RIP: 49 Years Gone Pig Pen 3/8/73
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Nice tribute by Furthur in 2011 with 5 Pen tunes, soundboard released by the band.
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https://archive.org/details/furthur2011-03-08.sbd.official.113042.flac16
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RIP Pigpen... you are dearly
RIP Pigpen... you are dearly loved and sorely missed
I was under the impression that his passing was due solely to excessive drinking, until I read this today:
"... By the beginning of the 1970s, [Pigpen] also began to exhibit symptoms of congenital primary biliary cholangitis, a rare autoimmune disorder of the liver unrelated to his alcohol use.
Sadly, his continued drinking coupled with this condition caused Pigpen’s health to deteriorate quickly."
https://liveforlivemusic.com/news/remembering-ron-pigpen-mckernan-videos/
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> congenital primary biliary
> congenital primary biliary cholangitis
That's an interesting bit of info to weave into Pigpen's narrative. Kind of like learning that Jack Kerouac probably had CTE as a result of his playing football at Columbia.
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One of a kind.
One of a kind. Gone but not forgotten. Never would have been a Grateful Dead without him.
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PigPen is more than a memory.
PigPen is more than a memory. He is still loved & will not be forgotten.