NeilStryker
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guitlouie said:my vile hatred of all things Dead, would pretty much keep me from ever wanting anything to do with a WGD body style. They really seem to be made specifically for a niche that I will never be a part of.
guitlouie said:That is a gorgeous body. However, my vile hatred of all things Dead, would pretty much keep me from ever wanting anything to do with a WGD body style. They really seem to be made specifically for a niche that I will never be a part of.
You already admitted to being a "passionate patriotic right wing conservative nut."
guitlouie said:You already admitted to being a "passionate patriotic right wing conservative nut."
OK, you have definitely got me confused with someone else. The right wing neoconservatives are the absolute bane of my existence, in that all that they claim to be in favor of, smaller government, personal freedoms, they then contradict by shoving their religion down your throat. And while I have spent the last eighteen years of my life as a non meat eater, I ain't no hippie. The Dead may have been the pied pipers of the unwashed, but if it is late sixties San Fran psych you are talking about, I'll take the Charlatans and The Airplane, The Quicksilver and the Grape over them any day. That is not to mention the Flaming Groovies, who were just a little late to the party.
Yeah, ever since I first heard American Beauty I have been a devotee... the pity is I only got to see Jerry with the Dead one time before he died. I find it odd that there can be so much hostile opposition to a band that to me symbolizes only good things... freedom, indivuality, questioning the norms of society and reality, and just being yourself and having fun living life and not hurting people, and peace and love and music. Although, admittedly not all deadheads exemplify these tenents, I don't hold the band responsible for their followers. I think overall the impact of the Dead rivals that of most other bands. And even though Jerry didn't use this body style till later on, it is so unique to him that the body shape alone being offered attests to his impact as a guitarist. I'm not one to build "artist copies", but I think this body is so beautiful and unique that Jerry would be proud to see it made into something amazing.dbw said:The Dead rule... American Beauty is one of three albums I heard my dad play most often when I was a kid, so it makes me feel happy just hearing it start.
stubhead said:That sugarmegs.org site was streaming all the old Dead shows for free on the net, but they're down right now. Hopefully they'll be back, cause they had about ten Mahavishnu Orchestra shows and a bunch of killer jazz shows too.