The latest live Grateful Dead video from the band’s recently-launched “All The Years Live” series is now available through the band’s official YouTube page. The new video highlights the Dead’s performance of “Loose Lucy” from their June 17th, 1991 concert at East Rutherford, New Jersey’s Giants Stadium. The recording of the performance was one of the many tracks included in the band’s recent box set reissue showcasing their Giants Stadium shows in 1989, 1990, and 1991.
As the band’s official archivist David Lemieux explains in the video’s description, “Gone from the repertoire for 16 years, 1974-1990, when [‘Loose Lucy’] made its return at the Capital Center on 3/14/90, it was in its slower 1973 arrangement, and was incredibly well-received, with one of the most inadvertently self-referential choruses in the Dead’s canon. Were they thanking us for a real good time? Were we thanking them? Regardless, it was a blast to sing along with Jerry when he was clearly having fun singing this classic.”
The band’s June, 17th, 1991 performance was one of only two shows in the Dead’s archive which was recorded to 48-track analog tape, making it one of the higher-quality listening experiences in their vast vault.
Watch the band’s performance of “Loose Lucy” from their 1991 performance at Giants Stadium below.
Grateful Dead – “Loose Lucy” – 6/17/1991
[Video: Grateful Dead]
Previous editions of the Dead’s ongoing weekly “All The Years Live” video series have included “Big Boss Man” from June 16th, 1990 at Shoreline Amphitheatre, “New Speedway Boogie” from June 17th, 1991 at Giants Stadium, “Terrapin Station” from July 26th, 1987 at Anaheim Stadium, “Not Fade Away” from New Year’s Eve 1978 at the Winterland Ballroom, “Cassidy” from June 17th, 1991 at Giants Stadium, “Stagger Lee” from July 4th, 1991 at Rich Stadium, “Lazy River Road” from June 26th, 1993 at RFK Stadium, “Bird Song” from July 1st, 1992 at Buckeye Lake, “Shakedown Street” from June 22nd, 1991 at Soldier Field, “My Brother Esau” from July 24th, 1987 at Oakland, CA’s Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, “Blow Away” from 7/16/90 at Rich Stadium, “Touch of Grey” from 7/4/1989 at Rich Stadium, “China Cat Sunflower” > “I Know You Rider” from 7/6/1990 at Cardinal Stadium, “Estimated Prophet” from 7/8/1990 at Three Rivers Stadium, “Reuben & Cherise” from 6/6/90 at Buckeye Lake, “Morning Dew” from 10/18/74 at the Winterland Ballroom, “Sugar Magnolia”/”Scarlet Begonias”/”Fire On The Mountain” from 12/31/78 at the Winterland Ballroom, and “Wang Dang Doodle” from June 14th, 1991 at RFK Stadium.