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Old 11-25-2007, 03:03 AM   #1311 (permalink)
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Starting in 1984, they let fans tape their shows, which made them a lot more popular. They did it because the bootleggers that gathered in front of the soundboard drove the audio engineer nuts.
They got very little radio play and did not sell many albums, but they are one of the top-grossing concert acts of all time.
The band was friends with Lithuanian basketball player Sarunas Marciulionis, and when the Lithuanian team needed money to play in the 1992 Olympics, The Dead helped them out. Lithuania won the bronze and wore tie-dyed uniforms on the podium to repay the favor.
The name "Grateful Dead" was chosen from the dictionary. Some claim it was a Funk & Wagnalls, others, the Bardo Thodol (Tibetan Book Of the Dead), but according to Phil Lesh in his biography (page 62), "Jer (Garcia) picked up an old Britannica World Language Dictionary... in that silvery elf-voice he said to me, 'Hey, man, how about the Grateful Dead?'" The definition there was "A song meant to show a lost soul to the other side." (thanks, max - virginia beach, VA)
When The Dead were touring with Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers in 1986, Garcia was recovering from drug addiction and fell into a diabetic coma for 5 days.
The sound system they set up for shows was called "The Wall Of Sound." It was a huge array of speakers and amplifiers that required 4 trucks to transport. There were 2 copies of The Wall, as one would travel to the next show while the other was in use. (thanks, Bertrand - Paris, France)
Throughout their career the Grateful Dead played 317 cover songs and 184 original tunes. (thanks, Paul - Freeland, PA)
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Old 11-25-2007, 12:37 PM   #1312 (permalink)
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Starting in 1984, they let fans tape their shows, which made them a lot more popular. They did it because the bootleggers that gathered in front of the soundboard drove the audio engineer nuts.
They got very little radio play and did not sell many albums, but they are one of the top-grossing concert acts of all time.
The band was friends with Lithuanian basketball player Sarunas Marciulionis, and when the Lithuanian team needed money to play in the 1992 Olympics, The Dead helped them out. Lithuania won the bronze and wore tie-dyed uniforms on the podium to repay the favor.
The name "Grateful Dead" was chosen from the dictionary. Some claim it was a Funk & Wagnalls, others, the Bardo Thodol (Tibetan Book Of the Dead), but according to Phil Lesh in his biography (page 62), "Jer (Garcia) picked up an old Britannica World Language Dictionary... in that silvery elf-voice he said to me, 'Hey, man, how about the Grateful Dead?'" The definition there was "A song meant to show a lost soul to the other side." (thanks, max - virginia beach, VA)
When The Dead were touring with Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers in 1986, Garcia was recovering from drug addiction and fell into a diabetic coma for 5 days.
The sound system they set up for shows was called "The Wall Of Sound." It was a huge array of speakers and amplifiers that required 4 trucks to transport. There were 2 copies of The Wall, as one would travel to the next show while the other was in use. (thanks, Bertrand - Paris, France)
Throughout their career the Grateful Dead played 317 cover songs and 184 original tunes. (thanks, Paul - Freeland, PA)

Yeah that's one I've heard too! Dave McNally their publicist since '84 and granted wasn't there when they picked the name wrote that it was Ruth's Funk and Wagnall's New Practical Standard Dictionary (1956). Page 100 of the soft cover edition of "A Long Strange Trip" Frankly I like your version better!!
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Old 11-25-2007, 03:08 PM   #1313 (permalink)
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Owaaah Manzy very good stuff!
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From "A Long Strange Trip":
Garcia: "We know from our own experience that enough things happen that aren't the result of signals or planning or communication that we're aware of, but that are miraculous manifestations, that keep proving it out, that there's now way to deny it. We're just involved in something that has a very high incidence of synchronicity. You know, the Jungian idea of synchronicity? Well, shit, that's day-to-day reality for us."

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Hahha

Hey LW

How is your weekend going?
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Hey LW

How is your weekend going?
Not so great Queen dear, fighting a toothache! I'll be fine though, thanks for asking. How's things with you and Mr. Tumbleweed this fine day?!


















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Oh I am sorry to hear that LW
I have had my share of tooth aches with the same d*** tooth
I know how you are feeling!
Hope it feel better soon!

We are fine getting ready to celebrate our 1 year anniversary in Mexico
Dec13-17th.

I'm pretty excited!
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This roocks!
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Oh I am sorry to hear that LW
I have had my share of tooth aches with the same d*** tooth
I know how you are feeling!
Hope it feel better soon!

We are fine getting ready to celebrate our 1 year anniversary in Mexico
Dec13-17th.

I'm pretty excited!
Congratulations!!
Happy 1 year and many more!!!!!!!!!!!
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Old 12-03-2007, 09:43 AM   #1320 (permalink)
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Looking forward to it
Thank you!
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