Grateful Dead fans, check out the "New Yorker"

Shakedown, I need to get to a DSO show as they always swing through Pittsburgh.
What a fantastic article!!!!
There is plenty in here for you Dead haters as well.
Smelly hippies, directionless noodling and sloppy playing by the band, but the article will explain the phenomenon that is the Dead.
Although I miss going to shows and having so many magical experiences, 75 shows, and years of bootleg sessions, I feel like I have moveded on.
Sure I listen once in a blue moon to a song or two. I do know that the Dead led me towards some great Bluegrass , Alt. country, Blues, other Jam Bands, etc...

I did 126 shows. I'm okay. My wife did 120. She's a nurse practitioner. We made it out alive. It wasn't hard to break 100 if you sold peanut butter sandwiches. I came home and earned a bachelors in marketing. That was a long time ago. My youngest of four is 19 years old. I wouldn't change a thing.

Yes...Many years on the bus...1983-1995... 125 shows w/Jerry..I refuse to grow up....The Dead have illuminated many lights for me along my path of life and I am most "GRATEFUL" for that aspect and truly love the music and the offsprings that have come along..The GD showed me to appreciate music and all of it delights regardless of it genre and to be open and passionate for what it has to offer to my soul....Getting up in age now, the music has conditioned me to not take the good vibe for granted and listen carefully to its sweet sound and find nothing more to do but smile smile smile :) :) :)

Nowadays I stay at home and watch the TRI Studios website or listen to the Grateful Dead hour. I never really liked camping to begin with. I'll request a copy from my local public library. Thanks for the scoop!