Jerry Garcia

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Posted: July 6, 2007 - 6:46am

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Happy Birthday Jerry!!!!

What a great day this is :)

You changed my life Jerry - Thank You.

jerry

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miss you more than words can say. happy birthday wherever you are!!

nothing left to do but smile, smile, smile

Happy Jerry Day

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We shall live again, we shall live again, 
We shall live again, shake out the ghost dance. 

 Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy!
The world is holy! The soul is holy! The skin is holy!
   The nose is holy! The tongue and cock and hand
   and asshole holy!
Everything is holy! everybody's holy! everywhere is
   holy! everyday is in eternity! Everyman's an
   angel!
The bum's as holy as the seraphim! the madman is
   holy as you my soul are holy!
The typewriter is holy the poem is holy the voice is
   holy the hearers are holy the ecstasy is holy!
Holy Peter holy Allen holy Solomon holy Lucien holy
   Kerouac holy Huncke holy Burroughs holy Cassady
   holy the unknown buggered and suffering
   beggars holy the hideous human angels!
Holy my mother in the insane asylum! Holy the cocks
   of the grandfathers of Kansas!
Holy the groaning saxophone! Holy the bop
   apocalypse! Holy the jazzbands marijuana
   hipsters peace & junk & drums!
Holy the solitudes of skyscrapers and pavements! Holy
   the cafeterias filled with the millions! Holy the
   mysterious rivers of tears under the streets!
Holy the lone juggernaut! Holy the vast lamb of the
   middle class! Holy the crazy shepherds of rebellion
   Who digs Los Angeles IS Los Angeles!
Holy New York Holy San Francisco Holy Peoria &
   Seattle Holy Paris Holy Tangiers Holy Moscow
   Holy Istanbul!
Holy time in eternity holy eternity in time holy the
   clocks in space holy the fourth dimension holy
   the fifth International holy the Angel in Moloch!
Holy the sea holy the desert holy the railroad holy the
   locomotive holy the visions holy the hallucinations
   holy the miracles holy the eyeball holy the
   abyss!
Holy forgiveness! mercy! charity! faith! Holy! Ours!
   bodies! suffering! magnanimity!
Holy the supernatural extra brilliant intelligent
   kindness of the soul!
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walking along in the Mission in the rain,

And the seasons they go round and round
And the painted ponies go up and down
We're captive on the carousel of time
We can't return we can only look
Behind from where we came
And go round and round and round
In the circle game

May your hands always be busy,
May your feet always be swift,
May you have a strong foundation
When the winds of changes shift.
May your heart always be joyful,
May your song always be sung,
May you stay forever young,
Forever young, forever young,
May you stay forever young.

The Fat Man Still Rocks!

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Listening to the Crossroads Festival, I couldn't help but think where Jerry would be now. At 65 he could have still been rocking. Hell, BB King looked and sounded pretty good and he's 81. I'm sure I'm preaching to the choir here, but damn if the GD are still not my favorite band ever. I listen to a bunch of others and there is nobody, NOBODY that did what the Grateful Dead did. The lyrics, the sound, the full spectrum of music they produced is still unique. I love popping on a Jerry Garcia Band concert or a Dead Show from way back when and telling my kids "I was there!". They (10 & 6) can pick Jerry out without me even telling them who is playing.

Tonight, I'll suck down a cold one and dust off those rusty strings and play some Jerry Tunes. Happy Birthday! Sorry we fans made your life so insane but that was in the cards.

Diamond Jim

Said it so nice, I had to say it twice!

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Whoopsy. :-)

no worries...

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thanks to the wonders of modern technology, the problem vanishes...

Happy birthday, Jer. Another changed life here.

Jerry Video - A Birthday Celebration Treat!

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Hey Everyone!

Just thought I would share this video clip I found on YouTube. I have looked here before and this seems like a new one.

You have to wait it out a bit as they do not let the Jer man in for some play time until towards the end of the song, but it is so great to see him totally boppin and groovin with this hot latino band!

Jerry's latino roots are surely shining through in this clip!

Jerry Garcia and Ruben Blades Latino Session
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWfYew3s_Nw

Enjoy!

Brother A

Couldn't resist one more.......Video Jerry!

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I guess these videos are for those who have not yet explored the wonderful offerings on You Tube. Simply type in Jerry Garcia in the YouTube seach bar and you will be pleasantly surprised at what you find!

Here is another favorite with Steve Jordan, Carlos Santana, and Jerry Garcia!!!

Jerry really rips this one up towards the end!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhX9DJIZ1NU

Peace,

Brother A

whoa!

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when was this? I love Ruben Blades too...

Salute to The Man!

I do miss Jerry a lot ... and also The Grateful Dead as a band ... the band that still should have been around today ... playing the music ... bringing joy to the world ...

It's a sad feeling Jerry is no longer among the living ... but on the other hand he lives on through the music ... for that I'm eternal Grateful ... :-)

Micke in Sweden,
deadhead since nov 1978
(Garcia-fan since Spring 1976)

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