New Book on Jerry and the GD
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Len Dell’Amico, the Grateful Dead’s longtime videographer, writes about his friendship with Jerry Garcia in a new memoir that portrays the charismatic guitarist as a Christ-like figure who achieved great wealth and fame and yet lived like a Zen monk, disdaining the trappings of rock stardom.
In “Friend of the Devil: My Wild Ride with Jerry Garcia and Grateful Dead” Dell’Amico describes the band’s concerts as “fundamentally a spiritual experience, more like going to church than any other musical act I have ever worked with.”
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Cult of Jerry...
Cult of Jerry...
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Wow.
Wow.
Things are really at the nexus of cult and commerce.
The deacon will pass the offering plates now.
While alive didn't Garcia shit all over malarkey like this?
I think I've passed "aging out" and achieved "aged out".
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>>>While alive didn't Garcia
>>>While alive didn't Garcia shit all over malarkey like this<<<
Sort of like a musician putting their hobby art on neckties?
>>>the nexus of cult and commerce<<<
Shakedown crossed that line by the late '80s.
In my completely uneducated opinion Jerry wouldn't have cared about this at all, probably even encouraging his friend to make a buck while he can.