Post by Barbara on Apr 20, 2006 4:58:32 GMT -5
I felt like posting this. I read it on Charles's site
beemelon.free.fr/articles_1996_0.html
(am I a fan club of your site Charles or what!?? If you need some promoting for it just tell me )
Shannon talking:
Anyway, these Shannon's words made me think again how he must be laughing and happy up there if he sees all the melon comunity. Maybe people don't gather all across America to celebrate Shannon's life but they do it in Dayton and with what I saw until now, I think melonheads can kind of compare with deadheads concerning the solidarity, kindness and peaceful spirit. If he's looking on us, I'm sure we make Shannon's day everyday, like he makes ours, hehe
beemelon.free.fr/articles_1996_0.html
(am I a fan club of your site Charles or what!?? If you need some promoting for it just tell me )
Shannon talking:
"There were a lot of things I liked about the Grateful Dead — the solidarity of the fans, the way of life. The day he died was a very sad day,
but at the same time it was a day of celebration. Jerry Garcia led a very fulfilled life. I keep in touch a lot with Robert Hunter, who writes
lyrics for the Dead, and he had been friends with Jerry since he was 17 years old.
"It was weird, because yesterday I was driving home and I was just thinking about it, and it was storming here where I’m at in Indiana and
I told Lisa when I got home, I was driving and thinking about how Jerry Garcia died today. And all of a sudden the rain stopped,
the clouds parted and the sun came shining down, and I put on this CD, it was some kind of New Age music, really peaceful, and it was
like ‘Wow, this is symbolic! God has kind of taken Jerry Garcia away from us’. But it was like, wherever he’s at there’s a celebration
going on today. And in a way it was the only way it could happen — the only way the Grateful Dead could peacefully end their life cycle.
So it was sad, but at the same time it was beautiful to see the people get together in all the parks across America and celebrate his life."
Words that take on new meaning in the light of the sad events of a late October weekend.
but at the same time it was a day of celebration. Jerry Garcia led a very fulfilled life. I keep in touch a lot with Robert Hunter, who writes
lyrics for the Dead, and he had been friends with Jerry since he was 17 years old.
"It was weird, because yesterday I was driving home and I was just thinking about it, and it was storming here where I’m at in Indiana and
I told Lisa when I got home, I was driving and thinking about how Jerry Garcia died today. And all of a sudden the rain stopped,
the clouds parted and the sun came shining down, and I put on this CD, it was some kind of New Age music, really peaceful, and it was
like ‘Wow, this is symbolic! God has kind of taken Jerry Garcia away from us’. But it was like, wherever he’s at there’s a celebration
going on today. And in a way it was the only way it could happen — the only way the Grateful Dead could peacefully end their life cycle.
So it was sad, but at the same time it was beautiful to see the people get together in all the parks across America and celebrate his life."
Words that take on new meaning in the light of the sad events of a late October weekend.
Anyway, these Shannon's words made me think again how he must be laughing and happy up there if he sees all the melon comunity. Maybe people don't gather all across America to celebrate Shannon's life but they do it in Dayton and with what I saw until now, I think melonheads can kind of compare with deadheads concerning the solidarity, kindness and peaceful spirit. If he's looking on us, I'm sure we make Shannon's day everyday, like he makes ours, hehe