Fuck Captain America; that is America’s ass.
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Hey, Ramrod!
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There may be no outfit that places the wearer in the 70’s more than “shirtless, jean shorts, white tube socks with green/yellow calf stripes/Adidas low-tops.”
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Keith’s placement on stage was decided via Random Walk, otherwise known as Brownian motion. All the observer could know for certain is that the piano wasn’t going to be in the same place it was last show.
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There are two (2) extant photos of Bobby playing that Ibanez double-neck. This is the other one:
Parish looking thicc.
Those two pics of Bobby and the doubleneck appear to have been taken nearly simultaneously from different angles.
An auction listing for that guitar from a couple of years ago says it probably belonged to an opening act and Bobby was just checking it out.
Can you imagine Bobby trying to keep 18 different strings in tune..
Their would be “Days Between” songs
The Dead were known for playing marathon shows back in the day, but what folks don’t take into consideration is that a good chunk of that time was Bobby fussing around with his rig. I always wondered if the crew deliberately sabotaged it, as it is well known Bobby was a favorite target for shenanigans. In later years, Healy would regularly put strange effects into his volcals until the band had enough and canned him. But I digress