The essay brought tears to my eyes and shivers through my body. The opening of the door to the cosmos where the spirits of Syd Barrett, Arthur Lee, William Burroughs and Jerry reside. Thank you Patti.
I have no thoughts of my own to add. Silence is best at times. Time to listen to the self and nature. Beyond words.
A candle and incense and Dark Star tonight.
Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.)
Walt Whitman-Song of Myself
From Robert Hunter's journal last year:
Jerry was the complete package, wrapped with a ribbon and marked "Return to Sender." Our long time sorrow reminds me of the 50's cartoon where Dennis the Menace is sitting on top of a heap of unwrapped Christmas presents and boxes about twice as tall as he is saying: "Is that all? "
(ME here: the weird thing is, that particular cartoon was one of my childhood favorites...)
now he's gone, gone, he;s gone.
and nothin's gonna bring him back
nothing left to do but smile, smile, smile
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnXyEa4EOAM&mode=related&search=
nothing left to do but smile, smile, smile
I thought I would post in this section next as I already posted two video clips in the "Jerry" forum.
Feeling Jerry today in a big way. The love, the music, the laughter - all he brought and all he was.
Playing around on YouTube I keep finding some nice morsels. Here is another! Enjoy!
Brother A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bmbUCd7XVg
Sorry about that! There are two parts to this video!
Really sweet acoustic Victim!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wt21ldqkLNg
Well again, I've got the whole story here after the fact!
This is A Christmas Special at the Warfield Theater on 12-17-87
The Show was Joan Baez and Friends - A Christmas Concert - Sponsored by Humanitas International and BGP. These clips are mainly with with Jerry, Bobby, and John Kahn and then Joan Baez coming in for part of the set.
There are 4 parts to this entire video clip! Here they ALL are to have them all in one place!
Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bmbUCd7XVg
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wt21ldqkLNg
Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDIOdukuuJY
Part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=628ABMUs_xE
The Set List:
Materpiece, Deep Elem, Victim, Bird Song, Dark Hollow, Turtle Dove, Heaven's Door
Happy Jerry Day!!!
I live to be dead and I am dead to live. Life is all we have and music is all we can ride. Enjoy every minute of it.
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Posted: August 1, 2007 - 8:48am
Last year the legendary Patti Smith wrote a real stunner of an essay in which, among other things, she dubbed the period from August 1 to August 9 "Jerry Week."
Don't miss the essay, but post your own thoughts here.