Celebrate Pigpen!
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Co-founding member of the Grateful Dead Ron “Pigpen” McKernan sadly passed away on this date in 1973 at the young age of 27. The Bay Area native left an indelible mark on the legendary band he helped establish in the late-1960s, injecting a cool, bluesy swagger into the group’s formative sound. That prowess as a frontman, keyboardist and harmonica player is on display in the collection of videos below captured in 1970.
The videos start with four clips from the Grateful Dead’s July 4, 1970 performance at McMahon Stadium in Calgary that was part of the Festival Express train tour through Canada. An acoustic “Don’t Ease Me In” led by Jerry Garcia is followed by “New Speedway Boogie” featuring McKernan’s harmonica work. Pigpen then takes over to lead the ensemble on covers of the blues classics “Turn On Your Lovelight” and “Hard To Handle.” Finally, there’s a clip from an August 30, 1970 appearance on the PBS program Calebration featuring Pigpen singing Robert Hunter’s “Easy Wind.”
https://www.jambase.com/article/remembering-ron-pigpen-mckernan-grateful...
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I like birthdays over death
I like birthdays over death days but any Pig celebration is good.
A jussa little bit higha!
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Thank you very much for this.
Thank you very much for this.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Jelly roll
Gonna scare u up and shoot ya
Gonna scare u up and shoot ya,
Mister Charlie told me so...
keep resting easy Pig
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Get yourself a shotgun
Get yourself a shotgun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oX72kiF1T20
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Across the lane from Greg's
Across the lane from Greg's dad's burial spot. Different devotional objects each time we visited.
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Went by the old homestead
Went by the old homestead on Santa Catalina while on a bike ride today as I missed visiting yesterday
got a tiny bit verklempt. I had better get it together to go visit Alta Mersa on September 8,to celebrate his BIRTH
Alta Mesa Memorial Park
Palo Alto
Santa Clara County
California, USA
Plot: Hillview Sec.Bb16 Lot 374
http://deadessays.blogspot.com/2010/03/pigpen.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzYu3a0HJmk
"The Stranger (Two Souls in Communion)"
Words and music by Ron McKernan [?]
Copyright Ice Nine Publishing; used by permission
What are they seeing, when they look in each other's eyes?
What are they feeling, when they see each other smile?
Is it love, I don't know - or an emotion that I've outgrown?
Did I take a wrong turn on life's winding road?
Won't somebody help me find the right way to go?
My life need some correction, alteration in [and?] direction.
Won't somebody stand by [comfort?] me - yes, I'm lost, yes, I'm lost,
Yes, I'm lost.
What is the secret of this tie that binds? [time of mine?]
Two souls in communion, both body and mind.
Is it special magic, or just the nature of things?
Conceived of [Come see the?] great spirit, not for beggars but for kings.
You who have found it please help me along.
I'm a man, I'm a man, - I'm not made out of stone.
My needs they are simple, I don't want anything,
but I surely want to fly on those wings, on the run, one more time.
All I wanna do, fly up, fly home.
Fly on those wings of love, fly up, fly home,
I'm a stranger [a staying?] in your town, fly up, fly home,
Help me somebody please! Fly up, fly home.
I wake up early in the morning, fly up, fly home,
you know I never saw you babe, fly up, fly home.
I just can't seem to understand,
can't seem to understand what's wrong, fly up, fly home.
What I wanna do is take a little ride with you, on the wings of love,
woh-oh one more time, one more time.
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It's a lovely day for a bike
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Bro
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I'll stop now
I'll stop now
just feeling a bit nostalgic
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Mike Dalton
I thought Chris Robinson did
I thought Chris Robinson did Pig honor in Vegas with Caution, Love light, Hard to Handle, Mr Charlie. Fun dancing to those tunes played well.