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rece receiv ived ed scho schola lars rshi hi to Illi Illino no 'Wil 'Willi liam am Rain Rainey ey Harp Harper er Coll Colleg eg an bega bega stud studyi ying ng mu ic ef re ropp roppin in ou purs purs he if of work workin in mu ic an he hica hica cl an ba scen scene. e. Duri During ng th summ summer er of 1988 1988,th ,th 19-y 19-yea earrol Kadl Kadlec ecik ik atte attend nded ed hi firs firs Grat Gratef eful ul Dead Dead sh w-or w-or near near so arri arrivi vi at Al in Va le Musi Musi Thea Thea re on th ba d' da ff duri during ng ru when when pe fo ming ming fo show show in iv nigh nights ts at th East East Troy Troy Wis. Wis. amph amphit ithe heat ater er "The "There re we ot of eo le camp camp ng in park parkin in lot, lot, Kadl Kadlec ecik ik says says "S went went in an twa Isa Ith fina fina ly sa th roup roup ex spri spring ng au ad at 1997 1997 whil whil stil stil appe appear arin in with with vari variet et of band band in mult multip iple le cont contex exts ts co-f co-fou ound nded ed Dark Dark
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th he ther ther ut re Furt Furt ur me be ho woul woul join join th nasc nascen en grou group. p. rac ed Kadl Kadlec ecik ik's 's voca voca into intona nati tion on an guit guitar ar tone tone "wer "wer to me at leas least, t, litt little le unco uncomf mfor orta tabl bl remi remini nisc scen en ofJerry ofJerry." ." Howe Howeve ver, r, he wa soon soon wo over over eha lo of list listen enin ing, g, he conf confid ides es "Wewer "Wewer goin goin
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Bria Bria (cur (curre rent ntly ly Prin Prince ceto to unde underg rgra ra an fron fronti ting ng hi ow grou group, p, Blu Light Light River River). ). "Brian "Brian's 's lyri lyri have have alwa always ys stru struck ck me as bein bein unus unusua uall ll matu mature re an thou though ghtf tful ul," ," says says th elde elde Lesh Lesh "The "There re was thi Iwa having having troubl troubl finali finalizin zing, g, em reco record rd it an as ed ifmay he co ld thin thin so yric yric or it an mayb mayb chan change ge th sequ sequen ence ce of even events ts
evening." wa th ap roac roach, h, in part part that that ul imate mate en ea ed hi We an Lesh Lesh ut at er than than ie in hi as vehi vehicl cl ec eat th role role of Jerr Jerr Garc Garcia ia th tw real realiz ized ed that that hi deep deep know knowle ledg dg of Garc Garcia ia's 's play playin in carr carr he rate rate ul ea musi musi in an rigi rigina na direction. "T firs firs song song we la ed toge toge he as 'Pla 'Playi ying ng in th Band," Kadlecik Kadlecik remembers. remembers. "S ight ight away away wejump wejumped ed nt it to se wher wher we coul coul take take thin things gs It wa cons consci ciou oussav Iha de they they were were plan plan in ew ba toge toge her. her. Afte Afte th seco second nd da of audi auditi tion on/r /reh ehea ears rsal al We ran Le ulle ulle Fo Is [Jef [Jef Chim Chimen enti ti Ja Lane Lane Jo Russ Russ an John John ad ec k] nt oo an ol us 'W in ou clea clea ou sc ed le fo 2010?'" Al he ee ed wa name name "Wewe "Wewere re ca li PBand PBand Is ora whil while, e, Lesh Lesh laug laughs hs "The "The on da we were were Sitt Sittin in my at an Bo an Nata Natasc sc Weir Weir er over over alon alon it my id an some some ther ther olks olks It's It's almo almost st ncan ncanny ny sa so eed an sa s, Wehave Wehave ameame-Fu Furt rthu hur. r. oo ha as t. It wa us like like Jerr Jerr an 'How 'How abou abou th ra eful eful Dead Dead?' ?' Itwa ncan ncan wa to erfe erfect ct ha sa 'This is mome moment nt." ." ou icon iconic ic hist histor ory, y, Weirad Weiradds ds Th name name as many many like likely ly reca recall ll come come from from th Inte Intern rnat atio iona na Harv Harves este te scho school ol bu that that carcarie Ke eseyan eseyan th erry erry Pran Pran ters ters arou around nd th co ntry ntry as chro chroni nicl cled ed yTo Wolf Wolf in Th ElectricK o o l-l- A i A c i T e st st . TH TIM ha Furt Furthu hu oo th stag stag or th firs firs im at Oakl Oaklan and, d, Cali Calif. f.'s 's Fo Thea Theate te on Sept Septem embe be 18, musi musi wa alre alread ad 2009, th adva advanc ncin in towa toward rd zone zone that that ef ts an 's onik oniker er Furt Furthu hu eb te it an decl declar arat at ry am whic whic en se ue into into "T Ot er One: One: "T Whee Wheel" l" an he "Jac "Jac traw traw""- se ue ce that that
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ou beau beauti tifu full ll ["Th ["Th Moun Mounta tain in Song Song whic whic issu issue' e' CDsam CDsampl pler er). ). He al wr te so yric yric fo an Bell Bell Reed Reed tune tune call called ed 'Hig 'Hig on Moun Mounta tain in." ." with with ever everen ence ce of perperform forman ance ce th past past sumsum-
demo demons ns ra ed th ne roup roup's 's ac it or dens dens impr improv ovis isat atio io bala balanc nced ed by an affi affini nity ty to oc in mo la fu roov roove. e. "O an iven iven ni ht ma fe ocio ocio amou amount nt of musi music, c, Weir Weir expl explai ains ns "Wehav "Wehav ot fire fire ower ower hi band band an ever everyb ybod od iste iste as hard hard as he play play gges gges cr ti
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Helm Helm Midn Midnig ight ht Ramb Ramble les, s, here here rian rian an hi elde elde so Grah Graham ame, e, ecen ecen Stan Stan or ra wi hi wn ro ai en Lane Lane,jo ,join ined ed im "I wa th most most awes awesom om ee in ," says says he roud roud at er "I ar toge togeth ther er beca becaus us ibli ibling ng have have fami famili lial al voic voices es that that blen blen real real ea ly Itwa alwa alwa he ap co ld imag imagin ine. e. It almo almost st seem seemed ed ke at coul coul be th futu future re." ." Friend Friends, s, Les ackn acknow owle ledg dges es that that Furt Furthu hur' r' deve develo lopm pmen en cl fu im tour tourin in with with ur ur an play play ng Iha thou though ght. t. Ther Ther ar some some intr intrig igui uing ng opti option on that that ar star starti ting ng rese resent nt them themse selv lves es ut 'm alwa always ys on or al owin owin th ng to ha pe an orga orga ic na ural ural wa ra he ha tryi trying ng ct ee Mean Meanwh whil ile, e, Weirex Weirexpl plai ains ns that that when when it come come to Ra Dog, Dog, "t at cert certai ainl nl hasn hasn't 't ru av ec plat plat righ righ now, now, oo." oo." Thes Thes incl incl de Ma perf perfor orma manc nc with with Cali Califo forn rnia ia's 's Mari Mari Symp Symp on rche rchest stra ra an so acou acoust st ig at Su da ce Fi Fest Fest va hich hich ma ee
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Gratef Grateful ul Dea live live experi experienc ence. e. As fo fans fans wani waning ng ye no alto altoge geth ther er abat abated ed crit critic icis is of Kadl Kadlec ecik ik Weirresp Weirrespon onds ds an some some John John's 's play playin in an deli delive very ry ha drif drifte te bi from from soun soun in at much much ke Jerr Jerry. y. That That's 's ha we expe expect cted ed ha 's ha were we re an tth e, ee ec is oes. oes. When When ne oppo opport rtun unit it arri arrive ve harmonical harmonically, ly, rhythmica rhythmicallylly-whate whatever-h ver-he's e's er an ar fyo comp comple lete tely ly new, new, be pati patien ent, t, it will will-s -soo oon. n. Lesh Lesh agre agrees es "1th "1thin in John John as ga ne an en rm us amou amou of conf conf ence ence an os bl bein bein hims himsel el anym anymor ore. e. He's He's evol evolve ve to elli chan chan el Jerr Jerry.He y.He ca us elax elax an la so that that th cont contex ex of omen omen eter etermi mi es
Ev show show an ou sc edul edule. e. It's It's even even ed th bass bassis is to revi revisi si hi rece recent nt perf perfor orma manc nc es list listen enin in back back to live live reco record rdin ings gs "mos "mostl tl ee es while while we're we're playi playing, ng, II noti notice ce that that ther there' e' some some li tl arra arrang ngem emen en ha we idn' idn' ui Ili ck it up in rehe rehear arsa sal, l, Lesh Lesh says says Fro Kadlec Kadlecik' ik' perspe perspecti ctive: ve: "Music "Musicall ally, y, ey both both seem seem firewi firewith th he assi assi n. Ever Ever ay Ise he same same ener energy gy as iv ea ol on hris hris ma mo ning ning with with ne y. Lesh Lesh wh will will turn turn 71 in March, March, reflec reflects, ts, en ec won' won' le you. you. Ever Ever musi musica ca orga organi nism sm-a -and nd of it
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