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July 9th, 1995, Jerry Garcia jams at his final concert with the Dead
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2017 Jul 9, 9:43am 1,333 views 8 comments
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I saw my first of many Dead shows in 1980, and saw quite a few in the Southern CA area and in the Bay Area when I moved there in '87. But it was sad seeing Jerry's health deteriorate in the '90's. The band's playing was pretty tight then, but Jerry's voice wasn't strong and was quavering. Only 53 when he passed. What a life, though.
curious2
2017 Jul 9, 8:31pm
Douglas Adams died age 49 in a gym, and Jerry Garcia died age 53 in rehab.
Lessons learned: never go into a gym, and never go into rehab.
Douglas Adams died age 49 in a gym, and Jerry Garcia died age 53 in rehab.
Lessons learned: never go into a gym, and never go into rehab.
http://www.nytimes.com/1984/07/22/obituaries/james-f-fixx-dies-jogging-author-on-running-was-52.html
Ceffer
2017 Jul 10, 1:14pm
Lessons learned: never go into a gym, and never go into rehab.
I had a British physiology professor who said that whenever he felt to urge to exercise, he took a long nap until the urge left.
A scattering of people do die in rehab, because a lot of them are already end stage addiction/alcoholism. If they have money, they also can get people to get drugs/booze to them inside somehow and they can overdose in situ. Peter Lawford, when he was at Betty Ford, would hire a helicopter to drop booze in the desert where he could walk to pick it up.
Garcia was also diabetic. Diabetic junkies don't take care of their diabetes, and can develop large pressure ulcers caused by vasculitis and neuropathy, which they will ignore as long as they can get a fix.
curious2
2017 Jul 10, 1:25pm
whenever he felt to urge to exercise, he took a long nap until the urge left.
That line goes back to at least 1937, and might have been inspired by Mark Twain's remarks on the subject:
Ceffer
2017 Jul 10, 1:27pm
whenever he felt to urge to exercise, he took a long nap until the urge left.
It certainly wasn't an original line, but it was surprising that an eminent physiologist would seriously use it.
After delighting Deadheads for decades, Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead play their last concert featuring all the band's core members at Chicago's Soldier Field, capping a touring career that logged more than 2,300 concerts. Garcia, their lead guitarist and unofficial spokesman, will die exactly a month later.
Chicago’s Soldier Field holds a significant place in the history of the Grateful Dead. In July 2015, the iconic football stadium hosted the Fare Thee Well – Celebrating 50 Years Of Grateful Dead concerts featuring Grateful Dead members – Bill Kreutzmann, Mickey Hart, Phil Lesh and Bob Weir – with Trey Anastasio, Bruce Hornsby and Jeff Chimenti, that were billed as the final time the remaining “core four†would perform together. Soldier Field was also home, on this date in 1995, to the final Grateful Dead concert, weeks before founding guitarist Jerry Garcia’s untimely death at age 53.
The July 9, 1995 concert was the second of two consecutive nights in Chicago at the spot they first played in 1991. It’s true the two-night stand had its flaws on stage and the band was not exactly in top form, but the performances also brought an end to a legendary 30 year career of one of the most influential rock bands in history. Below is video footage of the first song of the July 9 encore, which ended up being the last song Jerry sang lead on with the Dead, a moving rendition of “Black Muddy River
More Including Video Links and Full Concert Audio: https://www.jambase.com/article/grateful-dead-play-final-show-1995
Official Site of the Grateful Dead: http://www.dead.net/
Another Audio of the Concert: https://archive.org/details/gd95-07-09.sbd.7233.sbeok.shnf/gd1995-07-09d1t01.shn
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