Fare Thee Well, Grateful Dead }{ Part 1: There is No Band

What shall we say, shall we call it by a name? The Grateful Dead? No. But then they never claimed to be, contrary to popular misconception surrounding the 50th anniversary “Fare Thee Well” shows going down this week. They’re everywhere, headlines like: “Grateful Dead’s Long, Strange Trip to End in Chicago”; or “Warren Haynes Talks […]

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My Fuzzy Warbles }{ Disc Two }{ Terrapin Station

On Sept. 25th, 2012, I heard Furthur play the full Terrapin Station suite at the WaMu Theater in Seattle. As of this writing, that was the last time the suite has been performed intact. So who cares, and why? Let’s start with the significance of this particular composition for deadheads. At the 2011 IASPM Canada […]