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Happy Birthday Phil. Loved the b- day show, came out from CO to celebrate. Saw the Broomfield shows too, Great run fellas. Bobby looks great,John K looks solid. The whole band is hitting on all cylinders. I gotta agree with Jackstraw, to much Chris Robinson was overkill! Would of prefered to hear more of JK. "I wanna thank yooooou for a real goooooood time"

whew!!

thank you, phil....for not insisting on acting your age.

WWJD

What would Jerry do? Certainly not raise money for a socialist bent on making us all dependent on "uncle scam". JG knew the GD existed because of our freedoms. Now he's gone and things have changed and I for one am saddened by it. All those years and now this stance? What a bummer.

My Two Cents

The Grateful Dead never got involved in politics and that was a good thing. Each member may have voiced their own opinions over the years but as a collective unit they were independent. As a whole they believed in freedom of expression and doing what they thought was right for them and their fans. Jerry's philosophy was to not lead the straight life and just live, he had his political views but did not believe in using the band as a vehicle in expressing them. If the Other Ones feel the need to use their names as a bandwagon to express views that is their bag and one that I can ignore like when Phil speaks about the donor thing at every single show. Phil is adamant about the donor thing and that is ok, because it is a great cause, but not at every show. He should set up donor booths and do specific shows just for that. When Jerry died the well dried up a lot, but the boys still go out and give us music which I thank them for doing so. Phil plays bass very well in that off beat way that he does, but he sings like he is tone deaf. I heard a recent version of Money that Furthur played I loved the beginning and the chorus was great and then Phil sand the lead, I had to turn it off, he totally ruined what was a great song. In the Grateful Dead days I only enjoyed two songs that he sang, Box Of Rain and Tom Thumb Blues. I still enjoy the music and will not stop listening because of their use of their names to bandwagon politics. The dude who decided to quit playing his own music because of this needs to ask himself why he likes playing music and if he does not anymore then he should quit.

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July 19, 2007 - 8:33am

#61

marye

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May 26, 2007

Indeed!

As I suspected it would, this one seems to have sold out in about a minute and a half.
July 19, 2007 - 8:26am

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GRTUD

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Great News

Thanks marye! I can't make it but I'm really glad Phil is doing "IT" again, somewhere. I'll catch up with them eventually...... The Dude Abides!
July 16, 2007 - 10:55am

#63

marye

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Phil at the Independent!

From the Phil folks: We are pleased to announce that on Saturday, July 21st, Phil Lesh & Friends will be performing at The Independent in San Francisco. Phil Lesh, Jackie Greene, Larry Campbell, John Molo, and Steve Molitz will be joined by special guest Barry Sless in what will be Phil Lesh & Friends’ first San Francisco appearance in over a year. Opening the show will be Vice, who will be performing an acoustic set to complete this exciting evening of music. Tickets will go on sale on Tuesday July 17th at 10AM PST and will be available at www.ticketweb.com. Tickets will also be available on Wednesday, July 18th through Phil Lesh Ticketing, visit <www.phillesh.net; to get additional information. Be sure to continue to visit Phil’s homepage for other exciting announcements in the coming weeks.
July 7, 2007 - 10:12pm

#64

GRTUD

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June 4, 2007

Phil & .....

Larry, Trey, John, John, John, John, Page, Jimmy, Warren, Steve, Mookie, Barry, Chris and probably many more! No he didn't replace Jerry but he sure as hell tired. I love you Phil. I can't wait to see you again. The Dude Abides!