The RIP thread.

[Anno]

Gutted, another sad day for music, the dead transend geography and genre, safe travels Mr Weir may your shorts be ever high...

[Rich Rule]

One of my favourite bands.

 

I have quite few of the Dead albums.

 

One of the quirkiest things I have experienced was out snowboarding in a space cowboy town (at least it was them) called Telluride in 1998.  
 

Telluride was famous for having a national Bluegrass festival and in September they have, or used to have, an annual mushroom harvest and 3 days music festival.  The Dead played there numerous times.

 

The town was a homage to stoners and the deli in town was called ‘Baked in Telliride’. We would go in for lunch of pastries and coffee. 
 

The local radio station, Telliride FM was constantly on the radio. They would play a lunch time show called the Grateful Dead hour.

 

It ran from 11.00 till 13.00.

 

Probably to take into account one of Jerry’s spontaneous 10 minutes guitar solos 🤪

[Stubby]

 I remember at one festival They had morfed into " The Grateful Rolling Airoplane " as described by someone who I can't remember . 

[Rich Rule]

The Electric Cool Aid Acid test by Tom Wolfe.  It tells the storey of the Merry Prankster and Ken Kesey and their ‘Bus’ tour along with the house band - The Grateful Dead.