Stella Blue (w/ Carlos Santana) - Grateful Dead - 1-26-1993 Oakland Coliseum, Ca. (set2-08)

[@johneichenberger1833]

Is it just me, or did Jerry's singing of this song become more heartfelt the later it got in his life?

[@akatsaris]

You got that right! Try 9/17/94 and 10/1/94 too.

[@billbeliakoff5589]

I love how Carlos starts his solo seemingly not knowing what he should do then just makes his style fit right in.

[@jgratzke766]

Last Dead show I went to. I remember being way in the back, not recognizing who the extra guitarist was. Then he went into his lead. Holy cow! I knew it was Carlos Santana, blew my mind! Can't believe I found this. Thx!

[@wesleysabin4078]

Was at this show also, Ran into Carlos in the north side parking lot afterwards both heading to our cars, had a pleasant conversation about how his input made the night that much more memorable, such a nice humble man!

[@bpbatlaw]

Wow! Wonderful. Carlos was great. Very cool of Jerry to defer to him and let him do the final solo. I've never seen that before. Thanks so much. Great to watch what happened with Hunter's lyrics and Jerry's setting on this particular evening! RIP Robert Hunter 9/23/19.

[@bpbatlaw]

@Reyansh Barrett Glad you commented, as I was able to check it out again myself! Excellent.

[@micksbiggestfan4006]

What a happy stumble on for me. Listened to this show a lot over the years. First on a great aud and landed the sndbd in the early 2000's. To see it on video is icing on the cake. Thanks for sharing.

[@tccmarkets1]

This is my favorite version of Stella Blue. I think at 9:21 Jerry turns to someone on the side and says "I can't do that", referring to Carlos' solo. He just shakes his head. Lol. Totally awesome.

[@wolfsvision940]

Nah he's telling Vince not to play over Carlos's solo!

[@congoblues]

One hell of a song! Beautiful.

[@jpa2283]

I love how you can see and hear Bobby telling Carlos "E minor" to call the coming chord, because Carlos had clearly never heard nor played this beautiful song before!!! @.54

[@brianquercione4917]

I had alot of fun at all Dead concerts. I went to Cornell University for a Dead show. Some girl had a Secret can with a bunch of sugar cubes. She told me she was selling LSD 25 for $2.50 a hit. I said I'll buy all of them. She said I only need one hit I bought 2 one for me and one for my friend. It was great. And the show was really great. I picked up some girl hitch hiking after the concert. I had a great time.

[@lindarobison7830]

Hey brian good times back in the day. I relate big time. Miss those times

[@mauricedaxton5230]

You prolly dont give a damn but does anybody know of a way to get back into an Instagram account..? I was dumb lost the account password. I appreciate any help you can offer me.

[@bentleeissac9557]

@Maurice Daxton Instablaster :)

[@Mark-kq6ch]

Bobby's guitar sounds out of tune and it sounds like HE is the one who is learning it for the first time, and that Santana has played it a hundred times lol

[@thomaspalamenghi405]

How wonderful to see Carlos set aside all his flash and embrace the understated beauty of Stella

[@brucemholland6518]

Everything about this is cool. Thank You.

[@andylopus3162]

Such a beautiful song it means so much!

[@AraCod]

I didn't know this happened 😊 but wow. Beautiful.

[@Bridgeknapek]

Thanks Lolo you have never let me down Big Hugs ❤️

[@philipdavidson3232]

Ahhhh Jerry! We miss you.

[@pbaker1111]

Bobby taught Carlos the song during the first four mins. By the end, Carlos OWNS Stella Blue.

[@jimjimellell]

It was weird and fun to see Bobby "schoolin" Carlos on the chords until the 8 minute mark when Carlos showed that he certainly knows his way around a guitar. Nice stuff!

[@barrywhite828]

kinda like that awesome version of wharf rat, where bobby has to tell pete townshend where to go, and pete still cant get there!!!!!

[@MrGrbee]

This was just wonderful. New found respect for Bob.

[@FoFrx]

oh dammn I was at this show. Always loved the skeleton Dragons...got me all teared up

[@philipliebschutz3828]

This was without a doubt the best Stella Blue that I was privileged enough to witness....thank you Carlos for just stepping in un-announced and knocking it out of the park. I remember that I was sitting behind Jerry and Vince in the elevated seats....and all I could see was another person onstage with the band wearing a beret....as soon as he started to play...my ears told me it was Carlos.

[@dougpallman668]

It was boring as f...

[@lzrltgirl]

My first Dead show

[@mulefan74]

great vid! was at this show. stella was a nice highlight. remember the final stella jam being very cool once carlos was in the mix. 93 dead had some great moments. esp spring shows at cal expo, then buckeye lake.

[@sparkles455]

Makes my cheeks SHINE every time!

[@lzylightnin]

Bobby is just the funniest tryhard I love him very much

[@deanopper]

I was also at this show. This is fantastic. Thank you.

[@e34m51]

I was there , Carlos used to come into The GoodGuys! He put me on the guest list , I was going anyway , but he needed something , I was lucky to help him when he came into the store . The Dead used to come in as well , I knew Carlos was gonna be on stage with them , did not expect Stella ! One of the best versions ever ,probably cause I was there ! Yea Vince was a little off and so was Jerry , we loved them anyway !

[@mgkingsley2336]

Lolo you post wonderful stuff!

[@jimihendrix4431]

One of the most beutiful tunes that i ever heard

[@venniey]

I sure was there. This is sometimes a tear jerker for me. Oh Jerry. Thank you for a real good time! And thank you LoloYodel for all your offerings here.

[@venniey]

LoloYodel Dang, dude, yes. Tomorrow's my Birthday, what a delightful present. Have you seen my video from over 4 years ago? Shows my Jerry License plate and other dead decales of the dead. Since then I have found and put on passenger side window, decal od Jerry's right hand, showing his half middle finger. I love it, like he's riding shotgun. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fHTcoaB9mdtkkKc

[@AndySmithArcata]

+LoloYodel Hell Ya!!!

[@davecacela7473]

Very cool! Jerry starts off sounding super creaky but in due course the performance catches fire and yikes!! it's a great rendition! Finally Carlos takes his turn and he really finds the bluesy side of the tune then he catches fire too!. Masters at work

[@lindarobison7830]

How they fit together. Carlos when jerry a guest,an jerry when carlos was a guest. FITS 2 SOUL MUSICIANS

[@StoneMalone]

I'm proud to say I was there! God I miss his beauty!

[@justsayknow7632]

Gee sure miss the beauty too. Look at where we are today some near 25 years since Jerry passed.

[@archstanton_live]

@@justsayknow7632 25 years? Where are we today? it melts into a dream a broken angel sings from a guitar

[@ettk45]

Nice to see one of my videos with better sound. Too bad you couldn't get a lower gen. I shot the entire show from that location by the way.

[@ettk45]

Video: from PanelTour ("I shot this video in the taper section buried under some coats. Thanks Pat Cooper, Marcus Barnett") LOL If they want the credit, I don't give a shit, but I'd love to hear more about how they claim they did it. Does this look like "buried under some coats"? Seems a little low for the taper section, too, right? Three other things that characterize this video can be observed and verified but would be difficult to guess. I'm probably the only one who could point out any of the three.

[@steveloxley]

I was at this show too! Great stuff!

[@LoloYodel]

cool Chinese New Year's show ... here, during Stella Blue : 8:15 Santana starts his solo 9:20 LOL, Garcia gets pissed at Vince Welnick like "shut it down" !

[@joechip1232]

+LoloYodel That's not him getting pissed at Vince. Why do some people always need to project ridiculous drama onto things...

[@AlbionMButters]

Looks more like he is like, here we go! No interruption in the jam.

[@belliose]

Maybe not pissed but he definitely tells him "no."

[@firstube]

Should gotten pissed at him during Estimated. Sheesh

[@a.bradfordwilson3664]

@@joechip1232 that's absolutely Jer telling Vince not to step on Santana's solo with the normal piano build at that point in the song. Maybe not "pissed" but very firmly tells him to stop and listen to what is happening

[@geoffreyharold]

Happy Birthday Carlos Santana!

[@darinamador5714]

Beautiful

[@petermonck5448]

God damn the pusher man.

[@yarlkymcfirblatherington9879]

Garcia and Carlos are so far apart musically, but they do go back together a long way. I guess they were good friends. I think Carlos knew it wouldn't be easy to blend his forthright style into a tune as lilting and subdued as this. It's Hunter's poem and goes beyond just a musical interpretation in some ways and it's adored by many.

[@planetmuman]

My birthday show... Saw the Mon Jan 25th show...

[@davidhardy4665]

We went to that show together. Mostly hid out behind the drum risers listening.

[@dogfase515]

only the dead would put a guy in the position where you have to yell the chords into his ear on the spot and only carlos would shhinnee

[@archstanton_live]

I'm not sure you get how it works.

[@dogfase515]

@@archstanton_live you are correct sir,and thank you and be sure I do not know "how it works"

[@archstanton_live]

jimbo, I'm not capable of explaining how all of it works when it comes to jamming, but I know that Carlos had long had great respect for Jerry's abilities. Ironically, this was published 2 days ago: faroutmagazine.co.uk/grateful-dead-jerry-garcia-carlos-santana-favourite-guitarist/ or Google it

[@dogfase515]

That's okay I will figure it out as I go and just play it by ear,you are right Carlos and Jerry always had great things to say about each other in the interviews I have seen,wasn't suggesting otherwise

[@archstanton_live]

Carlos always shines jimbo. The boys in the band knew that. Sorry I put you on the spot. arch

[@Bridgeknapek]

energy levels

[@marysuewardell516]

Jerry was an artist

[@jameslawroski4184]

Hard to watch Jerry struggling during this period. Not a very good Stella at all but I still love it.

[@IzitAllGoUnder]

James Lawroski Its really quite good. Lots of soul and feeling. Best part, I was there.

[@venniey]

Not at all. Jerry was healthier in the 90s than he had been. Wonderful music !

[@thomaspalamenghi405]

Not a good Stella! Ru Fuking nuts... guess you don't really know

[@venniey]

Oh yes i see Bob walking Santana thru the chords. Priceless.

[@sanbuenas]

And Like Carlos didn't know the chords for the jam on Stella Blue, he blew the boys away with his licks!

[@RobertVeasquez]

sanbuenas It’s pretty damn hard to mess up a basic two chord structure. Most of Carlos’ music is created around a two chord structure

[@jasondotson]

Nice!

[@SanFranciscoFatboy]

not a bad Santana lead considering he just learn the song 3 minutes ago

[@davidhardy4665]

I was going to teach it to him as we were jamming at his house the night before, and drove to the show together. He used the Bob Dylan Tribute part of "Just Like a Woman" that we had just watched to get it - perfect.

[@naesniknar8754]

I was there

[@Robert-kz7pu]

Yippie!

[@njhampster]

Santana's acid kicks in 8 minutes into this song

[@mperrotti76]

I think Carlos was having technical difficulties. Loose cord or something.

[@RobertVeasquez]

Matthew Perrotti add to that, he didn’t know the song. Good thing Weir was next to him calling out the chords.

[@davidhardy4665]

Nope.

[@sanbuenas]

who feels it knows it lord! Carlos is the best!

[@firstube]

Did the whole run

[@thomaspalamenghi405]

What!? Ur can't be watching Carlos with Stella can you!? Another psudo dead fan i guess

[@samiam7342]

carlos is playing a prs through a mesa boogie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@davidhardy4665]

No, we just brought his guitar. They did the rest.

[@glennminasian4011]

how take screen schot

[@marysuewardell516]

God Damn heroin

[@johnleventon4436]

Lighten up Mary sue. If you live long enough you’ll appreciate it one day.

[@RobertVeasquez]

May you NEVER appreciate that crap!

[@markusrose9667]

Early 1993 was actually one of the few times when Jerry was clean.

[@markfriedman6341]

Heroin is never the real problem just a symptom for all to view if you choose.

[@Thresholdmoment]

Why does Bobby have to ruin it?

[@edwardjones2242]

swing Gerry,swing.

[@TJB1510]

ROSEBUD.....

[@dogfacedboy6947]

Santana finds an entirely different set of rhythmic choices than I've ever heard with the Dead - kinda wish there'd been more of that. Though, I suppose saying "I wished the Grateful Dead played more like other bands" AND "I wish other bands played more like the Grateful Dead" is kind of finicky, if not overtly poopy-headed.

[@Lampstand7]

So they invite Carlos to play on one on their most complex songs. Not that complex, but , on stage, learning ? ,subtleties. Man, if I invited a guitarist on stage, I'd give him a chance,not, oh it's A min, then whispered in ear.

[@ceeweedsl]

It wasn't his first rodeo with the boys. He knew the band and their territory if not the song. They did always try to do songs that would work with Santana's style, it seems. You wouldn't see them bringing him on for Eyes, for example. Bluesy songs. Along the Watchtower. Or a rocker.

[@jama52]

Poor Carlos - just couldn't figure out how Stella works

[@firstube]

Pffft ok

[@joshjones4173]

Named my dog Stella...

[@petermeyer4206]

Named my truck Stella.

[@ThankDogs]

Bobby seems so obnoxious! I don't believe Santana needs guitar tips from Weir.

[@ceeweedsl]

Yes you can tell, he's really put off. That's why he always played with them. Ha ha. Santana is old school and these guys know each other.

[@ZacheryChase1111]

He’s telling him the chords he doesn’t know the song

[@barrywhite828]

i love how the NRA is the sponsor for a grateful dead video!!!!!!! 'MURICA!

[@leshtricity]

how many GD songs mention or even glorify firearms? quite a few. remember when the boys posed with rifles? only in America can so many programmed NPCs protest against their own rights, that others WISH they had.

[@barrywhite828]

@@leshtricity amen brother.

[@venniey]

Oh dear, Carlos can't hold a candle to Jerry but he did a good job.

[@firstube]

venniey bwahahaha are you serious?

[@sanbuenas]

watch 8:30-9:50 look at the reaction everyone had at his jams; they never had anything like that on Stella Blue. Im a Big time dead head, but at Olatunji's wake at Marin Civinc; Carlos had so much power, I've never witnessed anything like it

[@gratefuldead2379]

Who ever conserns hisself with WHICH is the best, is missing the picture and all the rest. Keep on trucking my friend!!!🌹🐢

[@leshtricity]

c'mon guys let's be real, Jerry at least in his prime was the superior guitarist. later years like this vid? debatable but still thinking it's going to Jerry

[@harleysship]

Carlos lets loose @8:36....

[@johnlarson111]

IWT

[@Maui-Love-808]

Looks like the mixer chose the wrong night to smoke 300 hits of crack before the show. WTF. Carlos sounds just awful.

[@petropetty]

Jg

[@KevinSmith-px9nw]

Awkward🥴maybe practice or tell someone the song you’re going to bring them up on stage to play ahead of time. Santana's getting the chords from Bob during the song. Of all the songs to bring Carlos up for you choose Stella Blue🤦‍♂the drugs must have been strong that night.

[@jorgotto4195]

Wow how bad …… think they should pay the Audience for that ….. Even any children Music ist Way better

[@DutcherDog]

What are you guys raving about ? Carlos is a disaster , I am embarrassed for the other guys !

[@thomaspalamenghi405]

R U Fuking nuts?! Ur an embarisment to Dead Heads U don't know how it works dude

[@mperrotti76]

Also, 93 jerry sucks. Shutting down jams, half nodded out, drooling on the mic, and weak if any playing.

[@ReedRosson1987]

+Matthew Perrotti Not all of it.. I respectfully disagree..i enjoy his acoustic-like sound , some folks don't , whatever ....the Dire Wolfs from that year were fun ; NFA brother...RRR

[@StoneMalone]

+Matthew Perrotti Can't stop from getting old fella....are you happy now that he's dead?

[@LoloYodel]

+Matthew Perrotti : bullshit ! if you stay to watch and lisiten until 8:00, Jerry is STILL there ! Now if you want to discuss Jerry jams from 1973 to 1978, ok .... Peace

[@venniey]

Nope. Jerry had gotten healthier in the early 90s. His new wife helped him in that regard. Their music in that period had a new flowering, new great songs, in my opinion anyway, I was happy to see Jerry looking good.

[@mulefan74]

+Matthew Perrotti def not true. listen to Cal Expo shows. they were insane second sets. some solid summer shows as well. some great new tunes like LRR and So Many Roads