A LOOK BACK

I BEGAN LISTENING TO THE GRATEFUL DEAD ABOUT THREE YEARS BACK AND IN RETROSPECT I HAVE LEARNED A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT ABOUT THE BAND.
    I HAVE NEVER SEEN A SINGLE SHOW HOWEVER, I STILL CONSIDER MYSELF A DEAD HEAD. NO BAND HAS EVER TURNED ME ON IN THE MANNER THAT THEY HAVE.  FROM AOXOMOXOA TO BUILT TO LAST THE GRATEFUL DEAD HAS PUT TOGETHER A GREAT COMPILATION OF MUSIC. THEY ARE AND ALWAYS WILL BE MY FAVORITE JAM AND PAST TIME.
THE FIRST ALBUM I EVER OWNED WAS SKELETONS FROM THE CLOSET AND THAT WAS MY SOLE INSPIRATION TO JOURNEY FURTHER. FROM SKELETONS I MOVED INTO CLASSIC LIVE ALBUMS OF THE DEAD AND I AM CURRENTLY COLLECTING BOOTLEGS.
I HAVE READ A MULTITUDE OF BOOKS RELATING TO THE DEAD AND THAT IS WHERE I HAVE ACQUIRED MY WEALTH OF INFORMATION BUT I AM SURE THERE IS NO OTHER FEELING IN THE WORLD LIKE  BEING ABLE TO HAVE GONE TO A  DEAD SHOW AND I ENVY THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE.
JERRY GARCIA HAS DONE AN AMAZING AMOUNT FOR MUSIC AND I FEEL THAT EVERYONE OWES HIM A GREAT DEAL OF GRATITUDE. HE WAS ALWAYS STRIVING TO ADD DIFFERENT STYLES OF MUSIC TO HIS REPERTOIRE AND I THINK HE ESSENTIALLY COVERED EVERYONE IN HIS FORTY-YEARS BEING A MUSICIAN WITH THE MERL SAUNDERS BAND TO THE JERRY GARCIA BAND TO THE GRATEFUL DEAD.
I AM EXTREMELY GRATEFUL I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SHARE MY EXPERIENCE WITH THOSE OF YOU WHO VISIT THIS GREAT SITE (GREATEST STORY). IT HAS BEEN GREAT FUN.

        "I'M GOING TO MARCH YOU UP AND DOWN ALONG THOSE COUNTY LINES, TAKE YOU TO THE LEADER OF A BAND"

             PEACE,
                           JOSEPH MORRISON------
                                                                         NEWPORT, RI


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