Liberty (set end) - Grateful Dead - 3-25-1993 - Chapel Hill, NC (set1-09)

Single Camera Audience shot (100% pure 1st gen Lazy Cow)
Surprised that none of my friends have uploaded this one ... (maybe I fumbled and simply couldn't find it ...?)
Congrat's to Lazy Cow and notably the man who actually shot the video 'cause very well done !
A two night stand at Chapel Hill NC, which was very successful. Yes the previous night (3-24-93) strikes many minds thanks to a thunderous "Jack Straw" but this 25th show also is a killer. 8th show of the East Coast Tour which ended at Nassau, NY on April 5th ... (oddly, also uploaded, as was 4-4-93, as a LoloYodel dual-cam re-mix).
Set 1
Touch Of Grey ~
Greatest Story Ever Told (7:04)
So Many Roads (11:14)
Minglewood Blues (18:30)
Lazy River Road (25:46)
Mexicali Blues ~ (33:01)
Big River
Friend Of The Devil (44:01)
Eternity (53:26)
Liberty (62:41)
Set 2
China Cat Sunflower ~
I Know You Rider
Women are Smarter
Wave To The Wind ~
Terrapin Station ~
drums ~
space ~
Way To Go Home ~
The Other One ~
Morning Dew
encore: The Weight
Video Source: AUD (Tripod) ~ Master
Master: JVC Single Tube Camera ~ ...
Video work done by Peanut Productions
Notes
- Video assets courtesy of Peanut Productions - thank you very much
- SBD torrented from LL with many thanks
- Audio synchronization by Kevin Tobin using Adobe Audition to compress/expand the audio in multitrack mode to match the original audio.

[@wakeoftheflood2]

The most American band ever, the frontier of rock and roll

[@picassomoon6435]

Yes, yes, and Yes! Americana baby! MERICA

[@lukefish9443]

👍🏽🤘🏽🇺🇸🎸

[@damwong2427]

@@picassomoon6435 I Love the band But lets get this perfectly clear these are from TAVISTALK INSTITUTE

[@carolinefelix6084]

Quite the "Liberal Band" wouldn't you say.....

[@Sam-et3ve]

@@picassomoon6435 go back to bed America your government is in total control

[@dementedpuppy]

Most American song ever written for sure

[@DennisCampbell777]

If I was a bed, I'd stay unmade. My favorite line of the song.

[@mrethannice]

Well fuck me... read this comment just as Jerry was singing it. Love it.

[@TheMewoff]

If I was an eagle, I'd dress like a duck

[@glyn420]

Went to the well but the water was dry Dipped my bucket in the clear blue sky Looked in the bottom and what did I see? The whole damned world looking back at me

[@TomasEagleMusic]

@@TheMewoff always loved this one for obvious reasons.. quack

[@JohnRaeker-ty8uv]

If I was a man I would stay a man!!!!!!

[@deadreckoning6288]

So lovely to see Jerry enjoying himself like here in '93. I caught a lot of Liberty's on that last summer tour. Love the song. NFA ⚘

[@codyagans1894]

When Jerry looks over at the band and smiles ❤❤❤

[@TheMewoff]

couldn't have said it better

[@alborrelli1604]

It's really nice to see Jerry enjoying himself,since he gave us so much joy.Toward the end I don't think he had very little fun at all.

[@pearlybaker2524]

He's so happy that he is who he is and is up there singing that awesome new song, perfectly, without missing a note or fumbling a single word. I bet he is sober. So sad that he died a couple of years later.

[@codyagans1894]

@@pearlybaker2524 so sad to see him so happy knowing what happened a few years later. All we can do is cherish moments like this 🙂

[@dementedpuppy]

He’s in good spirits here so good to see jerr bear having a good time ❤he was always truckin tho dude had that lionheart ❤

[@lumpyheadcarini7553]

RIP Robert Hunter...may the 4 winds blow you safely home 4️⃣🌬🏡

[@user-nv2tl9cd4e]

Fo Shure ,,, no Garcia hunter no GD

[@jimmorrison9314]

Happy 4th of July! First time hearing this tune. Been on the bus for a year now and I keep discovering new songs and the little things that bring a tear to your eye or a smile on my face every day!!! Roll away the dew baby

[@Sam-et3ve]

Yeah happy freedom Day celebrate being free to do what they tell you

[@arareanddifferenttune3130]

@@Sam-et3ve dude chill out it’s a YT page for the Dead…get that negativity outta here

[@youtubelicksmytaint7482]

🤡​@@Sam-et3ve

[@wangson]

This one as well as So Many Roads are the Dead's last 2 greatest songs to include in their endlessly impressive catalogue of songs...

[@arareanddifferenttune3130]

Hello again!! 😂

[@danielkeene3852]

Lazy River Road too.

[@MichaelAldrich-qv9dp]

​@@danielkeene3852¹

[@JauneDOh]

eternity 🥰

[@jeremymoorer7033]

Such a inspirational song. Jerry truly found his way home. 🌹💀🌹

[@HackedbyapacheWriter]

On his own terms, true freedom fighter 🙃

[@nathanfitzgerald6651]

It's one of Jerry's most playful, party-atmosphere songs! That's why I love it.

[@nathanfitzgerald6651]

I always loved this song's bouncy, care-free flavor of playfulness!

[@guyfawkes8263]

say what I mean and I don't give a damn, I do believe and I am who I am. awesome. my favorite dead tune. what better song to sum up the all American band.

[@George_D777]

I saw _many_ shows, during the Brent years, literally like a few after he passed. I'd heard much of the material added in the '90's, but somehow missed this song til hearing it a couple days ago. I thought _I now finally have a favorite Grateful Dead song._ Lyrically, but especially in spirit. 😎

[@robulon8041]

a Gorgeous Song

[@AgainstCronyCapitalsm]

More relevant than ever. Love that this was Jerry's swan song.

[@billfiveash]

Amazing song. Miss this band tons.

[@peterantley]

+Bill Fiveash check out dead and company on tour this summer. fall tour was greaaat.

[@glyn420]

i enjoy them but tome its like craving a hamburger and having a really good hotdog

[@willharrison7953]

Any ass can sing. But I came to see the singing ass.

[@netoperez343]

Phil Collins

[@alyssasmith8385]

Oh gee I wish this band did more then capture my soul oh gee

[@harenm1]

Thanks Brother, a pure philosophy anthem.

[@fordkrizek3868]

+Mark Haren Truly

[@garyflaugher6220]

Jerry Garcia was and still is making people happy. Thanks JG. Peace and love.😊

[@lumpyheadcarini7553]

A determined looking Jerry..such a good song

[@HackedbyapacheWriter]

Looks like he has one foot in the grave to me but I'm new here, never saw Jerry or the dreadful grapes b4 🥺

[@jonathansheehan3121]

Home sick for tour... Was there for this one. Jerry smiling reminding me how good we had it.

[@HackedbyapacheWriter]

Was home fighting stupid for dead n co last shows. 😊

[@venniey]

And if you know me, you know i will. Looooove this song.

[@Strat-Kat]

I have this show on cassette. Lol. A beautiful sbd recording. Best version of this tune I do believe. 😁😁😁

[@amandacalhoun3965]

I wish some fans would listen to this right now

[@shawnd8566]

This is really, really good. thanks for the upload and certainly the person who filmed it.

[@garyflaugher6220]

This is so good. A great example of poetic value in a song. Sorry Phish people their best song do not have poetic value like any Grateful Dead songs. This song is just beautiful. Jerry's voice just beings are warm feeling to my soul. I am still sad from Jerry passing out of the physical realm of existence over to the spiritual side. He definitely was a special human being. Jerry's music brought so much happiness to so many people. I am so glad i got to be a part of the seen and witness the GD play. I believe the experience made me a better person. Peace love and happiness to all. Hallelu YAH!

[@halfaday1]

Saw a bird with a tear in his eye Walking to New Orleans my oh my Hey, now, Bird, wouldn't you rather die Than walk this world when you're born to fly? If I was the sun, I'd look for shade If I was a bed, I would stay unmade If I was a river I'd run uphill If you call me you know I will If you call me you know I will Ooo, freedom Ooo, liberty Ooo, leave me alone To find my own way home To find my own way home Say what I mean and I don't give a damn I do believe and I am who I am Hey now Mama come and take my hand Whole lotta shakin' all over this land If I was an eagle I'd dress like a duck Crawl like a lizard and honk like a truck If I get a notion I'll climb this tree or chop it down and you can't stop me Chop it down and you can't stop me Ooo, freedom Ooo, liberty Ooo, leave me alone To find my own way home To find my own way home Went to the well but the water was dry Dipped my bucket in the clear blue sky Looked in the bottom and what did I see? The whole damned world looking back at me If I was a bottle I'd spill for love Sake of mercy I'd kill for love If I was a liar I'd lie for love Sake of my baby I'd die for love Sake of my baby I'd die for love Ooo, freedom Ooo, liberty Ooo, leave me alone To find my own way home To find my own way home I'm gonna find my own way home

[@DennisCampbell777]

I'd die for love...

[@cornwejf]

Are these rhetorical questions?

[@tap4904]

Thanks for posting the lyrics friend!

[@davidpavelko4620]

man, i have such good memories of these chapel hill shows...maybe not the best played shows of the later years but the vibe was spectacular at those shows....lucy in the sky with diamonds encore...that kind of vibe

[@jeffrysmith4910]

These shows were amazing!!!

[@robgreen900]

Couldn’t believe that they did LSD for encore that night. My bro heard em do it in sound check and I was like yeah dude. Great show that night. Was my girls second show at the time. I was on tour that spring. Decent tour that year except for Chicago. Keep on groovin kidd. 40 years on the bus

[@deadreckoning6288]

Jerry & the band were on fire in '93. Incredible year for JGB as well.

[@keithnercesian6595]

obsessed

[@codyagans1894]

Same here!!

[@maybeioverreacted4504]

My friends at work call it elevator music I'm thinking your just not there yet

[@MichaelLittle47]

Great performance of this song. Color me impressed.

[@daveyboy8907]

Happy 4th july America 2018..

[@daveyboy8907]

Back in 2019.. Jerry is the best.....

[@californiatimes2192]

Tight, simple, beautiful ...

[@robcallen6586]

I was at these 2 nights, lucy encore, Spanish jam, unreal shows. But had no idea how true this song would have ever beeen today!!! Love the 2nd lyric and live by that.

[@MLewando2222]

This song shall be spread across the Americas!

[@joeflounlacker3250]

Every Fourth of July I gotta spin this 8-10 times. Happy fourth in these strange times

[@robfredhjr]

I play it every day now during these anti freedom / anti liberty / new world bull crap times

[@superweak]

What a great song. Some of Garcia's brilliance is evident when you compare this arrangement with R. Hunter's recording of this song years earlier.

[@garyflaugher6220]

This is the best version of Bird ever. Peace and love all

[@philm8076]

Thanks LoloYodel been a long time hearing this,brings tears to my eyes.

[@fordkrizek3868]

+Phil M me too miss him every day

[@moondoggarvey4282]

Always Grateful. Always Dead. Forever Jerry!

[@dreamsincolors]

Wow, this sounds so gooood! I'm glad the days of 100th generation Maxell tapes are behind us. Thanks for posting and taking me back once again!

[@pearlybaker2524]

dreamsincolors I always got first gen 😁 although my taper buddy did occasionally give me back TDKs for the blank Maxells I gave him. 😂

[@TheMewoff]

Oh wasn't that fun though? Finding another tape-head, curating their collection, trading, finding that rare one you were looking for. Good Times.

[@mrg2176]

Pretty sure this was supposed to be the national anthem.

[@Sam-et3ve]

For the counterculture

[@picassomoon6435]

Exactly ❤

[@hwb0711]

this song has some swagger. Go Jerr go!

[@johngalt5181]

Great song and words for weird times.

[@YosimetySam]

Made me tear up,😢

[@johnstallings4049]

I was there on my birthday! Thanx. ❄️🌎☂️❣️👌🤣❣️

[@durangodave7]

Great nights great sets

[@billmcintosh220]

Narodni’s Living Room Acoustic. It is a 2021 place where this could be played live. And it would apund exactly like this. A magic place. I miss jerry. I saw Melvin at Iron Works the night before NY lockdown March 2020. Melvin… your new girls kicks ass.

[@honeymustard8266]

Definition of America you can do what ever you want as long as you have the will

[@74miles1]

oh to go back, for just one night.

[@danprice8519]

74miles1 yeah.. just once.. ..

[@JRastafari007]

ugh i feel this more often than i care to admit

[@jonathansheehan3121]

I feel as if I truly have not made it home since then sometimes. Miss tour, miss my friends. Miss the good vibes. Miss the magical synchronicity of it all.

[@atticusprime937]

Last night was fucking incredible. Obviously nothing is like Jerry and man I hope yall appreciate that gift you got thankful grateful and blessed if you still read this we probably met ;) NFA GDF 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸💀💀💕🦅🔥🔥🌹🌹🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@staggerlee4979]

I love how Jerry fingerpicks the entire verse and only strums the chorus. He's one of the greatest rock fingerpickers ever but I think Mark Knopfler is the best.

[@TheMewoff]

Mark Knopfler has all 10 fingers.

[@pearlybaker2524]

@@TheMewoff but Jerry uses all 10, or 9 1/2, fingers, unlike many of his fellow guitarists www.woodytone.com/2010/02/01/jerry-garcias-surprisingly-interesting-technique/

[@pearlybaker2524]

I worship Knopfler, his guitar playing is in a league all its own, but Jeff Beck can't go without mention...

[@TheMewoff]

@@pearlybaker2524 Love Mark Knopfler and Jeff Beck of course, just pointing out the obvious. But on the subject, any time there is a discussion about the greatest guitarist ever, I think the only definitive answer is "Jerry Garcia is the most famous 9 fingered guitarist...so far."

[@TheMewoff]

@@pearlybaker2524 Also Alice, in case you haven't seen it, kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y56tpZKKZbNjo7M - Paul McCartney doing the Abbey Road medley. Mark Knopfler playing lead at times, even though Eric Clapton is there too. You know you've got a good band when Eric isn't playing lead! Rock On Alice :-)

[@glenngrasso9290]

Lesh has said there were only a few great moments in the latter years. I'm not sure I agree, but if he's right, this is surely one of them! xoxo Thank you Jerry

[@deadreckoning6288]

He was speaking from his perspective being in the band. It was always magical for me even in the last years.

[@billmcintosh220]

Freedom. Liberty.

[@implumkrazy]

Robert Hunter is a Lyrical Genius

[@77Brandon77]

Was* 😢

[@kevinweisman]

YES. Love this song. Thanks for posting. Hope the boys play this at Shoreline on the 30th.

[@keithnercesian6595]

if i was a river id run uphill

[@BillKinsman]

Good old Grateful Dead!

[@donpatrick7738]

Take me back there again !!!! Please!!!and thank you!!!

[@ronschaffer5959]

Pure soul.

[@paulpanicucci8880]

Beyond words! No Social strife Here. Floats me into Eternty

[@bruceholland6914]

Thanks Chum

[@TheFeelinhi]

Imagine seeing the whole world looking back at you.

[@jimmeyer9116]

November 2021 still enjoying!

[@chazbickel4518]

Thank you! Love to all ; )

[@clintonmercer1882]

Love you Jerry!

[@user-kb3tq5bb3b]

Miss you Jerry❤

[@ice9phil]

love Hunter lyrics!

[@dorisdeacon921]

12/31/80 lost sailor l like that song! l like the jump steps that u took at the end! Jerry was jammin 2! the Saint song was about being in water event! it reminded me of what happened be in out myself! keep on truckin always!

[@matt_neil_music]

My favorite show.

[@sammack1564]

Last great Hunter/Garcia tune added to the repertoire.

[@TheMewoff]

The Grateful Dead were like the best part of "running away from home and joining the circus". Sure, the clowns on the 10 foot unicycles fell over once in awhile and messed up the bit, but when it all worked out it was just magic.

[@deadreckoning6288]

Well said.

[@thespacecowboy985]

Who’s listening on the 4th of the July?!

[@erichanhauser3190]

The Dean Dome. Excellent.

[@picassomoon6435]

New National Anthem of America!

[@Greens_Blues]

My favorite song. Ive been wishing more artists would cover this tune. How come nobody plays this song? Is it because it was one of the last dead tunes written?

[@robfredhjr]

It's because they don't find freedom and liberty important anymore like most musicians nowadays ....

[@MrSpankee02]

@@robfredhjr freedom and liberty were foundation of the Grateful Dead experience.

[@robfredhjr]

@@MrSpankee02 too bad not so much anymore...

[@jonathansheehan3121]

Jerry making me 😢

[@JohnRaeker-ty8uv]

First night , Chapel Hill was the best show after Brent died!!!!!

[@fluffhead1623]

My bed is unmade

[@picassomoon6435]

National Anthem

[@bearhall4919]

Ooh Freedom! Ooh Liberty! Ooh leave me alone! I'LL FIND MY OWN WAY HOME

[@robfredhjr]

Oh yes , too bad most hippies don't appreciate freedom and liberty anymore

[@judynatale16]

love the gratetful dead

[@Resplencemelodi]

Good morning my american friends. From a rural part of the world-

[@JCSteel2112]

I'm gonna find my own way home

[@liamshenk5202]

fire!!!!

[@jackc1186]

Happy 4th of July 2021

[@user-hm8nh6th6o]

I love this ideal of freedom. I WANT IT BACK! How has it gone so far away?

[@Turnstileturntill]

Shade always takes Having it Made.🆓

[@davidweiss6493]

Find my own way home

[@sealevelbear]

❤❤❤

[@tap4904]

Happy Fourth of July good people, go ahead get down! 2021

[@johncook7364]

Name a more patriotic song. Stay strong, patriots.

[@Sam-et3ve]

I see it as get off my back America and leave me alone

[@arareanddifferenttune3130]

Jerry smilin ❤

[@billmcintosh220]

Saw The Dead when you could smoke in MSG. 2021 is jail. I miss 15 hour tailgates.

[@diogenesofseattle2344]

The song means something completely different to me now that I've abandoned the death cult that is Liberalism.

[@gimmedemdigits6040]

Welcome to the REAL resistance. LIBERTAS!

[@diogenesofseattle2344]

@@gimmedemdigits6040 you do understand the real resistance is fighting against the fascist President Donald Trump right?

[@gimmedemdigits6040]

@@diogenesofseattle2344 Trump isn't a fascist. He's a 1980's Democrat who talks about protecting the American worker like a 1950's socialist. You're going to learn a whole lot about who the actual fascists have been in government for the past 40 years in the coming weeks....operation mockingbird didn't work that well I hope

[@diogenesofseattle2344]

In ___ the ________ argued civil unrest was threatening to destroy ______ and that only their populist nationalist program could save the people from a communist dictatorship. A: 1922...fascists...Italy B: 1933...NSDAP....Germany C: 2020...Republicans...the USA D: All of the above

[@diogenesofseattle2344]

Liberalism is the ideological framework rich 17th century white supremacists developed to justify capitalism.

[@johnclancy8098]

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY 2021. PEACE to ALL

[@Swami650]

If I was a River, I’d run uphill…

[@jonathansheehan3121]

I was there...

[@michaelchurchill1889]

Could be the National anthem

[@billmcintosh220]

With two grilled cheese and three falafels.

[@johnclancy8098]

DYNAMITE

[@beaulyons1977]

✊🏽✌🏽🌹

[@lukedunham5010]

Paul Stanley does a good rendition of this song, too!!!