User talk:Justinh731

Garcia Expectations

So although I have loved Grateful Dead music since I was 17 years old, I now realize I have missed out on a lot of years of good music produced by Dead & Company and other Grateful Dead project bands prior to Dead & Company. I was fortunate enough to see Jerry Garcia many times between 1991 and 1995. There is a definite difference in the music that The Dead played and produced before and after Jerry Garcia, The music and the vibe is still there, It's just missing Garcia now. I was brokenhearted when Jerry Garcia passed as were tens of thousands of other people, Deadhead across the world have have lived with the pain of knowing that we will never hear the sweet sound of Jerry's guitar live again. We all know there is no possible way to replace a man like that, a guitar player like that in a band like no other. I think a lot of us deadheads turned away and stopped even paying attention to who the dead had playing in Jerry's spot, because we just couldn't handle it didn't want to believe it was true, didn't want to accept that Jerry was really gone, tears come to my eyes just saying it now, 29 years later and I still get emotional when I think about Jerry's passing. Unfortunately because of expectations I believe many of us lost the opportunity to hear a lot of good music and didn't give credit where credit was due to the musicians that were attempting to fill in for Jerry with the Grateful Dead. And I know none of the musicians that played thought for one second that they could take Jerry's place they were just doing the best that they could and I have to give them all credit for that. I was lucky enough to still go to shows and attempt to enjoy myself even though Jerry was gone. So I believe that the "Garcia expectation" is a real thing that many many deadheads experienced in the last 29 years I don't believe anybody has ever put a name to it but I think it's time we all let go of that expectation. I'm not saying we need to stop loving Jerry Garcia obviously that's not going to happen what I'm saying is for those of you who have not went to shows or not listen to records or live music from the dead since Jerry passed, It's time to open your heart to the new band It's not too late there are 48 shows I believe coming up in Vegas this summer. I just got tickets to two shows cost me a fortune but I believe it's going to be worth it. The band is filled with amazing musicians that love this music,so friends, Open your heart and your ears, and if you get confused let the music play. That's all for now Thoughts from Justin Hatt