Greg from Chestertown

I did notice that everything that’s being canceled is being rescheduled for the fall.

I was just talking to a man who I work for on his farm. He’s extremely far up near the top of the pyramid in the medical profession, graduated number one in his class for physics at a Princeton. He plotted a graph of the number of cases and deaths. He said if things continue at this rate and nothing changes, we will have thirteen million cases and 400,000 deaths by May first. Kinda scary.

I was listening to that this morning. I got chills when, before Tom Thumb blues, everyone was chanting ‘we want Phil’ . Pretty nice birthday present.

Strangers stopping strangers, just to shake their hand....Wait! ...better just keep firing glances across the room.

That will be my only shows this summer. Close to home, easy ride. It’s tough for me to leave the country and drive into cities to catch a show. It’s actually quite traumatic. For some reason, the band loves the Cork. For that, I am grateful.

You can’t polish a turd.

What kind of meat do priests eat? Nun.

Isn’t that a lyric from the title track Aja? ......Double helix in the sky tonight.....

That looks awesome! I was the biggest Steely Dan freak before I discovered the Grateful Dead. Kid Charlegmane sandwich! Wow! I would definitely go see that. Thing is, do they tour or do I have to travel to the double Helix? Hey, I just realized, do you get that from a Steely Dan tune?

You still have cassettes.

Anniversary of Jerry’s death.

Logical freak. Yea, that’s it. Me too. I’m not that good at it, though. I enjoy studying the stage set up when I first get inside. I’ll mumble something to someone nearby who looks like they’re doing the same thing. The usual response I get is, ‘look at Jeff’s guitar. It’s gotta be.....’. That’s when I realize that I got a lot to learn. This universe is huge.

That’s My favorite. China / Rider captures the essence of what is the grateful dead at it’s core, psychedelic and bluegrass/country. 73/74 feelin’groovyjam is my favorite transition.

Feelin’ groovy jam?

My wind chimes on the porch play Dark Star sometimes. Other times it’s Stella Blue.

Like today, you can’t seem to get out the door in the morning because you refuse to turn off the show you’re listening to in the middle of a super hot jam.

I’m digging the Low Spark, how DSO is bringing it in to the mix.

I think the original is the first box a rain after the breakout in Hampton. Pretty sure.

...Or when you name your pet after a band member or character in a Grateful Dead song. I used to have a couple of Piranhas. I named one ‘me’ and the other one, ‘my uncle’.

I have read somewhere before about how great is to have lived at the same time as Jerry Garcia. That also can be said about Dark Star Orchestra.

Elective?

...you need an airplane to get to a show.

I was at that original show. My buddy and I were to the left, looking at the stage, second level. We figured the first set was done so we left our seats, headed to the bathrooms. When we got to the railing on the second level, close to stage, Bobby broke into Desolation Row. I, honestly, never heard the song before. Bobby was at his absolute best that I have ever seen him during that song. I’m not even going to try to explain. Just leave it at that. As soon as he finished the tune, he walked away from the mike, apparently to catch his breath. Fuckin’ Jerry hits the opening guitar riff to ‘ don’t ease me in’ and Bobby has to run back to the mike to participate in the singing. Jerry was laughing his ass off. Yea, Bobby rocks.

My memory escapes me from time to time, but I’m pretty sure that’s a killer set list for ‘93. No duds. Not much excitement for me post Brent/ beginning of the end for Jerry. That’s what’s so cool about what DSO does. They can infuse their energy into a Grateful Dead era that had marginal band energy, breath more life into than it ever had before. I’m sure they nailed it.

We’re there any tapers at the show?