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Something really nice from Newsom. Something Trump would NEVER WRITE, or allow to be ghost-written for him. [View all]
Here's the thing. I know "fans of" The Grateful Dead. I know people who are tie-dyed-in-the-wool "Dead Heads." And I know people who are just not into the band. And all of that's OK, because all of the people I just mentioned RESPECT each other. They KNOW that some of us were REALLY into the Dead, thought Bob was such a cool and quirky and unprecedented kind of guy. And if you watch the Netflix documentary "The Other One: The Long Strange Trip Of Bob Weir," , you know that the band was no more prepared for the trajectory they'd take than the audience and "rock journalists" were.There was no one like Bob Weir...adopted by a family in what was at the time one of the single most affluent cities in the USA (Atherton, CA). Discovered Acid and Ken Kesey and Neal Cassidy and "got on the bus" as a teenager, deciding school wasn't for him, becoming instead one of THE architects of psychedelic rock and every jam band that followed.
And it is OK if that means something to someone, or if it doesn't, because Bob meant something to millions of people, and now is the time to respect that, assuming someone is "made of the stuff" that respects others.
Like, for example, Gavin Newsom.
Like, NOT for example, Donald Trump.
I have a tribute to Bob on my show tomorrow. He meant something to me. Kudos to the Gov. Takes five minutes to write something like this, but only if you're a decent human being with empathy toward others.
Gov. Gavin Newsom worte, “Bob Weir was a true son of California who helped create the soundtrack of a generation. He was — and will always be — a king of psychedelic rock. Bob will be deeply missed, and his music will forever live on.”
https://bestclassicbands.com/bob-weir-tributes-1-11-26/
https://bestclassicbands.com/bob-weir-tributes-1-11-26/
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