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- From: gaile@grouper.mkt.csd.harris.com (Gail Edwards)
- Subject: Oakland Musings
- Organization: The Faithful
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 16:49:07 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.164907.20622@grouper.mkt.csd.harris.com>
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- Some random thoughts on returning from Oakland. What a wonderful run.
- Thanks Grateful Dead! Here's my six bits:
-
- 1. The worlds biggest family reunion brought an overwhelming feeling of
- gratitude that we have each other: Bob and Jerry exchanging smiles,
- Jerry openly admiring Vince's *incredible* jams, some little hops
- and skips from Jerry (as close as he ever gets to dancin'), Phil
- eternally amused, those crazy grinning drum wizards.
-
- 2. On Saturday night, with an old friend's funeral the next afternoon, when
- Jerry went into the final "Standing On The Moon" jam, I swear I
- felt those "hands on my shoulders". Sunday, the words of Kesey's
- Halloween eulogy for Bill resounded in my head, like the Buddhist
- funeral chimes at Steve's service. Kesey was right: "It's as big a
- time as it gets!"
-
- 3. Waiting in line in the rain, shivering, the words to "Rain" running
- through my head. "I can shooow you .. that when it starts to rain
- .. everything's the same .. I can shooow you."
-
- 4. BGP is still the *best*! Love to Peter and Marty and Henry and Ray
- and Melvin and all of 'em whose names I don't know, but whose work is
- an act of love. And we *miss* you, Willy. Come on back!
-
- 5. Synchronicity: Stepping onto the rental car shuttle at SFO right
- behind me was the friend from Italy who'd sold me my Sunday Paris
- ticket 2 years ago. Know what he said? "So what brings you to
- town, Gail?" Ha!
-
- 6. Il n'y est rien en monde comme concert de Grateful Dead. N'est pas,
- mon ami?
-
- Gail
-
- "Been down before/ But you just don't have/ To go there no more"
- _Here_Comes_Sunshine_
-