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Posted: 3/7/2016 7:51:39 PM EDT
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Grateful.
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Posted: 3/7/2016 7:52:47 PM EDT
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I'm not a huge fan, but I generally like most of their music.
Eta: phish fan, fwiw. Not much I'm sure.  |
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Posted: 3/7/2016 7:53:51 PM EDT
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never my thing.
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Posted: 3/7/2016 7:54:32 PM EDT
[#4]
Great players. Great tunes.
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Posted: 3/7/2016 7:54:43 PM EDT
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Grateful. Noted. 
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Posted: 3/7/2016 7:55:19 PM EDT
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Great players. Great tunes. What's a good jam of theirs? Lots of extended jams? |
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Posted: 3/7/2016 7:55:59 PM EDT
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Music =
Fans =
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Posted: 3/7/2016 7:56:45 PM EDT
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I've seen them many times.....the Jerry Garcia Band too.
The Grateful Dead channel is one of my programmed stations on satellite radio. Oddly, I love guns, can't stand liberal/progressives, I'd sooner be whacked in the head with a hammer then to wear a tie-dye, I'm horrendously politically incorrect, hate hippies, and on occasion enjoy listening to bands like Blood For Blood, Pantera and Slipknot.....LOUD. The Grateful Dead will always have a spot in my musical tastes and memories all the same.  |
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Posted: 3/7/2016 7:57:00 PM EDT
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Music =
Fans = This 
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Posted: 3/7/2016 7:59:40 PM EDT
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Who give's a fuck?
TGD are important to American values?,,,,,, Eh.... |
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Posted: 3/7/2016 7:59:45 PM EDT
[#11]
See my avatar. I never saw them because I'm too young but good lord I'm jealous.
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Posted: 3/7/2016 8:01:34 PM EDT
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I've seen them many times.....the Jerry Garcia Band too. The Grateful Dead channel is one of my programmed stations on satellite radio. Oddly, I love guns, can't stand liberal/progressives, I'd sooner be whacked in the head with a hammer then to wear a tie-dye, I'm horrendously politically incorrect, hate hippies, and on occasion enjoy listening to bands like Blood For Blood, Pantera and Slipknot.....LOUD. The Grateful Dead will always have a spot in my musical tastes and memories all the same. http://az598155.vo.msecnd.net/wp-uploads/2015/07/2ufz.gif The Dead were into guns too. Pigpen let a pistol off in a studio and sent Led Zeppelin running for their lives. Garcia tried to keep the band apolitical and refused to endorse Mcgovern. I saw a lot of shows and never once was preached to politically. Usually the only stage patter was Bobby's goofy jokes. |
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Posted: 3/7/2016 8:01:48 PM EDT
[#13]
The Dead suck/sucked!
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Posted: 3/7/2016 8:03:44 PM EDT
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See my avatar. I never saw them because I'm too young but good lord I'm jealous. I saw them a few times in the early 90s. Jerry had lost most of his spark and the sound quality everywhere I saw them play sucked. I liked the older stuff from the late 60s early 70s with Pigpen, young jerry and Bob. |
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Posted: 3/7/2016 8:03:52 PM EDT
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The Dead were into guns too. Pigpen let a pistol off in a studio and sent Led Zeppelin running for their lives. Garcia tried to keep the band apolitical and refused to endorse Mcgovern. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I've seen them many times.....the Jerry Garcia Band too. The Grateful Dead channel is one of my programmed stations on satellite radio. Oddly, I love guns, can't stand liberal/progressives, I'd sooner be whacked in the head with a hammer then to wear a tie-dye, I'm horrendously politically incorrect, hate hippies, and on occasion enjoy listening to bands like Blood For Blood, Pantera and Slipknot.....LOUD. The Grateful Dead will always have a spot in my musical tastes and memories all the same. http://az598155.vo.msecnd.net/wp-uploads/2015/07/2ufz.gif The Dead were into guns too. Pigpen let a pistol off in a studio and sent Led Zeppelin running for their lives. Garcia tried to keep the band apolitical and refused to endorse Mcgovern. And they were until recently. 
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Posted: 3/7/2016 8:04:00 PM EDT
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67-69 were my favorite years but anything before 1980 is pretty good. I liked the later years too but the experimental jamming from 68 can't be beat in my opinion.
While short, this might be my favorite show: https://archive.org/details/gd1968-01-20.sbd.miller.97340.sbeok.flac16 And for some random video goodness: 
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Posted: 3/7/2016 8:05:35 PM EDT
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im good up till 82 or so..beyond that? not really...
heres one of the Dead cover bands I play with on occasion.. https://archive.org/details/rfos2014-04-26 Most of the folks I interact with are big time lefties...some are adult enough about it. others not so much |
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Posted: 3/7/2016 8:06:45 PM EDT
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Anyone that doesn't listen to them should give some recordings from spring 1977 a listen. Pretty representative of them in their prime. I prefer early and late 80s though.
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Posted: 3/7/2016 8:10:57 PM EDT
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Live at the Filmore East 5-15-1970
Awesome show. Especially some of the New Rides of the Purple Sage songs...Henry.
And the cover of Connection is awesome. |
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Posted: 3/7/2016 8:11:00 PM EDT
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Lockn'
Danny 
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Posted: 3/7/2016 8:11:40 PM EDT
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The thing to know about them is they were in part applying jazz principles to rock music. The studio stuff was a sketch upon which they would build in live performances . The way they played a song evolved over time and there was an element of improvisation in pretty much every song they performed.
If you are interested, one of the best produced live albums they put out was called "Reckoning". It's kind of atypical because it's acoustic, but there are some good examples of their live stuff that are a bit more accessible than trying to pick it up through muddy soundboard tapes. When they were sharp, they were very, very sharp. |
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Posted: 3/7/2016 8:13:21 PM EDT
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I made it to 123 shows in all, it was a crazy time in my life.
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Posted: 3/7/2016 8:14:43 PM EDT
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I made it to 123 shows in all, it was a crazy time in my life. I hate your face. 
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Posted: 3/7/2016 8:15:07 PM EDT
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I made it to 123 shows in all, it was a crazy time in my life. what era? I went to about a dozen or so shows in the 80's..but everything i listen to is the 70's...almost like a different band between those two era's |
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Posted: 3/7/2016 8:19:33 PM EDT
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Their seemingly endless and repetitive instrumental "jams" made me want to neck stab everyone on stage.
Ba da da da dum dum dum, Ba da da da dum dum dum, Ba da da da dum dum dum, Ba da da da dum dum dum, Ba da da da dum dum dum, Ba da da da dum dum dum, Ba da da da dum dum dum, Ba da da da dum dum dum, Ba da da da dum dum dum, Ba da da da dum dum dum, Ba da da da dum dum dum, Ba da da da dum dum dum, Ba da da da dum dum dum, Ba da da da dum dum dum, Ba da da da dum dum dum, Ba da da da dum dum dum, Ba da da da dum dum dum, Ba da da da dum dum dum, Ba da da da dum dum dum, Ba da da da dum dum dum, Ba da da da dum dum dum, Ba da da da dum dum dum, Ba da da da dum dum dum, Ba da da da dum dum dum, Ba da da da dum dum dum, Ba da da da dum dum dum, Ba da da da dum dum dum, Ba da da da dum dum dum, Ba da da da dum dum dum, Ba da da da dum dum dum, Ba da da da dum dum dum, Ba da da da dum dum dum, Ba da da da dum dum dum, Ba da da da dum dum dum, Ba da da da dum dum dum, Ba da da da dum dum dum, Ba da da da dum dum dum....... Enough already!!! We fucking get it!!! Play something else!!! Maybe I needed more drugs. FTGD |
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Posted: 3/7/2016 8:23:12 PM EDT
[#26]
Shades of grey
I will survive |
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Posted: 3/7/2016 8:25:33 PM EDT
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I was always a Dead fan. It's just good music.
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Posted: 3/7/2016 8:27:01 PM EDT
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what era? I went to about a dozen or so shows in the 80's..but everything i listen to is the 70's...almost like a different band between those two era's Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I made it to 123 shows in all, it was a crazy time in my life. what era? I went to about a dozen or so shows in the 80's..but everything i listen to is the 70's...almost like a different band between those two era's First show was in 81 at Red Rocks, I was fresh out of basic training and stationed at Lowry AFB. LOL. Found this in a box a while back. 
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Posted: 3/7/2016 8:27:37 PM EDT
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What's a good jam of theirs? Lots of extended jams? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Great players. Great tunes. What's a good jam of theirs? Lots of extended jams? I'd look at Europe '72 |
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Posted: 3/7/2016 8:29:15 PM EDT
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America Beauty is one of the greatest albums ever recorded.
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Posted: 3/7/2016 8:32:18 PM EDT
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Shades of grey I will survive St Stephen |
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Posted: 3/7/2016 8:36:55 PM EDT
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Saw 150 shows from 71 to 95
The dead took parts of folk, country, country and western, bluegrass and jazz and amalgamated into a rock and roll style They would do songs that were 7 beat, 11 beat ....not just your regular 4/4 beat They were purists with their technology especially with their sound. (Google: wall of sound) They allowed fans to tape their shows years before other bands did They introduced their fans to music they ever would have ever listened to, if it wasn't for jerry (Bluegrass, country, folk, ole time Americana) Don't usually post, but this is my wheelhouse |
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Posted: 3/7/2016 8:44:11 PM EDT
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Saw 150 shows from 71 to 95 The dead took parts of folk, country, country and western, bluegrass and jazz and amalgamated into a rock and roll style They would do songs that were 7 beat, 11 beat ....not just your regular 4/4 beat They were purists with their technology especially with their sound. (Google: wall of sound) They allowed fans to tape their shows years before other bands did They introduced their fans to music they ever would have ever listened to, if it wasn't for jerry (Bluegrass, country, folk, ole time Americana) Don't usually post, but this is my wheelhouse 
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Posted: 3/7/2016 8:44:36 PM EDT
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First show was in 81 at Red Rocks, I was fresh out of basic training and stationed at Lowry AFB. LOL. Found this in a box a while back. I was probably at that set of shows. I would have to look at my old ticket stubs. I have seen them over 35 times. Last show was the early 90's. Very heavily mid 80's to mid 90's. The music was pretty good, the parties better, the chicks...Well that's another story. Some of the strangest things happened to me/us at shows. Case in point. At the alpine shows. (I grew up in Illinois) I would run into random people that I had gone to school with. From grade school in Illinois, to folks that I went to high School in Colorado. Always. Even in the crowds of thousands. http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/sd0324/20150406_222147-1_zpsrooudlaj.jpg Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I made it to 123 shows in all, it was a crazy time in my life. what era? I went to about a dozen or so shows in the 80's..but everything i listen to is the 70's...almost like a different band between those two era's First show was in 81 at Red Rocks, I was fresh out of basic training and stationed at Lowry AFB. LOL. Found this in a box a while back. I was probably at that set of shows. I would have to look at my old ticket stubs. I have seen them over 35 times. Last show was the early 90's. Very heavily mid 80's to mid 90's. The music was pretty good, the parties better, the chicks...Well that's another story. Some of the strangest things happened to me/us at shows. Case in point. At the alpine shows. (I grew up in Illinois) I would run into random people that I had gone to school with. From grade school in Illinois, to folks that I went to high School in Colorado. Always. Even in the crowds of thousands. http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/sd0324/20150406_222147-1_zpsrooudlaj.jpg |
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Posted: 3/7/2016 8:46:04 PM EDT
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Great players. Great tunes. What's a good jam of theirs? Lots of extended jams? Eyes of the World |
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Posted: 3/7/2016 8:48:42 PM EDT
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I've always been a fan.
This is hilarious though: https://youtu.be/L5ckv6NgAz8 (Local radio station that used to prank interview celebrities) |
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Posted: 3/7/2016 8:48:52 PM EDT
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A nice long version of morning dew, st stephen, love light, jack straw are a must to have.
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Posted: 3/7/2016 8:50:31 PM EDT
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Shades of grey I will survive Touch of Grey... 
And Weir could play a fucking guitar. |
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Posted: 3/7/2016 8:55:20 PM EDT
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Loved 'em. Even followed their tour for a bit. Great music and great times.
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Posted: 3/7/2016 8:55:47 PM EDT
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What did the deadhead say when the drugs ran out?
'Hey: This music sucks'. Every time they visited Red Rocks, it was guaranteed one or two deadheads would be found in the near by campgrounds, dead in their tent. I think I shed a tear once,,, or not. Jay |
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Posted: 3/7/2016 8:55:52 PM EDT
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Not really a Dead fan but I always liked this one.
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Posted: 3/7/2016 8:56:55 PM EDT
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I always thought they were over-rated.
I saw them 3X, in three different decades. Meh. |
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Posted: 3/7/2016 8:58:15 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I made it to 123 shows in all, it was a crazy time in my life. Damn. I made maybe 40, 1981-1993. |
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Posted: 3/7/2016 8:59:29 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: First show was in 81 at Red Rocks, I was fresh out of basic training and stationed at Lowry AFB. LOL. Found this in a box a while back. http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/sd0324/20150406_222147-1_zpsrooudlaj.jpg Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: I made it to 123 shows in all, it was a crazy time in my life. what era? I went to about a dozen or so shows in the 80's..but everything i listen to is the 70's...almost like a different band between those two era's First show was in 81 at Red Rocks, I was fresh out of basic training and stationed at Lowry AFB. LOL. Found this in a box a while back. http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/sd0324/20150406_222147-1_zpsrooudlaj.jpg |
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Posted: 3/7/2016 8:59:44 PM EDT
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The Dead were into guns too. Pigpen let a pistol off in a studio and sent Led Zeppelin running for their lives. Garcia tried to keep the band apolitical and refused to endorse Mcgovern. I saw a lot of shows and never once was preached to politically. Usually the only stage patter was Bobby's goofy jokes. Quote HistoryQuoted:
The Dead were into guns too. Pigpen let a pistol off in a studio and sent Led Zeppelin running for their lives. Garcia tried to keep the band apolitical and refused to endorse Mcgovern. I saw a lot of shows and never once was preached to politically. Usually the only stage patter was Bobby's goofy jokes. The hell "US Blues" or "Ship of Fools" or "Throwing Stones" or "We Can Run" were apolitical. That being said, "Ship of Fools" was the first lullaby I ever sang to my daughter. She almost dozed off, and then perked up for "Don't lend your hand to raise no flag..." and she was only a few months old but I'm positive that she was singing along. Probably my favorite childhood (okay, teenage) memories were the summer tour shows at Soldier Field or Alpine Valley. ETA: Quoted:
If you are interested, one of the best produced live albums they put out was called "Reckoning". It's kind of atypical because it's acoustic, but there are some good examples of their live stuff that are a bit more accessible than trying to pick it up through muddy soundboard tapes. Anybody who likes bluegrass or mountain music should give 'Reckoning' a shot. Even if you're not a Deadhead that album stands on its own as bluegrass IMHO. |
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Posted: 3/7/2016 9:00:55 PM EDT
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You want some good jamming?
Dark Star>St. Stephen>The Eleven>Turn on Your Lovelight. Might be my favorite combo of songs. 
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Posted: 3/7/2016 9:09:07 PM EDT
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Posted: 3/7/2016 9:15:12 PM EDT
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Cheers! -JC |
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Posted: 3/7/2016 9:21:31 PM EDT
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1 in 10,000 come for the show...
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Posted: 3/7/2016 9:41:55 PM EDT
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"We're like licorice. Not everybody likes licorice, but the people who like licorice really like licorice."
-Jerry Garcia Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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