Grateful Dead

.....they'll take my thoughts away - Megadeth- Holy Wars.

We didn't realize we were making memories. We just knew we were having fun.

- Winnie the Pooh

A healthy person has a thousand wishes. A sick person has but one.

- Indian proverb

A Pink Floyd song.

If I were a swan, I'd be gone
If I were a train, I'd be late
And if I were a good man
I'd talk with you
More often than I do
If I were to sleep, I could dream
If I were afraid, I could hide
If I go insane, please don't put
Your wires in my brain
If I were the moon, I'd be cool
If I were a rule, I would bend for you
If I were a good man, I'd understand
The spaces between friends
If I were alone, I would cry
And if I were with you, I'd be home and dry
And if I go insane
Will you still let me join in with the game?
If I were a swan, I'd be gone
If I were a train, I'd be late again
If I were a good man
I'd talk with you
More often than I do

If ifs and buts were fruits and nuts, every day would be Christmas.

-Boehner

....that word can be found on dry river beds and on trails long overgrown by weeds. What's more important are the paths we follow now.

-Jessup

Dear Marye - in response to your question, one of the many lyric lines that always nailed it for me is one we have all heard and sung a hundred times: Now the die is shaken, now the die must fall. My knowledge of artistic expression would fit in a thimble, but that always seemed to be such a strong statement of us being little more than a cork bobbing in the stream and being pushed along. Your thoughts?

Thank you for the kind words and afirmation, daverock. There is always an upside to any situation, even a bad one, from the perspective of gathering strength and wisdom.

I hope I am not being insensitive, but to me, Jerry lives on through the vast amount of wonderful live recordings we have. I only saw him 5 times, and that over a period of 9 years, so he wasn't a physical presence as such for me, like he must have been for people who were lucky enough to see and hear him play in person many times.

I was listening to "Eyes of the World" from 8/1/73 yesterday-his 30th birthday show. The music and message comes across as strongly now as it ever did, and reaches more people than could ever have been anticipated when they first started. Almost every day, the magic weaves out of my stereo, here in a town in England he had possibly never even heard of.

It's been 20 + years, but I have been overwhelmed with sadness lately over the loss of JG and what was essentially the end of the band. I know some permutations have cropped up and many members have carried on, but for some reason I cannot explain, I have been overwhelmed with the absence of the Grateful Dead. Maybe it is due to some big changes that have happened in my own life, and others that are scheduled to occur soon. I have realized that one of the most steady and permanent companions I have had throughout my entire life has been the music of the Grateful Dead. Anyone else running into this?