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2006-06-04 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Grateful Dead keyboardist now merely Dead

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Posted by Fred 2006-06-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 That's what comes from placing the volume all the way to 11 !

Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839">AlmostAnonymous5839 2006-06-04 00:19|| 2006-06-04 00:19|| Front Page Top

#2 Vince was a good guy and excellent musician. RIP

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-06-04 00:23|| 2006-06-04 00:23|| Front Page Top

#3 "after a succession of predecessors met untimely deaths"

You'd think he'd have taken the hint....

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2006-06-04 00:33|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html] 2006-06-04 00:33|| Front Page Top

#4 A Grateful Dead RIP in Advance for the entire band [whats left of them], including Pig Pen. They were an American original. I gottum a couple of war stories with them,...eh who don't!

Posted by RD 2006-06-04 01:13|| 2006-06-04 01:13|| Front Page Top

#5 Ghost truckin'

Posted by Captain America 2006-06-04 01:21|| 2006-06-04 01:21|| Front Page Top

#6 I guess that means that Bruce Hornsby is next. Seems like a healthy guy but the curse will not discriminate

Posted by Monsieur Moonbat 2006-06-04 07:25|| 2006-06-04 07:25|| Front Page Top

#7 Frank G - Deadhead, one of the early revelations about RB that reassured me I was near the local mean.

Posted by 6 2006-06-04 07:29|| 2006-06-04 07:29|| Front Page Top

#8 Listened to the Dead at the Fillmo' Auditorium. Had to use earplugs, though. The bass resonated with one's sternum.

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2006-06-04 11:39|| 2006-06-04 11:39|| Front Page Top

#9 Another in a long line of keyboardists. That is why Bruce Hornsby only played short gigs with the band, I think he saw the prophecy of doom.

Posted by bk 2006-06-04 11:58|| 2006-06-04 11:58|| Front Page Top

#10 Yes, the actuarial tables on the Dead keyboardist are NOT encouraging! I think Hornsby is going to be ok though.

I went to Dead shows from '78 to '95. Saw Vince play some killer tunes in those later years. They were the finest band in the land. The Rex Foundation did a Jerry memorial show last September for the 10 year anniversary of his death at the Greek Theater in Berserkeley. Bruce played, among many others (Trey Anastasio of Phish, Warren Haynes of Govt. Mule/Allman Bros.). It was a VERY hot show. The music lives on even if the players seem to be dropping like flies.

Posted by Remoteman 2006-06-04 13:21|| 2006-06-04 13:21|| Front Page Top

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