9/8/88. My first Grateful Dead show and the first time I tried hallucinogenics. The day everything changed. Super excited to see it show up on a DSO list.
Not long after Jerry died I wrote a song about the Grateful Dead. Titled it in honor of my first show. Here are the lyrics.
âSpectrum â88â
You gave the food of love to those who came to listen.
We gave it back to you.
The dust has cleared and your rays they still glisten.
Your legacy is true.
A song of love...a song of adventure
A song to help you get through the night.
A song so pure it could hold all the answers....to life.
Thank you boys, youâve done well.
I hope youâre proud of yourselves.
Thank you boys, youâve done well by me.
Inspiration bred a wonderful creation.
It bears no label or a name.
Belonging to no single generation.
Were you the players or the game?
A song of chance....a song of desolation.
A song to help you see the light.
A song so strong it spurred on a nation
To new heights.
Thank you boys, youâve done well.
i hope youâre proud of yourselves.
Thank you boys youâve done well by me.