8-8-01 Show # 7

The "He’s Gone” Show.

Six years ago, on August 9^th, 1995, Jerry Garcia died.

Jerry had his faults, obviously. However, what may have turned out to be sadly tragic ending could in no way discount what was truly a remarkable life.

To say that Jerry Garcia inspired the masses is putting it mildly. Yes, inspiration moved us brightly, but it moved us beyond that, am I right? It’s not something that has ever been able to be put into words. It’s a shared and silently understood look amongst like-minded, and generously kind people. It’s a feeling. You know … that feeling. It was “strangers stopping strangers, just to shake their hands”.

Whatever “it” was, it continues to move us today.

Jerry Garcia, our muse, and that feeling that we have each nurtured ever since the first moment when we all fell upon the music of The Grateful Dead, will not soon be forgotten.

Thankfully.

Gratefully.

Here's what you got to hear:

(Not quite in this exact order … but close to it … in a way)

The Grateful Dead:

The Glenn Falls Civic Center.

Glenn Falls, New York.

April 14^th 1982.

Set 2.

• China Cat Sunflower >
• I Know You Rider
• Playin’ In The Band >
• Drums >
• The Wheel >
• I Need A Miracle >
• Black Peter >
• Playin’ In The Band >
• Johnny B. Goode
• ENCORE: U.S. Blues

Various Show Fillers:

Hair (soundtrack): The Flesh Failures > Let The Sunshine In

Ani Difranco: When I’m Gone

Jerry Garcia: talking about The Grateful Dead: 1982

Timothy Leary: Afterlife

The Grateful Dead: Brokedown Palace (LIVE, 1980)

The Grateful Dead: We Bid You Goodnight (LIVE, 11-8-69 Fillmore Auditorium, SF, CA.)

Next Week:

The Grateful Dead:

The Lusk Field House.

SUCNY, Cortland, New York.

April 18^th 1971.

Set 1.

&

"More fun than a frog in a glass of milk"

J