I met the most beautiful girl I've ever seen in my life the first day of my freshman year of high school. We became close friends very quickly and I loved her (still do) more than words can tell. Her mother, Stella took me in during a terribly tumultuous time during those four short years as if I were her own son..her name was Stella. Stella died tragically one night in a house fire and I don't know if I'll ever really get over it...that was over 25 years ago. The first Grateful Dead concert I ever went to with the most beautiful girl in the world was at Deer Creek in 1992 the year after Stella died. The band played Stella Blue that night and I will never forget it. I still love you Stella and I miss you and I know your lovely daughter does too. I will never hear this song and not think of them both~I love you so very much...I hope to see you both again some day.

We are so fortunate the dead allowed taping and people passionately recorded these timeless epic performances.

This Stella really manifests the utterly ineffable, soul filling beauty that they brought to our lives, and which is truly impossible to capture in words for anyone who wasn't on the long, strange trip. Other than my daughter, who is the light of my world and the center of my universe, what I am Grateful about above all other things is that my life intersected Jerry Garcia's in spacetime for so very long. NFA, brothers and sisters. Bid you goodnight.

Crazy how one of the most delicate songs can be so heavy. Greatest band to have ever played..

I found this song by accident after looking up Pigpen. This is actually the first Grateful Dead song I'm listening to right now. I've been hearing about Grateful Dead for years but was into other music all my life. Funny how you become aware of songs when the time is right, and you rediscover all over again why you love music. All I can say about this song is it makes sadness pleasantly haunting

Jerry brings me to places I've never been.

So beautiful. When words and music outweigh space and time. Love the Dead forever.

It brings tears to your eyes. The music just touches the soul. Caressing the hurt away. Thank you.

I get goosebumps everytime Jerry sings "It seems like all this life was just a dream". The Dead are so damn amazing :)

Just as Jerry was there for others, do unto others and let yourself be influenced by the joy he created not the tons of drugs he ingested. You can get high on just Love alone. Deadheads have a unique opportunity to change the world. Don't miss out on this. We are family. Spread the magic.

Maybe this 30-year DeadHead is just really stoned, or is this one of the most incredible videos I've EVER SEEN on KZfaq?!? The combination of this particular version of "Stella Blue" and the flow of the accompanying images reduced me to tears six or seven times during it's playback. Bravo......bravo.....!!!!!!!!! GRATEFUL DEAD FOREVER

Takes me back to the shows, the granny skirts, and the sunshine throng sharing the same trip.

It was some years before I found myself ranking these lyrics with Robert Hunter's best (rather sentimental; and it's hard to match his very best), but I keep finding myself thinking more and more highly of this song. The guitar/person metaphors are clear from the beginning (I owned one of those cheap Stella guitars -- never did learn to play it). The sustained sense and depth are there. Robert Hunter is, in my mind, one of the finest lyric writers to ever put pen to paper and one of those who fully earns the designation "poet." And this song is very, very good.

the mix is perfect, the piano so so so sweet...RIP Keith

Everything so gentle, Jerry's plaintive singing, the sparkly lyricism of his guitar. Deep beauty here.

I think this is the best Stella Blue I've heard. Love the song. Daughter named Stella

Chase! Excellent pick - great video My son is 2.5 years old this month and the only thing he wants to hear (and sometimes see) is your KZfaq Stella!! He says “Stel boo” - he even knows the words and sings along a bit! Thanks for posting this from me and Xander!! Finest band in all the land!

This is one of the most beautiful versions of Stella

"Dust off those rusty strings just one more time..............gonna make them Shine".

I never leave comments, but your 77 slideshows are great. Was and still There. Love to all.

"There's nothing you can own for very long"

What a video . Only the dead can do anything like this . The older I get the more I appreciate their music ✌️

A broken angel sings from a guitar. Yes, indeed.

Jerry watched his dad drown in a river as a kid. He knows the blues. Stella Blues. Recognize.

Jesus that solo at the end , the way jerry just flows ....it takes me away every time

When I get lost I make my way back home to the. Dead.

What fine work on the visuals. And a sublime performance by Garcia.

This version is EPIC - God Bless the Tapers and God Bless the Dead. Forever & Alwayz 🙃😁💙💚💜🎵🎶

Great video. I listen to this almost every night.

Happy tears collecting in my ears. Goosebumps on every square inch. What a ride that was.

Thank you for fading into the sounds of the waves crashing on the beach

Best moments on tour ever. Every time..... Stella Blue.... What I wouldn't give for a trip in the way back machine.

Jerry at his finest! Goosebumps time!

Jerry, still missing you so... All my love... Thank you for all the great memories..& Wonderful times! Just another little ol' deadhead!

The thoughts of some down and out musician, composed against some of the most soaring guitar work ever recorded... no wonder this is such a classic of the work this band has put out. Along with amazing visuals by chasefukuoka61 !!!! What an outstanding way to end my night... And off to sleep, and dreamland I go...

Jerry played Stella Blue at my first show and I've always loved, loved, loved this song! It is quite possibly my favorite all time Jerry song. It brings tears to my eyes every time and this one is no different. Jerry's guitar playing in this version is spot on. Great version! Thank you! 77 was their best year IMO.

Major voodoo on this version. Best Stella Blue ever in my books. I want this one played at my funeral.

love the recording,,,visuals too he was a firefly,,,when you hear that song

WOW this is so beautiful,it takes you away to that HAPPY GILMORE place in yer life

Thank you! So much beauty, love and Unending rainbows reside in its rifts, lyrics and melody.

this is my favorite video of my favorite version of my favorite song. thank you thank you

Friends just had a baby and called her Stella. Came to hear the beautiful song and got a wonderful video too. Thank you.

This performance amplimies positive memories brings consolation to bad memories brings hope for the future and perspectives to the present. Thanks for your videos. The cheese stands alone in Dead tube.

Really wonderful....helped me to play along and fall right into the song. Excellent. Thank You

Easily, one of the most BEAUTIFUL SONGS EVER! At least that I have heard…it brings tears to my eyes. NFA! ~RRR~

I was at the show the night before. This show was broadcast on FM radio. I recorded it, but had a flip-flub during the Stella. It's nice to hear it intact!

tremendous version & recording. great visuals too - moved me beyond words

Such a fine rendition.

Totally magical

Yes it is!!! May 22, 1977 Pembroke Pines Fl. is for me the best Grateful Dead show I ever attended, and not to one up you but the Stella Blue that night makes this very beautiful version seem like a rehearse l. It was so Beautifully sung and played. Jerry was pristine in all aspects that night as were the rest of the band Donna G included, her voice that night has never been equaled as far as I know. Thank you for this beautiful post.

Jerry shows me the correct paths of life with his songs. And continues...

What a flawless version of this song.

"STELLA"r performance! This is just exquisite! Thank you for the upload!

When I was touring this song was always a pleasant break from the jam. As I look back on it now, however, I think this might be one of my favorite 2nd set tunes. Beautiful version.

Melts into a puddle of good vibrations uggh

pure gold.... thanks again chase for all you do

Beautiful song and amazing video. Thank you!

The whole Spring '77 tour was amazing!

Wow ... a simply beautiful version of "Stella" and a great vid to match ... thanks ..

The visuals r beautiful ! Thanks a lot for this ! ❤️🐰🐇🌹☠️💀⚡️🕊️🪽🌙👽🪐🛸🚀🥀🌟✨💗🤩😇🌎😇

my favorite song of all time...and my favorite version... I was there...and fer some reason that Stella was an epoch of transcendence..fer me. Oh my goodness you did a wonderful job with the video. Ya done good ..mighty awful powerful good.

I absolutely love this version!!! Thanks so much for sharing, great job in the video.

Ahhh death!!!!! What a wonderful word. Get ready to return to the spirit world everybody. I hope it greets you warm. My dead brothers dog is shutting down her machine. She's all I have left of him. She helped him on his return to the spirit realm. I just asked her to kiss him and let him know I treated her well.

Both a beautifully done video and musical performance. Stella Blue-Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter (lyrics) All the years combine They melt into a dream A broken angel sings From a guitar In the end there's just a song Comes crying like the night Through all the broken dreams And vanished years Stella Blue When all the cards are down There's nothing left to see There's just the pavement left And broken dreams In the end there's still that song Comes crying like the wind Down every lonely street That's ever been Stella Blue I've stayed in every blue-light cheap hotel Can't win for trying Dust off those rusty strings just One more time Gonna make em shine It all rolls into one And nothing comes for free There's nothing you can hold For very long And when you hear that song Come crying like the wind It seems like all this life Was just a dream Stella Blue

this is my go-to song right now...and maybe forever!!!!! NICE PRODUCTION TOO!

Thanks for a harmonious video, well timed, well done.

Tanks 4 all the content. You pick the finest. Well done.

Rob's favorite GD tune. RIP my friend....

Spectacular images and editing. This should have been my first show but I had to work at a deli in Lincolnwood and let go of my ticket (my Friday the 13th/somebody's miracle!). The show was simulcast on WXRT and my sister started the recording for me. I got back in time to catch the second set and the unfortunate soundboard problem during "Going Down the Road," the followup to Stella. Nevertheless, it remained one of my favorite tapes and hardly left my boombox for a long, long time thereafter.

Splendida song! And, as usual a GREAT video! Thank You chasefukuoka61 !

Beautifully done. Thanks

Thank you - a quality piece of work

this as so beautiful!

Well done!!! Wow you put alot of love into this one. Loved your ending and how the band played that sweet '74 style one.

Thanks Chase, this rendition is crazy

Love the waves at the end

What an amazing video to sink into and take a ride along with! At an amazingly slow tempo that the boys make work. Really sweet vocals and guitar explorations from Jerry. Thanks for such a wonderful video to accompany the journey!

thank you for the upload... just what I needed tonight.. miss you Jerry

man I needed that

Rest In Peace Joey. I love you.

This song just took me way back to my happy place (another time's forgotten space). Thanks for making this, I'm going to write down this show and get it. This was one of the best Stella Blues I have ever heard.

almost brings tears to my eyes!

This is very sweetly melted.Nice vid!!! T.Y. Jerry & poster!

WOW!!! I just saw this one on facebook. Goosebumps. Such emotion!!!

another labor of love... thank you.

Michael G. Manzo Jr. 9/12/1981-7/4/2017 ❤

the maestro at his peak.

Nothing better than this music

Just LOVE the solo on this one❤️

I love this version, but i must share my all time favorite version is from the movie off winterland 74, -peace and love

Best Stella ever?

Love how Stella melds into the ocean waves.

Thank you! 💙

Gorgeous lovely stella blue

Just beautiful ❤️ no other words

As always, Chase, your uploads are awesome! Gracias!

Listening to Stella right after my all time favorite version of comes a time. Lord I miss Jerry. Nobody will ever come closets the captain

When people have asked me what my favorite Dead song is, I've more often then not cite this

damn this is soooo good!!