Grateful Dead Dancing In The Street

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This is hiarious!
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Sounds like today..... 1:35 in.
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Love Weir's Ac'cent-equipped Rickenbacker. Think I've seen him with an F hole model from this time period too.


Mostly this video reminds me of Grandpa Simpson's would-be final words when he was moments away from a Kevorkianesque assisted suicide: asked what he'd like to watch on the monitor as the drugs entered his veins, he replied, "I want to see cops beating hippies to the sound of the Glen Miller Orchestra"

Dark and hilarious. Of course, something prevented his demise and he's still alive in cartoonland thankfully. :)
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Boy, that's enough to trigger a flashback. :wink: :lol:
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kiramdear wrote:Boy, that's enough to trigger a flashback. :wink: :lol:
Good, so my thread is working, then? :mrgreen:
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longhouse wrote:Love Weir's Ac'cent-equipped Rickenbacker. Think I've seen him with an F hole model from this time period too.

As I recall, there are a couple of photos of Weir and a RIC in the Grateful Dead gear book.


That clip is interesting because in the very old shows that I have and have heard, Pigpen sings the lead on "Dancing in the Streets," not Bobby. I thought Weir didn't start singing it until Pigpen passed away. Needless to say, when McKernan sang it,it had a lot more soul to it.
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"It appears to be style without content."


Harry Reasoner was a pompous ***.
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firstbassman wrote:"It appears to be style without content."


Harry Reasoner was a pompous ***.
Are you saying he was not a well-reasoned man? :lol: :lol:
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A time of us against them, parents against their kids. Now parents dress like their kids and their kids play their parents' music.

It was much better when there was a generation gap.
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shamustwin wrote:
It was much better when there was a generation gap.
+1!!!!!!!
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firstbassman wrote:As I recall, there are a couple of photos of Weir and a RIC in the Grateful Dead gear book.
Yes, there are; great book, even for those who are not DeAdHeAdS. :roll: :wink: :mrgreen:
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Being a Deadhead came true for Jerry unfortunately. :shock: :? Personally I never liked the band itself but he was one hilarious character. He deserves more respect than the announcer was giving him. Jerry served in the US Army for a spell.
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'Human beings ...just get carried away by new ideas, like dressing up in jackboots and shooting people, or dressing up in white sheets and lynching people, or dressing up in tie-dye jeans and playing guitars at people. Offer people a new creed with a costume and their hearts and minds will follow.'

Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman 'Good Omens' (one of the most enjoyable reads ever written!)
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winston wrote:Being a Deadhead came true for Jerry unfortunately.

This month is the 15th anniversary of his death. :(

Jerry served in the US Army for a spell.

Yes, less than a year and then kicked out.
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