This song pertains to a man begging ppl for money because he's addicted to gambling. So he rigs a game and warns his lady not to get drunk cause they gotta wake up early and leave town before they realize he rigged the card game. Thank you Jerry.
What happened was the band seasoned with the Godcheauxs and without Pig (who, for me, added so much to the blues/ edge the Dead had as an identity), a break after European tour, Garcia at his absolute peak vocally and possibly musically, with the current band having found itself during its most stable period of its long history. Even Donna found a way to fit her voice. Both Garcia and Weir had dropped individual albums, from which this song as well as Playing in the Band were adopted into the Dead’s repertoire. It was the best of several peaks and reincarnations of this band which endured in some form over 4 decades.
This version of this song moves me. What a great story brought back to life by the GD. There are a lot of spirited songs they brought back to life. I swear the folks who originally created them move thru Jerry and the boys and become magic once again.
This song is sad but it makes me happy. The story of the "Loser" in the song personally makes me feel like i'm a winner because the "Loser" is always determined that they're going to win!
Jerry wrings out all the tears, angst and pain of the gambler in every grand solo I've ever heard. Loser has always been a favorite, especially the play on the inside straight. A hand that never wins. Put your gold money where your love is baby before you let my deal go down. Come to daddy on the inside straight. Well I got no chance of losing this time.
Thank God and thank YOU for taping these and sharing them! I’m in my seventies and am so happy for hearing and watching these early Dead shows before I die ❤️😎 especially Loser which I never heard at all before now! What an inspired song. I like all the comments here too from good people 😊😊😊 An amazing absolutely amazing song, and I dig how Jerry sings and plays it, like everything he did-RIP , angel ✨💫🌉🥰🌬🌊
The solo makes me feel like I'm an native american running straight at the grand canyon and when I dive head first over the edge, I feel like I transform into a bald eagle and fly away
"Bring the band down on behind me, boys." -FZ Love the way Jerry "conducts" the group dynamics in the second or third verse. Takes it softer and quieter, and the band follows. Setting up for the next run to the top. It was fun to watch.
One of the VERY RARE occasions where Phil loses his place (second half of the second time through the guitar solo). Good golly, he really IS human! :-)
aaaaah The Pre Unstrung Out Daisy Duke not a grey hair on Jerry or Bobs head or beard before the bug eyed Bret era… gotta love it . Hell even Mickeys sportin a kewl mane of hair .
7/7/89 Jerry's solo.. looking over his right, smiling, than swinging to his left, locking eyes with Brent. They stare into space, Jerry smiles and produces easily one of his greatest solos of all time and questionably the best Loser ever. 7/7/89
I wish 5 8 77 was real. The album is flawless. I listen to it every single time I go steelhead fishin. Which is 7 days a week weather permitting from oct till may.
If I had a gun for every ace I have drawn I could arm a town the size of Abilene Don't you push me, baby, because I'm moanin' low And you know I'm only in it for the gold All that I am asking for is ten gold dollars And I could pay you back with one good hand You can look around about the wide world over And you'll never find another honest man Last fair deal in the country Last fair deal in the town Put your gold money where your love is, baby Before you let my deal go down Go down Don't you push me, baby, 'cause I'm moanin' low And I know a little something you won't ever know Don't you touch hard liquor, just a cup of cold coffee Gonna get up in the morning and go Last fair deal in the country Last fair deal in the town Put your gold money where your love is, baby Before you let my deal go down Go down Everybody's braggin' and drinking that wine I can tell the Queen of Diamonds by the way she shines Come to daddy on the inside straight Well, I got no chance of losing this time Well, I got no chance of losing this time Well, I no chance of losing this time
sad the day is when you lose trust in the dead.why else am i muted. one good bull shit honest man on a cpap. to bet my heart would be easy if i could be certain it was me who spoke.
Don’t misunderstand me… Been a deadhead for 45 years, but something’s not quite right here. 1977 was a good year (some legendary shows that spring). But this video and another one I saw from Wolfgang (Winterland, New Year’s Eve)… Jerry sounds horrible… I mean, like the mid-80’s onward. Are you sure this is from ‘77? Jerry’s voice wasn’t gone yet… but in THESE videos, it sure is. Also, the beginning of his solos… I know how they sound… era-by-era… this really sounds more like late 80’s, early 90’s… and somehow superimposed over the video. (?)
Seriously an add before the bone chilling solo … brah I’ve seen so much life with the Grateful Dead by my side in the parking lots in the forest so man roads !! Btw Donna dead wtf 🤬 just cause she banging some the guys Meatball Mafia
