The Dead just rolled into town - I did not make it. The main reason is simply no Jerry Garcia. (If they kept on billing themselves as The Other Ones, how many people wouldn't have even considered going?) Lets face it - even though Warren Haynes may be considered a better singer (and guitarist?), Jerry is so integral to their sound, not to mention their entire "essence" that it just aint the same band. (So now they're a different band. Could they be better? We'll get to that...)
But their was more to it -- going to the shows back in the day (and I only went to about 25) was more than the music... When I was in college, seeing The Grateful Dead meant something. After a great show - and most of them were not - I would feel good for days. And then their was the whole social aspect... meeting up with friends, doing drugs, and having a great a time even the show itself wasn't so good. Maybe if my posse was in tact, that would have been different...
But next entry I should address how they *could* be a better band, and why the Deadheads got it wrong...
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