RIP Ramrod
Ramrod was a familiar site to folks attending Grateful Dead concerts; he recently passed away following a bout with lung cancer. The featured image (which may only be displayed on the index pages, … Read more
Jerry
Sleepy Alligator in the Noonday Sun
So begins one of my favorite early Dead songs, Alligator. I mention that because today is the 35th anniversary of one of the Grateful Dead’s more famous shows: 4/29/71, Live at the Fillmore … Read more
There’s Still That Song
A broken angel sings from a guitar. Jerry played the sweetest, most hypnotic and soulful guitar I’ve ever heard. He had what Miles Davis called the “tone”. Many could be called his technical … Read more
10 Years Ago
on a cold dark night, … oh wait, that’s another song. But it was 10 years ago, and it was night time. I haven’t shared this story before, but now seems as good … Read more
Happy Birthday Jerry (and Adelia!)
I baked a cake today. Not really for Jerry, though it is his birthday today. I got to see Jerry play on his birthday one time, back in 1984 at the Stone, in … Read more
Nine Hundred Thousand Tons of Steel
out of control. To some degree, those words from the song Tons of Steel, describe Brent Mydland‘s last troubled years. It was 15 years ago today that Grateful Dead keyboardist Brent Mydland died. … Read more
So Many Roads
The title of this post, So Many Roads, aptly describes both our travels of the past 17 days as well as the path followed by Jerry Garcia’s adventuresome life. It’s somewhat hard to … Read more