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When I was undergrad at Cal we use to travel around the bay area and follow the Dead from Laguna to Cal Expo. My favorite venue was the one where I crawled out of my dorm room bed and went to the Greek Theatre. Back then we never had to road trip far as the Dead played at least 16 shows within 2hr drive per year.
I had a piece of shit Volkswagen back then and halfway to Frost Amphitheatre in Stanford it broke down and stranded me and my girlfriend. I left the car and never came back for it. A truck carrying fruit stopped and gave us a ride. We made the show and danced to Touch of Grey which they opened with, all the while smelling like Strawberries.
It was many many years after Jerry passed that Spring rolled around and I didnt think to myself, Wow isnt it time to go on a roadtrip? I miss seeing the Dead and it never fails that some idiot will learn I like the Dead and say that they cant stand them. I always ask if they actually saw them with Jerry and they say that they dont need to, they know what that was all about and I just nod and say oh ok but really I think boy did they miss out.
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