I remember the day Jerry died (Reply #4)

In the discussion thread: Bob Weir, the indelible guitarist of the Grateful Dead, will not rest. (GQ piece) [View all]

Thu May 30, 2019, 07:49 PM

ProudLib72 (17,984 posts)

4. I remember the day Jerry died

Went down on the Pearl St Mall and watched dozens of hippy kids forming circles, pounding on bongos, smoking lots of weed (this was before CO was 420 friendly.) Cops wandering around observing but not doing anything to disrupt the scene.

You know, I have this dvd about the very beginnings of the mountain biking scene in Marin in the 70s. One of the characters talks about how Weir came over to go biking with a bunch of guys. Jerry was there, too. By that time he had a little paunch. Jerry wasn't down with going biking. If only...

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15 replies	Author	Time	Post
Bob Weir, the indelible guitarist of the Grateful Dead, will not rest. (GQ piece) [View all]	Pluvious	May 2019	OP
👀	underpants	May 2019	#1
I was never a Deadhead	TexasBushwhacker	May 2019	#2
Not a Deadhead either,	cemaphonic	May 2019	#9
Grateful Dead - Wang Dang Doodle (Washington, DC 6/14/91)	RandiFan1290	May 2019	#3
Damn, seeing them all together just 4 years before Jerry died	TexasBushwhacker	May 2019	#7
I remember the day Jerry died	ProudLib72	May 2019	#4
Me too..like yesterday. I was in Boston for a trade show so I went to Boston Commons to drink, smoke	UniteFightBack	May 2019	#5
I got the newspaper headline and plastered it in my car's rear window.	nolabear	May 2019	#8
You still can... Dead and Company....I highly recommend it! nt	UniteFightBack	May 2019	#10
Oh yeah, I've listened to several permutations.	nolabear	May 2019	#11
My neighbor is heading up to Shoreline today	Pluvious	May 2019	#14
You know you got UniteFightBack DANCIN'.	UniteFightBack	May 2019	#6
The day Jerry passed	The Figment	May 2019	#12
We must have crossed paths a few time along the way :)	Pluvious	May 2019	#13
It's entirely possible, Good times nt	The Figment	May 2019	#15

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