Share Your Stories Of Healing With The Dead

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March 22, 2011
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Share Your Stories Of Healing With The Dead

The feature film The Music Never Stopped is based on the true story of an estranged father and son reconnecting through the power of music, particularly the music of the Dead. How has the music of the Dead helped to heal you? Is there a specific song that has given you inspiration when you needed it? A memory of the Dead that has greatly enriched your life? Submit your personal tale of "gratefulness" in the comments of this page and not only we will pass along your anecdotes to the band, but you may just win a copy of The Music Never Stopped soundtrack and a t-shirt from the film. 10 winners will be selected at random.
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Open only to legal residents of the 50 United States and D.C. (excluding Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands and Guam), 18 and older (or 19 and older for residents of AL and NE) at time of entry. Void where prohibited. To enter: Visit https://www.dead.net between 12:00pm Pacific Standard Time (“PST”) on March 21, 2011 and 12:00pm PST on April 1, 2011 and follow online instructions to submit entry. Limit one (1) entry per person/address/email address. Subject to Official Rules available HERE.

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The feature film The Music Never Stopped is based on the true story of an estranged father and son reconnecting through the power of music, particularly the music of the Dead. How has the music of the Dead helped to heal you? Is there a specific song that has given you inspiration when you needed it? A memory of the Dead that has greatly enriched your life? Submit your personal tale of "gratefulness" in the comments of this page and not only we will pass along your anecdotes to the band, but you may just win a copy of The Music Never Stopped soundtrack and a t-shirt from the film. 10 winners will be selected at random.
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Open only to legal residents of the 50 United States and D.C. (excluding Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands and Guam), 18 and older (or 19 and older for residents of AL and NE) at time of entry. Void where prohibited. To enter: Visit https://www.dead.net between 12:00pm Pacific Standard Time (“PST”) on March 21, 2011 and 12:00pm PST on April 1, 2011 and follow online instructions to submit entry. Limit one (1) entry per person/address/email address. Subject to Official Rules available HERE.

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Byrd

13 years 2 months ago

This is an interesting request...
...so I just had to wonder: Are you guys thinking of applying for sainthood or something? Mother McCree, could it possibly be...? Byrd
unkle sam

13 years 2 months ago

there are no on screen instructions
Here's a story that might qualify. During the late sixties and seventies, he was heading down a long dark lonely road, sliping into darkness, you might say. Not having a real family and not really experiencing the whole "family unit" thing he had no direction, did a lot of stupid and down right mean things to people that he loved. Hard drinking, drugs and chasing women was pretty much his life. He had no idea what he needed or wanted, just wasted pretty much all of the time. He was always looking for the love, but could not find it until he found the grateful dead and all of the wonderful people who were caught up with them and their whole life style. No one turned him on to them, he had seen all the big rock artists, including most of the san fran bands, but never had a chance to see Jerry. So, when the dead came to town, he just went to a show in 77 and he saw it all right before his eyes, real love, peaceful surroundings, no violence and the greatest music he had ever heard. He was hooked, line and sinker. He got on the bus. This really opened his mind and started him thinking that there is another way, another road to travel that, with love, he could do anything. It took a while, lots of searching, but he made it. Without the grateful dead experience, who knows, he would/could/should be dead now. When asked how he got thru it, He always says that the Grateful Dead saved his life. "without love in the dream, it will never come true"
tthunt

13 years 2 months ago

healing with the dead
well, i have a story. My mom, who i was very close with and truly loved, died this January, 2011. cancer. it was a devastating that not only affected my dad and my sibling but really broke the hearts of my two young sons who were very close to her. well, I saw Furthur in Ct at the Oakdale, and during He's Gone I started to weep thinking of my mom. I was dancing and crying. Im sure it was quite a site for the other heads to see a 40 year old man dancing and crying. Anyways, as the song grooved I started thinking of other people I knew who died, from Jerry to my close friend I lost in the 90's. I started thinking of the joy these people had given to me in my life and as I continued dancing in my own space, my heart started feeling a tinge of joy though i was still crying, but I kept dwelling on the joy aspect of my thoughts. Soon enough I was actually swimming in wonderful memories and thought of my mom to the point I was crying for joy and really dancing. I soon stopped crying and was smiling and really full of love for hear, that when I realized we were deep into Turn on your Lovelight! How sweet is that. Perfect healing of a broken heart right there. I danced happily the rest of the night!

The feature film The Music Never Stopped is based on the true story of an estranged father and son reconnecting through the power of music, particularly the music of the Dead. How has the music of the Dead helped to heal you? Is there a specific song that has given you inspiration when you needed it? A memory of the Dead that has greatly enriched your life? Submit your personal tale of "gratefulness" in the comments of this page and not only we will pass along your anecdotes to the band, but you may just win a copy of The Music Never Stopped soundtrack and a t-shirt from the film. 10 winners will be selected at random.

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Open only to legal residents of the 50 United States and D.C. (excluding Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands and Guam), 18 and older (or 19 and older for residents of AL and NE) at time of entry. Void where prohibited. To enter: Visit https://www.dead.net between 12:00pm Pacific Standard Time (“PST”) on March 21, 2011 and 12:00pm PST on April 1, 2011 and follow online instructions to submit entry. Limit one (1) entry per person/address/email address. Subject to Official Rules available HERE.

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The feature film The Music Never Stopped is based on the true story of an estranged father and son reconnecting through the power of music, particularly the music of the Dead. How has the music of the Grateful Dead helped to heal you? Is there a specific song that has given you inspiration when you needed it? A memory of the Dead that has greatly enriched your life? Submit your personal tale of "gratefulness" in the comments of this page and not only we will pass along your anecdotes to the band, but you may just win a copy of The Music Never Stopped soundtrack and a t-shirt from the film. 10 winners will be selected at random.

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There was always hope

Having first heard the music back in 1974 I wasn't a stranger to who the Grateful Dead were. Beginning in 1977, I became a Dead-icated follower and through seeing well over 75 plus shows on both coasts lasting through the early 90's, I was able to establish a concrete understanding how an influence directly affected my life and how I looked at life. Leaving shows not only was a rewarded by an intoxicating energy transfusion, but a fantastic, overwhelming feeling of peace. There were folks on this planet that could get together and enjoy a time of music, fun, and spiritual inspiration. Can you really verbally download to a non-believer what a show is like. Or better, attempt to describe the Grateful Dead. It's like explaining what its like to take a trip on acid. I reflect on a time in the early 80's when in college. We would live with The Dead as music of life. Everyday a consistent provision of group contributed bootleg tapes to enjoy. yet through our congregations dealin' at the wheel, it was uncanny how when a problem arose and group think attempted to solve the dilemma, it was answered all too often in a Hunter lyric at just the right time. Cosmic awareness was yet another aspect that The Dead opened up a corridor of understanding and left all of us in the know, completely mystified in such a wild, cool way. Knowing that a magic was created during those years and having had the opportunity to enjoy was a great experience. Jerry may have taken a huge part of that magic with him, but the music and memories are still a very much living organism that continues to grow in my heart, mind, and soul.

Healing with the Dead

Regine "Pegi", Prinzess of Hohenzollern (yeah, he wasn't lieing.It is me).Edelweiss. Since forever, the music has helped me get awake, clear my brain, forget, and go to sleep. Even just connecting to this site, the pain I'm always in relaxed somewhat. The music just triggers the good neurons, the good natural chemistry of me lets me let go of the usual things I never wanted to be part of in the first place. I get back to me; I find my balance. I wonder sometimes if this was known when the music was written or just the happy result? And the lyrics...the softest ballads have an intensity that only comes from feeling the real....and the rocking numbers, well, you know...I can't explain it, but I'm so glad that it is. It'd be easier to list the one or two songs I don't really like much than to pick any one as a fave-that changes day to day, what my head and heart need right then. I always needed my music and I need my "Dead".