Jerry Garcia died on August 9, 1995. The morning DJ on the radio station I listen to in the car does a daily feature about a half-hour before he begins his program shift called “Waking the Dead” where he plays a song and provides a bit of Grateful Dead history. Remembering the anniversary of Jerry Garcia’s death, he played a recording of Garcia performing Bob Dylan’s “Knocking on Heaven’s Door”.
Listening, the question occurred to me: “Did I pass the acid test?”
I don’t know the answer. A friend’s posted a photo from a local concert of an old man with a long waking stick wearing a very colorful Grateful Dead shirt and a MAGA hat. I wonder how long these tests last anyhow?
I got introduced to the lovely Ethan Hein here on Tumblr. Hein has a very good blog–not on here–and his post, Good old Grateful Dead, is very insightful about the band and Jerry Garcia.
Bent my ear to hear the tune and closed my eyes to see