Tuesday, September 8, 1987

My first show -- my father sat down and cried . . . went with my older brother, a veteran of many shows, and fellow travelers. "Boo" (he's gone) christened me with a hand-made t-shirt of garcia on the mound in a Dead Sox uniform. I may have been too caught up in the Shakedown Street scene to notice the heat coming by, but I do remember an impressively tall guy in a dark cape standing in the parking lot silently holding a pole adorned with street signs reading "Reagan Knew", "I don't recall" and…

Is this a review of Buddy'y activities at the time? The Mayor? Obviously. I like how the band says they aren't political but are saying all kinds of things nonverbally here. onwards. Why say things when you can infer them and get in less trouble. Meanwhile 90% of those who hear it don't catch that kind of sociopolitical context. Jerry smart, other humans not so much............ That's The Grateful Dead. That's why we went to 241 shows.