For some odd reason, I've been on a Grateful Dead kick for the last few days. Today, I even went to Borders to check for a tab book so I could learn Ripple. I didn't find anything, but thankfully, it's a pretty easy song to learn by ear. If not, I'll just gank the chords online.
I remember back to college, when I wanted to take a summer off to follow the Dead around. I never did, but I imagine that it would have been a bunch of fun. However, around that time, Jerry Garcia was a heroin-addicted mess who forgot lyrics and played off key, so who knows what it would have been like.
I did manage to catch Ratdog - Bob Weir's band after the dead- for free at UF. It was pretty cool to see Bob Weir, and if I remember correctly, they played a few Dead "hits." I think they played Truckin...
Notes from a random Tuesday:
1) Listening to The Band's version of Buddy Holly's Not Fade Away. The guy died 45 years ago at 22, and the music still is vital. Who knows what he could have done.
2) Heard "Everybody Plays the Fool" recently. It's a bummer how much I relate to that tune. Again, falling for a woman who won't fall for me. Ah well.
3) I've liked working at the bookstore, but I must say it's a bummer to lose contact with people you've worked with. The nature of a bookstore is transition. It's like a stopping off place before you head off somewhere else. So, one should appreciate a friendship day-to-day and then learn to let go.
4) I think i want to play some gee-tar now.