Jerry Garcia

[potato-nator]

He mentioned in an old interview that he thought America had lost its sense of adventure.
He called The Dead Americas' last adventure. Are we becoming too sedate?

 

[_____]

It's totally okay to disagree with Jerry Garcia.

 

[rowjimmytour]

America is still mostly xenophobic and racist. That's the nature of America, I think.

 

[waxhead]

I went to HS in the early 70's. A handful of my friends were big time deadheads. They dropped acid at every show. I never cared for the dead. Didn't get it at all. Although I've played guitar since HS, I never cared for Jerry's playing.

I only dropped acid a couple of times. One time was at Russian river. We were hanging at a cabin and I realized the music that was playing was mesmerizing. A very odd repeating figure was playing, and it was both intriguing and disturbing. It was fascinating. I realized it was the dead and I instantly understood the attraction. Still can't stand their music. They couldn't sing and couldn't play. Maybe the drummers were decent? If adventure is taking acid and listening to mediocre musicians who are also on acid, then I'm glad I'm not adventurous.

 

[manbearpig]

depends on your sense of adventure.

if JG idea of it is tripping on drugs adventure is live and well in many places. For better or worse.

is a #vanlifer adventureless? I don’t know. it’s lame, but they’re not exactly sitting on their ass in front of a computer or TV bitching politics like we all do.

I don’t think he’s 100% wrong though, I mostly agree.

 

[Mr Doof]

America is still mostly xenophobic and racist. That's the nature of America, I think.

Certainly the US of goldurn A has racism and xenophobia, but other countries in world are worse. And if we include religion, then USA is less so.

On a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being the most racist/xenophobic, I give USA (as a whole) a 4, maybe 3.5.

I am sure groups/regions in the USA would disagree with this opinion.

 

[Drumsurf]

I went to HS in the early 70's. A handful of my friends were big time deadheads. They dropped acid at every show. I never cared for the dead. Didn't get it at all. Although I've played guitar since HS, I never cared for Jerry's playing.

I only dropped acid a couple of times. One time was at Russian river. We were hanging at a cabin and I realized the music that was playing was mesmerizing. A very odd repeating figure was playing, and it was both intriguing and disturbing. It was fascinating. I realized it was the dead and I instantly understood the attraction. Still can't stand their music. They couldn't sing and couldn't play. Maybe the drummers were decent? If adventure is taking acid and listening to mediocre musicians who are also on acid, then I'm glad I'm not adventurous.

What did the deadhead say when the drugs wore off? These guys suck!

Funny joke but I love the Dead.

 

[sussle]

He mentioned in an old interview that he thought America had lost its sense of adventure.
He called The Dead Americas' last adventure. Are we becoming too sedate?

i seem to recall Jerry Garcia's sense of adventure ultimately narrowed down to sitting in his BMW in Golden Gate Park, getting high. it wasn't quite his last adventure but it was pretty close to it.

 

[rowjimmytour]

i seem to recall Jerry Garcia's sense of adventure ultimately narrowed down to sitting in his BMW in Golden Gate Park, getting high. it wasn't quite his last adventure but it was pretty close to it.

Later year after Brent passed he seemed to enjoy and be into Jerry Garcia Band more and specially David Grissom gigs

 

[Subway]

i seem to recall Jerry Garcia's sense of adventure ultimately narrowed down to sitting in his BMW in Golden Gate Park, getting high. it wasn't quite his last adventure but it was pretty close to it.

hey in all fairness, he was caught with like a pound of pure china white, and a loaded 9 mm Glock under the BMW's passenger seat. That's more Sons of Anarchy than it is Grateful Dead

 

[rowjimmytour]

hey in all fairness, he was caught with like a pound of pure china white, and a loaded 9 mm Glock under the BMW's passenger seat. That's more Sons of Anarchy than it is Grateful Dead

And a glove compartment full of of un cashed checks

 

[Subway]

Let the Adventure begin!!!!

 

[sussle]

hey in all fairness, he was caught with like a pound of pure china white, and a loaded 9 mm Glock under the BMW's passenger seat. That's more Sons of Anarchy than it is Grateful Dead

i'm thinking of this one, but there were others:

i was living a couple blocks away at the time and it was big news in SF. hadn't seen this update about the missing briefcase full of Robert Hunter songs.

SF police might be sitting on a briefcase full of unknown Jerry Garcia songs - The San Francisco Examiner

Thirty years ago, a San Francisco officer on patrol in Golden Gate Park noticed a parked BMW on a dead-end street with expired registration tags. Upon further inspection, the cop noticed that a man was sitting in the car — and not just any man. It was rock legend Jerry Garcia. The officer said...

www.sfexaminer.com

 

[SurfFuerteventura]

Had the unbelievably incredible ( how many times can I repeat the unbelievable part? Still pinch myself when remembering) pleasure of meeting him in person, actually hanging out with him, and I can tell you there are very few human beings able to light up a room like "the gnome". He was among the most loving, understanding, impressionable (dude couldn't believe I was Spanish, actually really Spanish, he went OFF talking about Ibanez, the guitar maker, flamenco, and we hit an epiphany together when we spoke of Camaron de la Isla, Paco and Segovia... He was a HUGE fan), interesting and captivating human beings I have ever had the pleasure to encounter.

What was that about the airport radars having trouble the day he went? Was that actually true, or fictional?

Whether you "got" him or not.... Jerome made this mostly boring and uninteresting world a much warmer better place.

I ball out loud every time I think of his passing.

But then I play a solo acoustic concert and am immediately lifted.

Friggin chicken skin every single time.

JGB rocked many a house many a time too.

The Dead were more of an acquired taste; but like beer, once you "got it" there was no turning back.

Long Live the Fatty Zone!!!!!

 

[manbearpig]

Funny, my father met him and said he was a complete ass.

 

[Duffy LaCoronilla]

Had the unbelievably incredible ( how many times can I repeat the unbelievable part? Still pinch myself when remembering) pleasure of meeting him in person, actually hanging out with him, and I can tell you there are very few human beings able to light up a room like "the gnome". He was among the most loving, understanding, impressionable (dude couldn't believe I was Spanish, actually really Spanish, he went OFF talking about Ibanez, the guitar maker, flamenco, and we hit an epiphany together when we spoke of Camaron de la Isla, Paco and Segovia... He was a HUGE fan), interesting and captivating human beings I have ever had the pleasure to encounter.

What was that about the airport radars having trouble the day he went? Was that actually true, or fictional?

Whether you "got" him or not.... Jerome made this mostly boring and uninteresting world a much warmer better place.

I ball out loud every time I think of his passing.

But then I play a solo acoustic concert and am immediately lifted.

Friggin chicken skin every single time.

JGB rocked many a house many a time too.

The Dead were more of an acquired taste; but like beer, once you "got it" there was no turning back.

Long Live the Fatty Zone!!!!!

 

[Duffy LaCoronilla]

Didn’t he die 25 years ago?

How‘s his adventuring going now?

 

[Duffy LaCoronilla]

I saw the dead in ventura. I had no idea what I was getting into.

Anyway, we tripped hard, the music sucked and everyone’s heads fell off.

 

[Autoprax]

 

[SurfFuerteventura]

Funny, my father met him and said he was a complete ass.

He can take Mike Tyson though.

So, that must count for something with the squat and deadlift crew round here.