Throwback Thursday | Grateful Dead Debut Unbroken Chain
By Scott Bernstein Mar 19, 2015 • 8:30 am PDT

The Dead went on to perform “Unbroken Chain” a number of times in 1995 before Jerry Garcia’s death. Watch fan-shot video featuring the debut of “Unbroken Chain” from 20 years ago tonight at The Spectrum in Philadelphia:
This audience recording really shows off the screams of joy from the crowd including chants of “Yes! Yes! Yes!”:
Check out a recording from Lesh’s monitor feed from March 17, 1995 in Philadelphia as the band works out the soon-to-be-debuted “Unbroken Chain”:
Finally, take a listen to the song’s acoustic demo which gives us a feel for the roots of “Unbroken Chain” and includes comments from Lesh: