...so I've heard.... 
Posted on 08/09/2005 7:01:12 PM PDT by qam1
Think back to the ringing guitars, the spinners, the patchouli oil and the haze of pot smoke hanging over an arena - the psychedelic country rock of Grateful Dead concerts seem like an unlikely cradle for today's conservative commentators.
And yet, 10 years to the day after Jerry Garcia's death on August 9, 1995, no less than three of Generation X's most high-profile young conservatives remain dedicated Deadheads: Deroy Murdock, Tucker Carlson, and Ann Coulter.
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That being said, the day Jerry Garcia kicked the bucket was the day when I FINALLY got internet access. Yes kids, today is Clemenza's 10th ANNIVERSARY ONLINE!
Ooooh, you're giving me goose bumps. What that the '93 show?
I saw Jerry's last show in Chicago. Box of Rain was the last song -- how ironic and sad.
Very sad indeed....
Widespread Panic fan, here. Never became a Deadhead...missed that one.
Imitation is the kindest form of appreciation!
Me too. I can't believe it's been ten years. I was in San Francisco, listening to the radio. There is a morning show on KFOG called "Ten at Ten" where they play ten songs from a single year. Right before "T@T" started the DJ mentioned that there were troubling reports coming in concerning Jerry and they'd let us know what was up once the facts were known. I grabbed my Walkthing radio and headed out to a prior appointment at DMV. On my way there on the bus I was counting the songs waiting for #10, in order to hear the news.("Ten at Ten" is pre-recorded.) After song #10, they played an unprecedented eleventh song; "Alabama Getaway." I was heading down Ashbury toward Haight St. on the bus when A.G. ended and the DJ came back with the news. Just as he said Jerry was dead, I passed 710 Ashbury. There was already the beginnings of a shrine out front. Down at Haight and Ashbury, where I got off the bus, a crowd was forming. I blew off the DMV and just hung out. Soon there were so many people there the cops blocked off Ashbury Street between Haight and Page. It was a sad, sad day.
Yes, then why did those who came before, sacrifice so much for? Is this not one benefits of those sacrifices?
I choose to honor and respect those who did for precisely that very reason.
I've gotta ask - what does your screen name mean?
Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ (Sunday 6/18/95)
Feel Like a Stranger
Bertha
The Same Thing
Stagger Lee
Eternity
Deal
China Cat Sunflower
I Know You Rider
Way to Go Home
Samson & Delilah
Eyes of the World
Drums
Space
Spanish Jam
I Need a Miracle
Wharf Rat
Not Fade Away
A good time was had by all :-)
Jerry's last show wasn't his best. To be honest, he looked and sounded tired. IMHO Box of Rain was the highlight of the show and was itself worth the price of admission.
One of the founders had a great line about this, something about "We are soldiers so that our children can be engineers so that their children can be artists." He didn't mention their children being hippies, but it's kind of implied.
Now that is a GREAT SHOW! Not only are the songs great, the order in which they are played is perfect.
On a happier note, last Sunday was the third annual Jerry Day in S.F. There was a free concert in McLaren Park at the recently renamed "Jerry Garcia Ampitheater." It was a very nice event. Four acts, lotsa folks of all ages. No big stars, but Jerry's brother Tiff was there. The park is just a few blocks from the house on Harrington St. where they grew up. I was amazed how many people there I recognized from my days of going to ALL of the Northern California shows (1983 - 1988). The whole thing had a really great vibe. www.jerryday.org.
Yes, and it took a lot of patience for me to see it that way. The parent-child model represents my best effort to accept liberals as human.
Still, it all goes out the window when I consider pop culture of the 1990s (alternative music for example...). I see no beauty in what the Left has spent of our blood and labor, not since the flower children of the early 1960s, and a handful of personalities that came afterward.
...so I've heard....
In the mid sixties, we used to haunt the Haight, and Golden Gate Park, (including the panhandle), hunting with our cameras.
The whole "hippie" thing was being a'born, and BOY HOWDY!!! there were strange and wondorous weirdnesses a'walkin the streets of the City.
The Dead and other bands were "fightin the Man", ie. Billy Graham, it was free concerts in the park, vs money for entry to Winterland or the Avalon....
Everything I know about capatalism I learned on Dead tour.
A true American institution. Jerry was the real thing.
Absolutely! Nice to know there are some other deadhead's here. Remembering Jerry, have been to many, many shows. One of my favorite venues to see Jerry was at Buckeye Lake , lots of wonderful memories.
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