Rest in Peace.............

Ten years today ! Doesn't seem that long.
 
Graeme

His words still glow with the gold of sunshine.  
His tunes still play on the harp unstrung.  
Thanks for all the music.  We miss you, Jerry.
 
Bill, tgo

Q104.3 in the NY/NJ Metro area is doing a big tribute with Dead tunes every hour, a get the Dead out segment tonight with Carol Miller, and a JGB concert recording tonight as well.
 
Faretheewell, Jerry!

A true American Beauty. Jerry R.I.P.
 
Wilfred

Like a steam locomotive rolling down the track.....
 
Jerry's guitar playing had and continues to have the most influence of anyone on my own technique.  
 
His vibe lives on!

Even the Wall Street Journal (the voice of the capitalist establishment of the U.S., for you non-U.S. folks) acknowledges the anniversary of Jerry's death.  This image:
 

 
May well be the first time Jerry has appeared on the WSJ editorial page.  The article isn't about him; it's about Netscape's initial public offering.  The implication is that the opening price caused Jerry's heart attack.  The article begins...
 
quote:What a short, strange trip it's been.
 
Ten years ago today, the Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia died of a massive heart attack. His last words were rumored to be: Netscape opened at WHAT?
 
Now that may seem tacky, but....  I like to think a WSJ writer wanted to figure out a way to pay his own tribute.

. . . Listen to the river sing sweet songs to rock my soul . . .
 
Rock On Jerry -

In the end there's still that song. . .  
 
What a player.

....and the music will NEVER stop.....

10yrs... what a depressing day.
 
One way or another, this darkness got to give.
 
 
JC

Lately it occurs to me
What a long strange trip it's been.....
 
Truckin' I'm a going home
Whoa, whoa, baby, back where I belong
Back home, sit down and patch my bones
And get back truckin' on.....

Lay down my dear brother, lay down and take your rest,
Won't you lay your head upon your savior's chest,
I love you all, but Jesus loves you the best
And we bid you goodnight, goodnight, goodnight.

Slightly off topic but I bought the Ibanez the untold story book two weeks ago and it had some funny Tibits on the Relationship between The Dead and the Ibanez company.
 
Bob Weir became an Ibanez endorser and the company also wanted to have Jerry in their ranks so they made him a prototype guitar based on the Musician series with his name at the twelveth fret.
 
Unfortunately in the Japanese Language the letter R and the Letter L are interchangable so the Japanese workers who made the guitar inlayed it with Jelly Garcia
 
Despite that amusing little blunder Garcia happily recieved the custom guitar but didn't really use it much, remaining faithful to his Dog ear shaped custom guitars and instead used Ibanez amplification and Stompboxes out of the endorsement deal.  
 

Jerry using the Jelly

Also slightly off topic, I put Live Dead on the turntable last night and aside from some Maudlin thoughts, I couldn't get over how well Phils' Bass was recorded. It's especially good on 'Lovelight'.  
 
Graeme