Saw The Dead MANY times, and still include many of their songs in my "cover tune" canon. They were truly the Forrest Gump "box of chocolates" live, {which of course was their appeal} But in their latter days {unfortunately as Jerry started slipping more into the abyss} they became increasingly sloppy, sometimes to the point of laughability, and even the Deadhead scene itself became a sad self-parody. {I was once singled out by some paranoid heads as being a "narc" because I was wearing a black t-shirt and not a "dye"!} My girlfriend and I at the time saw them at Tampa Stadium in April of 95' {Jerry died in August}and it was pretty obvious to me he was strung out.} What a shame, and a waste of a truly great talent. {On a side note, as far as the great "Jam Bands" go The Allmans could ALWAYS eat the Dead for lunch and have room for dessert!

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