Today would have been Jerry Garcia’s 70th birthday. For those who live under a rock, Jerry was the lead singer of the Grateful Dead, who passed away in 1995 of a heart attack, while in a drug rehab center. It was one of the saddest days in music. I remember being in San Diego and being a part of the drum circles, celebrating his memory.
One of Jerry’s closest friends, fellow musician David Crosby, has released a new poem, ”Cause I’m Missing Jerry Tonight”, which he will read aloud at Bob Weir’s TRI studios, during a tribute show on August 3, 2012.
Cause I’m Missing Jerry, Tonight
Written by, David Crosby
Cause I’m missing him tonight
If I had to pick one of us to speak for us all
He would have done the job well
Coming from some crazy angle
He’d have known which story to tell
he’d tell the truth about real music
he knew the truth long before he fell
His fingers would touch his guitar neck
My axe would be pressed to my chest
A chord and a melody would walk in the door
Closely followed by all of the rest
Magic and tragic and triumph and storm
and all the things we had sought on our quest
You get your ego out of the way of your hearts
The whole becomes greater than the sum of the parts
A sort of field pops into existence
Everything lifts off the ground
You know that you’re doing what you were born to do
That you’re using the gift that you’ve found
To create some lift and break all the chains
with which all our people are bound
he did it for all the right reasons
and made all of our mistakes
a more human man you could not find
an accelerator without the brakes
but he had the brains and the heart and the spirit
Garcia really had what it takes
Jerry Garcia’s Official Website
LittleQueen
This was very cool and hit the nail on the head !!
Posted by Chris Sims | August 1, 2012, 10:38 AM