It’s been a while since we’ve given the Grateful Dead any love, so let’s go back 17 years ago to June 17, 1991. The Dead were back in the groove nearly a year after the sudden death of Brent Mydland. Keyboardist Bruce Hornsby provided a spark that lit a fire under Jerry Garcia’s ass for the first time in decades, and the band finally started changing up the familiar patterns in their setlists.
The Dead played many shows at Giants Stadium, but 6/17/91 stands out from the rest. After a long rain shower that broke just before the band took the stage The Dead opened up firing on all cylinders with a powerful version of Eyes of the World. Eyes has always been a second set tune, but Hornsby urged the band to try something different. Thankfully, the show was captured for ABC’s In Concert series. Here’s the first Eyes of the World opener since 1974 from that ABC broadcast…
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