rcd@opus.UUCP (Dick Dunn) (01/21/85)
According to a tiny news item Saturday, Jerry Garcia was arrested Friday
(18 January 1985) on suspicion of freebasing cocaine while sitting in his
car in Golden Gate Park. He is now free on bail.
Several thoughts come to mind:
Nobody particularly expects the guys in the band to be completely
straight [and who knows how the news story relates to the reality
of the situation?] but freebasing coke is a pretty heavy game to be
playing--big risks (of bad-news addiction, OD, or even just flesh
flambe').
This ain't a good way to get publicity for the band. It will also
no doubt play havoc with scheduling at least the spring tours.
Getting busted in public is prima facie evidence of carelessness...
sounds inadequately clever, Jerry!
Off on a tangent:
One of the off-and-on stories is that JG doesn't take particularly good
care of himself. If one were to judge from what he LOOKS like on stage,
one might believe those stories--doesn't exactly look like a long-distance
runner (sic) with a health-food fetish. On the other hand, he's not
exactly young (42) and his performance is consistently hot. Comments?
--
Dick Dunn {hao,ucbvax,allegra}!nbires!rcd (303)444-5710 x3086
...A friend of the devil is a friend of mine.cliff@unmvax.UUCP (01/21/85)
> According to a tiny news item Saturday, Jerry Garcia was arrested Friday > (18 January 1985) on suspicion of freebasing cocaine while sitting in his > car in Golden Gate Park. He is now free on bail. > > Several thoughts come to mind: > > Nobody particularly expects the guys in the band to be completely > straight [and who knows how the news story relates to the reality > of the situation?] but freebasing coke is a pretty heavy game to be > playing--big risks (of bad-news addiction, OD, or even just flesh > flambe'). He's a big boy :-), he should know the risks. > This ain't a good way to get publicity for the band. It will also > no doubt play havoc with scheduling at least the spring tours. I don't think there are too many heads (current or future) that will leave the bus because of that incident. I wonder if they will change the words to truckin' (bourbon street --> Golden Gate Park)? > Getting busted in public is prima facie evidence of carelessness... > sounds inadequately clever, Jerry! I would prefer to hear that he was freebasing then to have him caught D.W.I. Was he the driver? > Off on a tangent: > One of the off-and-on stories is that JG doesn't take particularly good > care of himself. If one were to judge from what he LOOKS like on stage, > one might believe those stories--doesn't exactly look like a long-distance > runner (sic) with a health-food fetish. On the other hand, he's not > exactly young (42) and his performance is consistently hot. Comments? What's the difference between Jerry Garcia and Willie Dixon? Willie doesn't need the black tee shirt. > -- > Dick Dunn {hao,ucbvax,allegra}!nbires!rcd (303)444-5710 x3086 > ...A friend of the devil is a friend of mine. --Cliff [Matthews] {purdue, cmcl2, ihnp4}!lanl!unmvax!cliff {csu-cs, pur-ee, convex, gatech, ucbvax}!unmvax!cliff 4744 Trumbull S.E. - Albuquerque NM 87108 - (505) 265-9143
newton2@ucbtopaz.CC.Berkeley.ARPA (01/22/85)
paraphrase: Jerry Garcia looks like death (sic) warmed over on stage, giving rise to rumors that he doesn't take 'good care of himself', but on the other hand *he's not exactly young (42)*.... From the somewhat sensitive keys of someone who's not exactly 42, but will be (with luck) in five years or so, I hasten to assure all you kids out there that Jerry's condition owes more to a degenerate lifestyle than to the degeneracy of gerontia. There are a lot of joggin', swimmin' stockbrokers (some of whom live right next door to Jerry) who are maintaining just fine-- probably helps that they restrict their freebasing to the weekends.
michaelf@ISM780.UUCP (01/24/85)
Anyone who had a nickname "Captain Trips" during the heyday of LSD...
nm34@sdcc12.UUCP (nm34) (01/26/85)
had to have deteriorated quite a bit in that time for him to be
considered 'old and in the way'. The last few times I saw the band it
was at the end of a tour and JG's voice was a bit rough and weak, but
his guitar was as sharp as ever. Has he really gotten bad. I cant
imagine it.
Back in 68 and 69 there were stories that JG was hooked on coke and
he was on his way down. A decade and a half of contributions to the music world
shows that he wasn't a dead-head but is the true DEADHEAD.rcd@opus.UUCP (Dick Dunn) (01/29/85)
> > Anyone who had a nickname "Captain Trips" during the heyday > of LSD... Hmmmm...LSD ain't cocaine au solvent. It's tough to get addicted to LSD, even harder to OD, and it isn't flammable...now if you want to talk brain cells, that might be another matter--but it doesn't seem to have adversely affected Garcia's creative abilities... -- Dick Dunn {hao,ucbvax,allegra}!nbires!rcd (303)444-5710 x3086 ...Never offend with style when you can offend with substance.