This week’s installment of the Grateful Dead’s ‘All The Years Live’ showcases a June 1993 performance of “Feel Like A Stranger” from Washington, D.C., featuring Bruce Hornsby on accordion.
“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,” explains GD archivist/legacy manager David Lemieux. “[It’s] always a favorite opener of mine, and this one features Bruce on accordion more than a year after he’d left active touring with the Grateful Dead.”
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Watch the 6/26/93 “Feel Like A Stranger” below:
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Sean Hennessey
January 24, 2020 at 6:53 pmWeir and those shorts, hahaha
Chris S.
January 24, 2020 at 10:18 amI was at the show with a couple good friends I’ll never forget…RIP Ed…Bill Keith and I will never forget…it was a great show and it was a scorcher that day…it began to shower a little at the beginning of The Bird Song and made the rest of the show a real blast! I believe Sting opened up
Tony Buford
January 23, 2020 at 11:20 pmnot to strong at beginning, but Jerry really jms hard on last 2/3rds. Very worthy.
JAMES R COHEN
January 23, 2020 at 8:37 pmGood version for post Brent era
SheepDip Band
January 23, 2020 at 1:29 pmI thought was a great era for the Dead and this is a solid version. Bobby is playing pretty fuzzed out in the beginning. Bruce playing in the background is sort of weird for me. He is a tremendous talent to just be hanging in the background.