The Grateful Dead were "Banned" from the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland because of too many fireworks in the parking lot... The venue is close to the State of South Carolina where people can buy rockets that fly up into the air and explode... SO...

I guess there was a danger of BURNING DOWN THE FOREST... anyway, the next Year the dead started Playing in a Basketball Arena... Maybe this is a true story or maybe they just wanted a bigger hall so more people could get in...

In Pittsburgh, PA I remember a lady had "Liberated" a Roll of bright orange Supermarket stickers that said "BONELESS" and she was sticking them on boys... I thought it was funny... Kind of a Pranksterish Thing to Do...  That was the Crosby, Stills and Nash & Dead Concert and there were many People from Canada and New York City attending... Great Show and The Three Rivers Stadium is a Perfect Circle with all the Echoes Cancelling near the Pitchers Mound... Yes, they did play "Teach Your Children" and Jerry Garcia played the Pedal Steel Guitar... 

At RFK Stadium in Washington, DC I men many Deaf Students from Gallaudet University... They said that Phil Lesh's Bass did not require Hearing using Ears as We could Feel it in the Stomach...

Photo of me demonstrating American Sign Language for the Phrase "Do you have any LSD?"

I love playing "Deal" on the Guitar... It's Really Simple... and Fun to Sing in Public... I Remember Playing that Song in Lafayette Park across the street from the White House in Washington DC and Some Homeless Guy said he Liked that song about a DEER... I guess I wasn't pronouncing the words accurately... In Contrast, a Homeless woman really hated "The Golden Road." The Lyric "She's a Neon Light Diamond, She can live on the Street" pissed her off...

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I attended a Live Performance of Seastones at Winterland in San Francisco... The record has a lot of Classic Analog Synthesizer Sounds... He turned up the Resonance on the Band Pass Filter and Modulated the Pitch using a Low Frequency Oscillator... You Know that sound... Like Spaceships Taking Off in 1950's Science Fiction Movies... Thanks to Phil Lesh of the Grateful Dead, Ned Lagin got a bit of NOTICE by the Deadhead Audience... Thanks Phil, for Finding him...

My real Gratitude is that I Bought an Analog Synthesizer and Played That Cosmic Outer Space Whoosh Whoosh Music Myself... Korg Poly Six and Roland SH-101 with a Micro Composer... 

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I saw the Jerry Garcia Band at San Jose State, California... That was the only concert that I got to Dance Right next to the Stage in front of Jerry... I remember that he was drenched in sweat... Those Stage Lights are HOT! and it was Just too loud for me so I moved back after a while... The big song of the Night was "Lay Down Sally" by Eric Clapton. That is a really PERKY Song with a Difficult to play rhythm... Jerry was able to play it well... I remember the Bright Orange Streetlights after the show caused a totally odd color scheme...

Jerry also was able to Master the Rhythm of "La Bamba" while all the other guys seemed to be scrambling to keep up... at a performance at the Capital Center in Landover Maryland...