Grateful Dead

Thank you for welcoming me to the site. It is GRATE to be back in the fold and back into life. Your hospitality has warmed me and reminded me why all fellow deadheads are family. Peaceful trails and happy touring Canyon Critter. MrCharlies1----Jill

you should check out the vine forum for live shows... read new vines 09 first for an explanation on how the system works..

I live to serve, Canyon Critter. Glad you dig! "When it comes to humility, I'm the greatest!" - Bullwinkle Moose

My name is Christopher Doyon. I followed for almost ten years straddling the 80's and 90's. Now I own an Internet Radio Station, and I am really excited to be going back on the road with the Band and the Family this Spring. I am going to do LIVE 24/7 coverage via a reality webcast on my Station so check it out if you like. http://doyonenterprises.hypermart.net/radio/tour/dead09/index.html Dead Head Chris ---------------------------- Unbroken Chain Internet Radio www.UnbrokenChain.net

Hello there! I am a new traveller and xperiencer of the Dead sort! Thanx to a beautiful and wonderful woman who turned me on the GD and also to XM/Serius,I am now hooked on these guys.I LOVE Terrapin Station! Man,what a msterful exhibition of musicianship and utter inspiration.I only have a few albums,American Beauty,Terrapin Station,Workinman's Dead,Buit to LAst,Anthem of the Sun,In the Dark,Shakedown Street,and AoxomoxoA. I am looking for some live stuff.Where can I get some good recording and what do you all recommend? Anyway....happy to be here! Thanx! Juan http://juanrleon.tripod.com www.myspace.com/juanrleonmusic http://ollineflutes.tripod.com

I really enjoyed reading your post. I guess you like to fish ;-) and well that's pretty easy in Vermont. The Q & A is just the kind of wit that is always abounding in this place! ~peace~ _____________________________________________ Will you come with me? Once in awhile you can get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right!

Welcome! I think you have a wonderful heart volunteering your time and giving to people in such need. It's no easy job at all. I admire that! You will find some real loving people that actually care about things....of course there is always the riff raff, but most of all this site will open doors to your relaxation that you never thought possible! ~peace~ _____________________________________________ Will you come with me? Once in awhile you can get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right!

Hello my fellow deadheads from a cheesehead living in Northcentral Wisconsin. Besides the Dead one of my other favorite musical interests is the String Cheese Incident. Since the loss of my soul mate in 2006 I have spent all of my time throwing myself into work to ease my pain. It is now time to rejoin life, reconnect with my tour friends and family, and think about jumping back on the bus and start living again. The best way to get myself back into a good place is to hit the road and see a show(s). In my previous life I worked as a RN until I developed serious burnout, the love and support of my partner encouraged me to return to college. I finished school in 2007 with a degree in social work and have been working 2 jobs plus volunteering at our local food pantry. Throwing myself into work kept me from feeling lonely, but it is time to slow down, get some balance back into my life and allow myself to start living again. I work with cognitively disabled clients, elderly clients with dementia, and victims of domestic violence and sexual assualt. My roles at the local food pantry include working as the statistician, serving on the Executive Steering Committee and Volunteer Coordinator. My life is very full but has been lacking the balance of relaxation and fun. I am now ready to give myself permission to start meeting new people with like interests (touring #1) and enjoy the goodness of being part of something so much bigger than myself. Peace and Love: Jill.

Hi, I'm a new author and trying to find people who might be interested in my book. The title is Freaked and the publisher is HarperCollins. It is the story of a teenaged Deadhead set in the nineties just before Jerry Garcia's death. I would love to talk about all things Dead. I'm new to cyberworlds and just getting the hang of how to exist here. I love listening to reading the stories of other Deadheads and did a lot of tale swapping as part my research for the book. In fact, I'm a little sad that the thing is in print, because I enjoyed the assembly process. Anyway--hello again--and I'll check out some of the other discussions and see if I have anything interesting to add. Jen (JT Dutton)

Hi everyone, I'm a very new Dead fan; for a variety of reasons, it took me a couple decades of adulthood to "get" the music. I majored in jazz piano in school (lo, those many years ago), and I think I was just too caught up in other musical interests to give the Dead a serious listen. In any event, after migrating through Dylan, early blues, and "Exile"-era Stones, I gave the Dead a whirl and got hooked. I've been taking the plunge by downloading audience recordings from archive.org and generally boning up on all things Dead. What a rich world! I never saw the band and am not certain I can get to one of the upcoming '09 shows, so the recordings may have to be my only experience. But fortunately there are plenty of recordings! I've hopped onto a few of the vines and am looking forward to plugging in more on the forums. So far, the post-Pigpen, pre-hiatus stuff seems to be my favorite flavor, along with some '77 stuff, but the journey continues . . .