Jerry Garcia and deadhead age question

[reelecstasy]

I could never get into the "alblums" studio recorded stuff :P
just live, the whole vibe.
I can still see Jerry just barely swaying
and they are one of my 3 Artist alerts on my sirious radio, nothing like singing along to all the tunes..

Anyone have that poster with all the dead songs, like 150 or so all drawn out, I still have mine in my rod wrapping room
can still name most of them...

Almost forgot to mention, JGB, that was always a blast too....

[HighTide]

Being a Deadhead knows no age. I've been listening to them since the early eighties, but I never really got into Phish.
Been to alot of shows over the years and one of the best was Providence, sept 87- the Good Lovin'/La Bamba show. Some others were at the Garden in the early 90's (the Dark Star show they closed out the tour with was fantastic, too bad they had Bruce Hornsby with them).

Slip, is that GAMH show the one with the Bill Graham intro and they go into Help on the Way? My tape wore out too

[Pete_G]

In keeping with where this thread kind of went, a bit of history on "Box of Rain":



Hunter notes in his anthology of lyrics, named for this song,

"Phil Lesh wanted a song to sing to his dying father and had composed a piece complete with every vocal nuance but the words. If ever a lyric 'wrote itself,' this did--as fast as the pen would pull."

From Classic Albums: American Beauty, a film by Jeremy Marre:

Lesh (On "Box of Rain"): "The lyrics came about in an unusual way. This was the first time I had written a song in a long time, and I had worked out the melody and the chords, and in fact the whole song, from beginning to end—introduction, coda, and everything—and I put it on a tape and gave it to Hunter."

Hunter: "He'd just written these lovely changes and put 'em on a tape on a tape for me, and he sang along (scat singing of melody)—so the phrasing was all there, I think I went through it two or three times, writing as fast as I could, and that song was written. I guess it was written for a young man whose father was dying."

Lesh: "And at that time, my dad was dying of cancer, and I would drive out to visit with him, in the hospital, and also at the nursing home he spent his final days in, and after Bob gave me the lyrics, on the way out there I would practice singing the song. I sort of identified that song with my dad and his approaching death. The lyrics that he produced were so apt, so perfect. It was very moving, very moving for me to experience that during the period of my dad's passing. I felt like singing it in other situations similar to that since then."



Box of Rain has always rung true, but especially so knowing it's origins. My Dad has 3 sisters, and all 3 have been hit by cancer so unfortunately it's something I'm all too familiar with.

[wader-dad]

Two old maids lying in the sand each one's wishing that the other was a man- aint it crazy. Love the Dead.

First Dead show was Buffalo New York 1978 I think and During Tr#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&- "tr#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&g off to Buffalo" the place went wild but no one flew away off their seats like legend has it during Wharf Rat at a concert. My girlfiend in high school embroidered the Europe 72 Album cover (rainbow side) on my jeans- I may still have them somewhere. Great shows at Radio City with accoustic sets in 1980 was it?
Also saw the New Riders about 16 times as those tickets where easier to get.

My 16 year old son is positive that being into the Dead means I must have been "doing weed" which apparently is the latest way to say smoking dope. I absolutley refuse to admit to my son any such activity.

He just got his first girlfriend and went over to her house to meet the parents. He was nervous as hell. The father and mother started asking him all sorts of questions like why his hair was long and then my son see some Dead CD's lying around and says oh my father is into the Dead and that broke the ice. Turns out that both are Dead fans and the father is some bass tournament guy. My sons says my father is Secretary of the CT Surcasters Assn and we fish together. Now the parents love him and told the daughter he is a great kid and so now of course since the parents like him, the girl is not sure.

The following is from a Hunter song "The End of the Road" with great surfcasting lyrics"

"My head was full of nothing but the pounding of the surf
And whirling kind of slowly like the spinning of the earth
Everything I lived for seemed played out like a joke
The all-night revelations and the poetry we spoke"


Peace man.

[MarshCappa]

I'm psyched Sirius & Bob Weir just announced an all Grateful Dead channel! SWEET! My 1st show was in 87' when i was 18. I miss the shows.

[afterhours]

clammer- great post! i also want to fish with you! the edge plays the best music of any shop i've ever been in- make you want to stay...

[Slipknot]

OK John, from your definition I guess we are both dead fans then.
see you in June

[Slipknot]

High Tide, yes that's the one
I wore out a few others as well, got a killer JGB with a Dear prudence I must have played hundreds of times.
I saw the dead from maine to CA
I was at the Providence 79 show also Tautog, one of my firsts, got there at the break missed the whole first set and just walked right on in nobody asked for a ticket.

Saw JGB many times and Jerry and John Kahn acoustic at the Opera House, saw Hunter in Cambridge and others
Great music and great times.
Clammer, you wreck me, hope you had a good day fishing


John in VT, yep, you're a deadhead how you doing? see ya soon I bet.

[Rob Rockcrawler]

I guess im kinda a head. Been listening since 90, and caught a show in 95 at auburn hills michian, wasnt long after that it was all over. The music, the scene, the vibe and the way of thinkin when your listening. There is nothing like cruisin down the road on a summer day crankin some dead/JGB. Got into phish quite a bit for a while but it never did the same for me. Never did replace the dead sticker on my truck when i got a new one. Funny how customs in canada has been a bit more laid back, the sticker and a foot and a half of hair shorter and the attitudes change.

[Back Beach]

37 now and I saw them alot in the mid/late 80's. Fun while it lasted during my school days, but it got old towards the end of it as the band deteriorated. I Still have a couple hundred live recorded tapes and CD's I listen to on occasion.

[Rappin Mikey]

I like Pig Pen stuff. "Cream Puff War" and "Aligator" are a few of my favz! Dark Star Orchestra plays around here every once and again. Close as you can get these days I think.

[Pete_G]

Originally Posted by Rappin Mikey

Dark Star Orchestra plays around here every once and again. Close as you can get these days I think.

I agree.

[bart]

Originally Posted by Back Beach

37 now and I saw them alot in the mid/late 80's. Fun while it lasted during my school days, but it got old towards the end of it as the band deteriorated. I Still have a couple hundred live recorded tapes and CD's I listen to on occasion.

Teddy Stefen told me you were a big dead head but i didn't believe him. hippy

[goosefish]

Once I get off the Vineyard I'll dig up my ticket stubs. I'm sure a lot of us were at the same shows. Man I've been listening to the Dead recently. Old Filmore stuff and shows in the eighties. Feels good to feel good.

[Back Beach]

Originally Posted by bart

Teddy Stefen told me you were a big dead head but i didn't believe him. hippy

I was a stealth head, polo shirt and a crew cut....what else can I say?