jackson@curium.DEC (10/03/85)
Well, by now a lot of you have probably heard the rumor that Jerry has gone to meet his maker, and that the Dead organization is keeping it a secret until they can figure out a way to announce it without casing mass histeria. Well, I don't have any inside info regarding this rumor, but based on available evidence, I'd have to say it's a bunch of unkosher bologna. I called the hotline today and there was a brand new message announcing a bunch of new shows, including - no - it can't be - 3 more Oakland shows! Also, some Jerry Band shows in the Bay Area and also another acoustic Jerry show! It's not likely they wouuld make these announcements if, in fact, Jerry was visiting Pigpen and Keith in Rock and Roll Heaven. It's also quite obvious that I'm living on the wrong coast! -- "Just cause they say it, don't mean that it's so" Seth Jackson
foote@uiucdcsb.CS.UIUC.EDU (10/05/85)
Actually, the rumor I heard was that the illness that brought about the cancellation of the northwest shows was a relatively serious back problem of Mikey Hart's. JG seems so far to be a sturdier fellow that he has any right to expect to be...
Sowadsky.PA@Xerox.ARPA (10/08/85)
The rumor is almost true. JG is indeed among the Dead...and is very much alive and well and playing in the suburbs.
jeff@qubix.UUCP (Jeff Bulf) (10/10/85)
Alive, dead, or ambivalent, the JG band played a nice hot set last
night at the Keystone Palo Alto here in the Bay Area. Included
Mission in the Rain, Midnight Moonlight, Cats Under the Stars, Run
for the Roses, and I don't remember what else.
--
Dr Memory
...{amd,ihnp4}!qubix!jefflefko@leadsv.UUCP (Martin Lefkowitz) (10/14/85)
Its true! Jerry is actually dead and he also played at the Keystone.
He's been dead since '79. Jerry is actually a pupit controlled by Jim
Henson. The next time you see him you might notice that you can almost see
the visable nylon strigs. The band can still keep playing even though Jerry
is dead because he is easy to do, bending both knees and occationaly
lifting a leg. They don't even need to spend much money on the eyes because
he's usually looking at his feet. If Bob goes on the other hand it would be
much more complicated and the ticket prices would probably go up. They
would have to develop a pupit that spits on C's and K's but not P's or T's.
So be thankful that its only Jerry thats dead.
Marty Lefkowitz
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