My best Dead story isn't about a show (although I went to 125 between '68 and '94). It's actually a Jerry story....I have been going to Kona since 1978, and as you know, Jerry was an avid scuba diver and had a place in Kona. Jerry did many dives with the folks from Jack's Diving Locker in Kailua-Kona. Since free diving is one of my favorite things to do, I used to hang around Jack's alot, and saw Jerry there on many occasions. (If you ever get to Kona, check out the many pics of Jerry on the wall diving). Anyway, in 1992, I was buying a new mask at Jack's when Jerry came in to book a night Manta dive. There was an obvious Deadhead hanging around who immeadiately glommed onto Jerry ( most of the time people didn't know who he was, or just nodded and smiled and let him the hell alone). Anyway, this guy was all over Jerry, talking about this show, or this set, how many tapes he had, on and on. Jerry finally turned to this guy said, "Gee, you've been to more shows than me!"....I cracked up, and Jerry just smiled as the guy was speachless....

Onward through the fog....

Grae

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