead were some of the best days of my life.

[@wayne-lj4in]

"There’s something about seeing Jerry smile. It makes me very nostalgic, almost to tears." I.. miss him so much.

[@markhorton3041]

Man I love it when they come back in from Jerry’s solo hard and heavy!!!!

[@samsolo8332]

Word F'n up

[@lakeminnetonkaoutdoors7532]

ITS SO FRICKEN SMNOOTH IVE ALWASY LOVED THE DEAD BUT THE LAST FEW MONTHS I AM REDICOVERING MY COMPLETE LOVE AND AM IN AWW OF ALL THE INTRICASSIES AND LITTLE THINGS THAT ARE TRULY REMARKABLE

[@kennethanderson8827]

This one kicks me right in my soul

[@greggeisenberg9196]

You can tell the queen of diamonds by the way she shines... ✨️✨️✨️

[@DwDahl]

All these years later it still allmost brings a tear to my eyes When I think of Brett especially when I hear I will take you home. ( so buitifull , so full of love ) I just don't have the words. Rip Brett and Jerry the dead have brung me so much joy. Nothing but thanks and gratitude. ( please forgive my spelling ).

[@WhiteMountaingirl]

I feel the same

[@alicelovell3905]

😢 i listened while crying after my Dad passed.❤

[@KarenCarson-dt3pl]

I can't even listen to it 😢 It kills me.

[@TheGodfather4200]

4:03 Jerry gives Brent the “this solo is gonna be fierce” look

[@TomM-wc3eo]

Summer 1989 was a great time to be a deadhead. I was 25, out of college and had a pretty good job. Hotels instead of tents for the first time. In 1990, moved to SF, saw many shows AND slept in my own bed. Those were the days!

[@wolfsvision940]

They certainly were, thankful to have had them!!

[@mjs3764]

One of my favorite Grateful Dead songs!

[@TheJohnnyLivewire]

It’s technically a Jerry solo song (from his first solo album from 1972). One of my faves too!

[@z10002]

This was actually a step down from the Buffalo show days earlier 7/4/89. That was the best show of the whole tour IMHO. Best deal ever!

[@richardstirling5799]

Love it especially the guitar solo Garcia at his peak

[@ronschaffer5959]

This song would probably be average in the hands of anybody else. But Jerry knew how to bring out the soulful elements of it. And Brent was a perfect counterpoint to him.

[@treebeard8475]

It was all emotion I feel it every time I play it. Which is almost every day for a year ✌️

[@ELECTRIC_WIZARD_]

Billy strings does a pretty good job with the song 🎵 👌

[@treebeard8475]

@@ELECTRIC_WIZARD_ did he play it at red rock recently? Thought I saw that wicked sick

[@tatevancleve1802]

No true I kill this song.

[@somerwheat6195]

Please check out Billy Strings Loser! Out of this world

[@bmoney6717]

RiIP Jerry and Brent. As a side note, any time I lose at the casino, this is my “go to” jam.

[@markwyszynski460]

Catch that inside straight bro

[@usernamesrlamo]

Come to Daddy on that inside str8 😅🥳😎

[@davidfrank6299]

Absofuckinlutely B 🤑 Money

[@davidfrank6299]

Ripple B 🤑💰 you been doing this DEALGODOWN!!!!!!

[@sduck409]

Jerry at the top of his form. That guitar solo shines!

[@cjhudson419]

I concur. Fire

[@Karmakatt6]

Likely my favorite including his JGB work..

[@spanqueluv9er]

Top of his form my ass.🙄🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️👎💩

[@johnnoel5639]

@@spanqueluv9er ...it formed your ass..??! Powerful indeed...

[@gordtvradio3465]

Def at the top of his game in summer 89

[@JB-Deadskins]

Jerry's looking over at Bobby, giving him the "that's a whole lot of wawa filter you got going there," look.😂

[@willthompson9532]

Just realized I was squeezing my cup so tight it was bending

[@jgoodie400]

When Jerry looks over at Brent right before the solo... He's like "watch what I'm about to do" lol

[@PaulFormentos]

And after a smokin Let it Grow, Brent KILLS with a Blow Away for the ages...

[@lisaboon592]

I often wonder if I knew how good this show was when I was there bc I’m 59 and it still sounds great

[@jimskye7130]

It was...but I was a bit too spaced...🤪

[@jeremypatino7661]

The thing that blows my mind everytime i watch the dead live, is the two drummers playing at the same time, absolutely on it and perfectly syncopated, only the dead jam it soo good!!

[@dennishockaday1509]

I love watching Brent's Leslie speaker spin on the other side of the stage.

[@litedawg]

If I was having trouble hanging on to my sanity , I would just keep my eyes on those speakers spinning and it would recenter me . They were mesmerizing.

[@trevorbraden5448]

Yeah man Leslie's are mesmerizing

[@richf.7845]

Why did he put it on Phil’s side?

[@odemu2074]

Brent could hear himself better thru Phils harmonics

[@riograul2043]

He was a master of the organ

[@vancefyock8962]

I can tell the Queen of Diamonds by the way you shine!!!

[@riograul2043]

One of the greatest rock songs ever written.

[@ThomasMitchell-kr8yy]

Such a wonderful time in my life absolutely love the GD see you out there

[@beccabbyx]

Find someone that looks at you the way Jerry and Brent look at each other 😍⚡🔥

[@sethweiss2509]

This hits so freaking hard. Jerry is a fiend in that solo towards the end. Love this.

[@cameronconsidine6477]

chills everytime I watch and listen to this run! Brent and Jerry so damn in tune with one another. Amazing crescendoooooo!

[@cl2984]

These "All the Years" uploads are completing wrecking my world.

[@puahsloveable]

I was at this show. Such a great time.

[@louklein7143]

Until that pothole of SOTM ..

[@edwardbrown8289]

This song brings tears to my eyes!

[@patrickburd6949]

I was here back in 89. Last show at JFK. This was one of many 😮 moments that night. 99° I think? Nightfall and breeze kicked in.

[@lisskiebeans]

Was there!! I love seeing the good ol days before stupid cell phones!

[@danielhubschmitt7897]

That harmonic he does one of is beautiful such a touch he had. One of my fav losers. And. Bobby is nicely in the mix

[@DULLKNOLL]

Wayyyyy way awesome. Superb.

[@OkieDeadhead]

Funny Bumping into you here

[@thomasrender]

A hot day but a hotter show.Great memories.Thanks.

[@Aj-lj2ti]

My favorite greatful dead song

[@AndrewLykins44]

What an absolute blessing this band is to the music world!!!

[@vinesinloops5161]

yes please thank you so very very much!!

[@kevinaniska800]

The old man still killing it

[@popetones7400]

The older I get the more I realize, w their clothes and instruments, Weir and Lesh were so "uncool" they are actually 2 of the coolest M fers to ever stand on a stage.

[@billyd8401]

Love that! Felt the same about my father the older i got.

[@chrispyle2942]

Was born in 93'. So all I have now are cover bands and videos. Interesting perspective you have. i look at videos of Bobby with his page boy he-man flow from

[@Soobysounds]

Phil too! Look at that getup. 😂 But he's a BOSS.

[@andytaylor4446]

@@chrispyle2942 That’s not how it worked at all. Trust me, Bob’s1989 self was very confident/content with this outfit because it was very common for West Coast “athletic” males circa 1989. I lived those years.

[@Liefvikerson]

No gimmicks for sure. You know I never thought of that about them but one of 5he reasons why I'm a fan.

[@breebabyyxx]

If I had 3 wishes. It would be to see Jerry live even once. I was 6 when he passed. 😥 jipped.

[@JohnHughes-d4v]

How good can it get!!thought this in the sixtys still thinking it now!rock on

[@melissajahseedawtah6871]

Awesome Show!!! Bqm boop bee boo bop bap!! Total Love!! I quoted this in ma 88' yearbook .... lo,just to officialeyes the Real...Boom. Love ,upppp All Ones!! 😍

[@christinecurtin2389]

I can tell the Queen of Diamonds by the way she shines.

[@haldonaldson4455]

'Hot Damn!" Jerry's on fire.

[@Bluecollar711]

I wrote a 750 page thesis about my life my entire life my life spells an entire existence of Bridgeport Connecticut.. From white kid growing up on James Street I have just a small portion of the entire background of social media of today. I can redirect the conversation at the drop of a dime and spell out the truth of any question asked to me about any environment on this planet especially when it comes in the inner hood.. My education comes from my existence on this planet but I happen to come from a lot of educators of this planet

[@ktellr]

I was 16 and that place was crazzzzzzzy.

[@ktellr]

Tickets were 16 50

[@daviswall3319]

Such a great tune

[@MDavis-ch7ik]

Can just now watch without poofin up tears. Miss those days sooo fucking much.

[@RedPandaMemeMaster]

This is a good song I love it and Jerry’s jam makes me want to play with him

[@MrCharlie0923]

She's Shinin' Bright! 🌞 🤪 ❤

[@BDB78]

Jerry’s like a psychedelic Mozart with that hair. Love ya Jer. Fuckin miss ya man.

[@marcdavies9385]

Everyone's playin and drinkin that wine, we haven't had that spirit here since 1969

[@Aj-lj2ti]

Just happy to be able to listen to it here

[@craigholliday3907]

what a great show! One of my favorites, Brent and Jerry on fire

[@wiggychupacabra]

I saw this one. One of my favorites but this version was a showstopper!

[@bland1900]

This was an excellent show, with one of the best "losers", in my years touring! ...Of course, my seat wasn't as perfect as this video. Great times! ✌

[@jacobdesersa4072]

What a treat

[@oodoodoopoopoo]

Performed on my wife's 12th birthday... Perhaps this is how I can influence her into liking this song more. 🤔

[@jacobdesersa4072]

God I hope so

[@lucabrasi5070]

It was a great show. Very warm day and a jammin crowd.

[@jimskye7130]

I'm proud to say I was there with my best friend...we fondly remember these golden moments...

[@eltriola]

I'm only in it for the gold

[@d-204]

I was there. 8yo starry eyed tie dye kid. If only I knew then what we all know now. One love

[@ScottSimcock]

I miss large outdoor shows like this

[@Chrispy_tV]

Jerry shredding a distorted guitar solo on this song during these few years (late 80’s early 90’s) is something so special. Nothing the man couldn’t play.

[@michaelmadl9723]

This sounds like a totally different tune than the 1980 version. Such a beautiful piece ❤ RIP Brent and Jerry ❤

[@chrisanderson1498]

Oh what a glorious day it was !! ;-)

[@shipdog6]

Indeed my friend

[@liberty823]

It's an obsession but it's pleasing 🤗

[@Bluecollar711]

Hi

[@robertthompson3941]

N NJerry’s a Masterpiece!!!!!!

[@danielgalfo7951]

Rip phil

[@edwardbrown8289]

Classic Jerry! God rest his sweet soul!

[@eltriola]

I love what the keyboard guy does in this song. And the old guy that's singing.

[@jag6183]

The keyboard guy was Brent Myland. The old guy was Jerry Garcia. Now, they're performing in Heaven.

[@TOMMYGRINNS]

I can tell the Queen of Diamonds...by the way She shines...

[@rodneyalexander4006]

The dead make sadness sound so good. True blues.

[@patriciamays8244]

There's something special listening to this particular song live at the Aladdin Theater in Las Vegas NV on spring break.

[@michaellapetina4623]

Beautiful! Love it all. Bobby’s guitar licks are frosting on the cake

[@sonnygirl8823]

Makes me sentimental- as a tear drops down my face😢

[@andrewhogue6321]

the best time of my life seeing the dead

[@bws1971]

Garcia, man. My man was tearing up new ground right to the end. Just listen to that solo. Holy shit

[@jasonraider3737]

So great!

[@thejamnasium6447]

hahaha Jerry looking over at Bobby like "what the fuck is that man?"

[@thaynetuason]

If you have to struggle that hard to win- you will always lose. But that was quite the struggle session we had, huh? And its not over yet. I bet she starts screaming again within a day or two.

[@johnrichard6984]

Jezzum crow!! I'm late to the party I guess!! I'm blow away.. Jerry is unbelievable!

[@jimbojames2181]

My first show !

[@Perromedico]

I was at this show!😁

[@zachhardin5954]

So much conviction in this performance Beautiful

[@JosephBeaman-i2w]

Love this period in the deads history.