Burn one for Jerry

[JHog]

Jerry Garcia died 10 years ago today, doesn't seem like that long...anyone else remember what they were doing when they heard?

[rumplephorskin]

I was asleep and my friend called me to tell me. I was getting over a three day chemical binge and my friend calls me and says"" Jerry died "" and I said " good now shut the fuck up and let me go back to sleep!!!!!"" LOL :rollin

[Garth]

I was 22 and heard it at work on the radio. I sat their stunned for a few minutes and then the station played Dead music all day which helped ease the pain. Wow...10 years already. Seems like yesterday sometimes.

[Mr. Whale dick]

.anyone else remember what they were doing when they heard?



laughing uncontrollably :rollin

[3 rip min]

thats pretty weak dude... i was no fan but im sure there are alot of people here that dont find that funny...

[dnug42]

i'll second that weakness....i wouldn't laugh at any persons death! karma man...
i wuz lookin for the next set of shows to be announced...hehe
shit 10 year have gone by, guess i missed that startin gun.....

[skip]

I'll triple that weakness..........

Now it's just like Hasslebutts glass.......... Triple weak....

I was hung over.

[zgeniez]

I was 20, moving into a new house. Unloaded some stuff and got into the car to go get more. Turned the radio on, it was one of those morning shows where the dj's just laugh like dicks all the time, like an alternative to coffee or something. This time they weren't laughing and I thought it was a bad joke. But they never laughed. I have always thought about that. They made fun of everybody, for anything. That was the only time I ever heard them being serious.
In high school, the dead heads were the only people i found that i could identify with. More accepting, more family than my own blood. I always wondered what would happen when the dead started dropping. I kind of expected Jerry to go first. It was weird. Like loosing a leader, or in a way like a religious icon. I know that sounds silly....it sounds silly to me when i say it. But the music and the scene pulled me through allot of shit back then. Wherever i was, the sound of his voice and guitar was like an anchor to a peaceful feeling. Very grounding for me. He affected many people in many ways, he probably annoyed many people too. Oh well. In the end, he was just a random dude making music and livin' life like the rest of us. We should all hope to leave some kind of peaceful memory of our passage to someone out there. peace. zac

[IrieGuy05]

I was only 13 haha, my uncle told me this joke, what the new flavor of ben and jerrys? Berry Jerry!

[Mr. Whale dick]

jokes is jokes...oh well....

[Udai Hussien]

I was sporting my "meatmen - I'll be greatful when jerry is dead " t-shirt

[The Glass Collective]

I was in Whistler, and had just come off of the west coast tour in early June. I remember being by myself and hearing the news on tv. It was almost un-real. That magic,which can't really be described, but that magic with The Dead was gone. I tried to talk to some folks who were new friends and the response I got was " i guess he's not truckin' anymore" oh well. The grateful Dead got me onto a good path showed me a way to be in a freaky world. Brought me to Canada and for this I will always be Grateful. Merry Jerrymas. -Shadowboxing the apocolypse and wandering the land.

[Mac Maestro]

Wow. 10 years. I was on my way to a morning cooking job.

I thought the riots and the deaths-by-bridge-collapse killed him.
Well, I'm sure it was his time. Those events just probably made him sad.
I also thought the "I'm grateful he's dead" shirts were the most disrespectful thing I'd ever seen.
Like wearing a "hey, you're beloved dead grandpa was a cocksucker" shirt.

Oh well. If I got angry, I'd just be the same boy going to his cooking job.

[smutboy420]

I rember that day to well. It was back when I was 23 and i was working at a shity job when my boss hands me the phone it was my mom asking if i had heard the news. i was shocked . i had to leave work.
I'll be remembering jerry big time this week end at the gathering of the vibes.

[Aumshakti]

making jewelry in south florida (for tour)....didnt cry for years. I felt like his little body couldnt hold him in anyway...why fight it, it seemed like he had exploted into a micro galaxy, and he was everywhere...maybe it was the stuff i ate while on tour....man those burritos! I finally cried when i heard him live 7 years later, and realised how scattered the love had gotten....we are infiltrating the macrocosm now....feel the love!

[misticglass]

"we miss you Jerry" (steriotype hippie voice)

maybe ill run into some of you at vibes!

morgan

[3 rip min]

ya man there is no reason to dog on someone that millions of people loved so much... how many of us would be working some shit job if it wasnt for the dead bringing glass to all of our towns???

[glasstafarian]

R I P in Peace......:pimp:

[Garth]

The last time I saw Jerry live was back in 1991 at the Bill Graham Memorial in Golden Gate Park. 250,000+ heads gathered in the park for a free festival and not one arrest. It was a beautiful scene. That was the last time I hung out with true Deadheads in numbers. Although some of the "jamband" festivals I've been to since Jerry's passing have been nice, I've never felt such positive energy like I did amongst fellow deadheads. Something else seemed to die within the scene besides Jerry but I can't seem to put my finger on it. I just haven't felt the real magic since the days of the Grateful Dead. Maybe it's just me.

[Paxton]

I had just got back from winter tour and my girlfriend of four years said she would never see me again if I went to another show. I heard they had started to play Unbroken Chain again so I took off in May of 95 to see them play it in Tampa. It was the last time I saw the Dead play with Jerry. Everything was kind of a blur for a few months after that, so I honestly don't know where I was or what I was doing, but I remember thinking that it was sad and wondering what everybody was going to do. I still wonder what happened to some of those people, and I have run into some of them later at other lots and such. I was twenty two years old...what a strange time.

Paxton

[shakedownlenny]

I was 16yrs old working as I camp counsellor in northern oNtario. I got all my little campers together that night and made listen to dead and pay there respects.. I think it touched some of the them. Jerry's spirit will always stay alive in my shop. peace

[smutboy420]

maybe ill run into some of you at vibes!
morgan Meghan and I will be at the vibes with about 20 others from our tribe. Just about our whole crew will be there. awesome its just 2 days away now.



I still wonder what happened to some of those people, and I have run into some of them later at other lots and such. I was twenty two years old...what a strange time.
Paxton

There are still a few friends i have not ran in to yet sence jerry died. But every show brings hope i will see my old friends again. some i have found :-) others i may never see again :-(

[FredLight]

I was working construction in Lake Tahoe, radio just wasn't my thing so I didn't hear about it until I heard my neighbor sobbing loudly through the ceiling when I got home from work. That guy was a prick from there on out. Could n't stand those old stories about shows, over and over.Makes it hard to partake with someone when they use you as a therapist when burnin' one. F**K, I hate that.

I was moved by the fact that he touched so many, yet unimpressed by how many people fell when he did. Co-dependancy will kill you too.

RIP Jerry, everyone else, back to work.

[Zed]

Man, time flies.

Was anyone at the wake/party in SF a few days after Jerry died? Man that was a party.

[elementalglass]

!0 years already!!
I was tree planting in northern Alberta at the time. That day was actually the day I planted the most tree I ever planted(3600). I was planning to go on dead tour after the season. Ended up moving to the west coast instead

[Nightcat]

I remember what I was doing the day Lennon was shot. I was working as a welder in this industrial shop and the radio was on. The announced Lennon had been shot and the red-neck shop forman said "About damn time". I wasn't a happy camper. I remember what I was doing when Stevie Ray Voughn died also. I got to see him twice.

I never was much of a Greatful Dead fan but I respect their music and their contribution to the world. The world is a better place because Jerry Garcia, as well as the rest of the Dead, gave us their art. And Yeah, I remember what I was doing when the news came out. It was a sad day.

How come the people who need to die never do? I mean isn't Tommy Lee's time about up?? :D

Rock On!
Ross

[Marc VandenBerg]

I was one the lucky ones to catch the last show in Chicago, Soldier Field, on the field. Man did Jerry start that show off a little rough, but by the end of that show I thought it was the best I ever attended. Surely, miss the summer tours. Nothing possibly compares to the energy and guaranteed good times.

Marc

[Aumshakti]

jerry 101

http://web1.nugs.net/jgb/purejerry05.asp


enjoy!

[Aumshakti]

http://web1.nugs.net/attics/881228_mp3.asp?artist=1&show=78&cmd=shows

[Dragon Lady]

Wednesday night there was a Jerry Tribute concert...one of my shopmates (Alfred) played in one of the bands...it was great music and great vibes in loving memory...then after, they told us the whole thing was being filmed for the discovery channel...I don't have cable...someone tape it for me :-)?
PEACE
Julie

[Garth Anderson]

Man, time flies.

Was anyone at the wake/party in SF a few days after Jerry died? Man that was a party.

Almost. I was living in San Jose at the time and started making my way up Hwy 280 for the party in a 64 VW bus I just bought. I made it to Burlingame when the bus started shuttering so I turned back around and basically crawled back home. I missed the whole scene that day. I was bummed.

[3 rip min]

garth are you still in the bay area???

[nickglassdood]

i was gettin off the bus from summer school wth my boy and we both had tye die dead shirts on the bus driver said you guys here jerry dies today we told him to suck a fat one thinkin hewas fuckin with us i realized when i got home im just gratefull i saw em in beantown and vt the last time they played i was a junior in highschool

[Garth Anderson]

garth are you still in the bay area???

Unfortunately, not anymore. I'm 4 hours away in the desert (reno). But, I'm there at least once a month to visit my folks, buy glass supplies and to surf. Are you in the bay area?

[3 rip min]

Unfortunately, not anymore. I'm 4 hours away in the desert (reno). But, I'm there at least once a month to visit my folks, buy glass supplies and to surf. Are you in the bay area?
ya, im right next to berkeley... where do you get glass, richmond???

pm me if you want to hook up sometime...

[Garth Anderson]

Awesome...I used to hang out on Telegraph quite a bit in my early 20's. My dad studied at UC Berkeley (and helped huck tear gas back at the cops) in the late 60's. I'm sure you're aware of Rasputin Music. I helped open up their Campbell store back in 1996. Cool place.

Anyway...I'll send you a PM. Would dig hooking up with other blowers. I feel all alone out here in the desert.

oh...I've been getting my glass in Santa Cruz and sometimes Mountain View when I'm in the area.