This is warm sounding GD, like a crackling fire in the… Continue

Enter this wicked Phil Zone - Ventura 6/13/87 - Shakedown 2nd set opener was epic - I was there with DK, Bill, Craig, Elmo, Ping, Mad Max and others!



Yes, "The Dead" took the 'boards off Archive.org, but thanks to the tapers all the memories are still… Continue

Memories......there are so many. So many that I can remember. So many that I can't. So many that I'm not quite sure happened. So many that I wish had. What I keep remembering more than any one specific memory is the feeling. That giddy joyousness that you probably hadn't felt since you were a kid on Christmas morning. That euphoric lift that allowed you to float amongst the crowd and stretch your smile so wide your cheeks hurt the next day. The love of community and feeling of belonging. I… Continue

i probably won't appreciate dwelling on the fact that as i scroll through my tour stories they're all short on characters and plot and long on introspective trip reflections...many of which seem less menacing from a distance than i remember them feeling at the time....and others that have been downwright transformative...especially powerful given their brevity....like standing alone in line for the water fountain (parched!) at the Spectrum, some point mid-late eighties, watching the segmented,… Continue

Think about how many Grateful Dead-related stories you have to tell. Go ahead, think...



If you're like me it's getting harder to recall all the vivid details. Which is why I want to write it down and see it written down by others.



Here's one to get us going...



On my way out of Alpine Valley on day three in 1987, two really odd things happened. First, Mike and Sue and I were walking through the woods after the show and out of nowhere this crazy ape-like man came… Continue