A Long Ago Day in Argentina Or Where Were You When Jerry Died?

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I too lived in San Francisco at the time. I decided to figure out this internet thing. I plugged one of those aol disks into my computer and dialed up (for the first time). AOLNews flash- Jerry Garcia Dead! It was the very first thing that happened when I got online for the very first time.
 
I recall being very angry at myself for skipping the Chicago shows that eneded the tour in 95... had tickets, had a ride with friends, but decided to skip it bc my girl wanted to go to the beach.

So unfortunately my selfish personal regret was my dominant feeling that that moment, felt like I had robbed myself of what would have been a life long memory
 
In pace requiescat, Jerry. I watched all three of the 60th anniversary Dead & Co. shows last weekend in Golden Gate Park (watched on live stream, that is, I didn't go to SF). Musically it was hit or miss, like many Dead runs. Second night was the best, esp. the second set. Lots of tributes to Jerry who was, after all , the true founder of the feast that has become the whole jam band scene. I understand that that type of music isn't everyone's cup of tea, but there's also, for lack of a better term, a palpable family feeling around many of these bands and their fans that transcends the music and that you really don't see with other bands (outside maybe the early punk and hardcore scenes), and of course there's plenty of crossover b/w them. Definitely been a long strange trip. Glad I got on the bus when I did, it's something I've never regretted. Quite the contrary, actually...
 
My wife had always been far, far from a Deadhead...not even a listener in fact other than something that might come on the radio. I spared her by using headphones. Like @hedge I get that The Dead aren't for everyone. I almost never even played a Dead cut in the many bars where I tended and had control over the music. I did work with a few folks that liked to listen during set-up or clean-up times and that was always a treat when our shifts coincided. I listen to the Dead Channel more often than anything else on Sirius XM as well. My daughter has heard a good amount and, like her mom, was never a fan but does appreciate the Roots and Americana elements of the music.

But then my wife watched Long Strange Trip during the pandemic and something clicked for her about the whole story. I think she also never realized that there was the Americana and Jazz components to the catalog. Now she's good with The Dead and we'll listen together sometimes.

It is a nice thing.
 
It is a nice thing. I also recommend a documentary ostensibly about Bob Weir called The Other One. The title is, of course, the name of one of the Dead's foundational songs as a so-called (but aptly put) acid rock band and also illustrative of Bob's role in the band. I say obstensibly b/c, while the doc certainly focuses on Bob, it's an excellent overview of the band from its inception thru Jerry's death and beyond. It's really well done. Worth a look...
 
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It is a nice thing. I also recommend a documentary ostensibly about Bob Weir called The Other One. The title is, of course, the name of one of the Dead's foundational songs as a so-called (but aptly put) acid rock band and also illustrative of Bob's role in the band. I say obstensibly b/c, while the doc certainly focuses on Bob, it's an excellent overview of the band from its inception thru Jerry's death and beyond. It's really well done. Worth a look...
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Kind of crazy how Weir looks more and more like a Garcia (A Weirish one of course) as time passes...
 
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