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https://www.youcaring.com/candacebrightman-1085409 10 days ago, Candace could still drive a car. Today she no longer can due to vision loss. This vision loss is caused by Age- related Macular Degeneration, or AMD and it is progressing rapidly. Candace is a beloved visual artist, and designed lights for the Grateful Dead from 1972 to 2005 and for Widespread Panic from 2005 to 2008. Most recently, she designed the lights for the Dead and Company fare thee well tour in summer 2015. She lives in Pahoa, Hawai'i with her husband Larry Lovett, fine artist. She loves spending time in their yard, still designing as she landscapes the property into a beautiful sanctuary full of brightly colored plants, fruit trees, and coconut palms. My name is Carly and I have known Candace and Larry since 2014. They have always welcomed my partner Scott and I into their home, feeding us and teaching us how to paint. We currently live in their downstairs apartment and we have seen how Candace's condition has been rapidly deteriorating. I also see how much joy Candace gets out of landscaping the plants in their beautifully designed yard and this is quickly becoming difficult for her. What is her diagnosis? Age- related Macular Degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of severe vision loss in people over 60. It occurs when the small central portion of the retina, known as the macula, deteriorates. Every day her vision gets a little worse and currently one eye no longer sees much color. She is currently getting injections in her eyes from their local doctor, however these do not stop the degeneration. So far she has been told by doctors that her AMD cannot be slowed and there is nothing to be done. There is currently no FDA- approved cure for AMD. Candace and Larry are raising funds to get Candace the best possible treatment for AMD. Dr. Jerry Tennant MD, MD(H), PSc.D. is a doctor at the cutting edge of treating AMD. He is located in Dallas, Texas and is both an MD and a Naturopath, with degrees in both fields. He uses the latest technologies and also nutrition, diet and supplements to help slow the progression of AMD. Dr. Tennant believes that a closer look at published studies and and basic physiology/pathology allows one to offer additional insights in dealing with macular degeneration that many mainstream MD's don't consider. His treatments include acupuncture and voltage therapy. Candace and Larry will use the funds raised from this page to pay for the cost of a week of treatment and consultation with Dr. Tennant and for travel expenses.

vision loss. ironic for a lighting director. and "looking out for Candace". interesting choice of words.

Candace Brightman I assume, the lighting lady?

No. The low point is that no one is looking out for Candace. Bobby. Phil. Guys. Dudes. W.T.F. Step up and take care of Candace. Now. Please. WTF?!

take a deep breath. Bozos and Bolos. box time approaches it'll get here

Let's try it again: RIP Bozo the #$%&*@! Clown????? (original subject line) I think we've bottomed out at this point. Unless we want to return to discussions of keeping the mashed potatoes from contacting the pork chop (how can I ever forget that turn on the forum?), we'll need to start clanging on the bars and clamoring for releases. C'mon Bolo, you know darn well when the Anthem reissue is going to hit. We don't. And you know dang well what '68 show it'll be coupled with. Unless, of course, there's a stash of '68 studio outtakes to fill a disc, which I doubt. And you know triple-dang well what 2018's first (possibly only) box contains. Your fangs have been practically dripping on those tape boxes, thinking of the cool-but-cruel brain teasers you're gonna lay on us when we're a week or so out from the pre-order announcement. I understand that my use of "you this," "you that" "you, you, you" sounds slight accusatory, but I'm callin' ya out! "See here how everything, lead up to this day..." Play your role as the Oracle of Delphi and post something maddeningly vague... AND SAVE US FROM MOURNING BOZO THE CLOWN!!!!!!!! Oh wait, maybe that's Bolo's frikking cousin...........

Did somebody mention next box?

Yeah, Airplane was big. Saw Airplane and Dead at Greynolds Park In Miami in 1968 and Dead was much better. A lot of the Dead music came from Anthology of American Folk Music which was produced by Harry Smith in the 50's. Jorma from Airplane , Dylan and the Dead got a lot of their Americna influence from those recordings. I liked the fact they covered other artist songs' and those songs are now associated with the Dead. You know Big River, El Paso, Turn on your Lovelight, Good Lovin and Morning Dew to name a few. Now where is the next box?

It must have been really exciting to see the band in 68-69. The music hasn't dated in the slightest, and listening to the Shrine 67 and Binghamton 70 albums, its hard to imagine why they weren't more highly rated back in the day. Nobody I have heard, in rock music, could play with that degree of power and freedom. I can remember reading various History of Rock type books in the early 70s, and the Dead hardly got a look in. When San Francisco bands of the late 60s were mentioned it always seemed to be Jefferson Airplane and Janis Joplin who got the plaudits.