| On February 22nd, "I saw Dead people." 5000 of them | | | | encore were the show highlights. |
| at the Carpenter Center at the University of Delaware. | | | | But the Dead are far from just brilliant musicians. The |
| I was one of them. And I was thrilled to be there. It | | | | Dead are, have been, and will continue to be brilliant |
| was a Furthur concert, the Bob Weir/Phil Lesh band. | | | | marketers. They have understood "social media" long |
| Doesn't get much more Dead than that. OK, no Hart or | | | | before PCs, blogs and twitter. The have always |
| Kreutzman, but no biggee. And the band's lead guitarist | | | | believed in building a community, sharing, the influence |
| is Jerry reincarnated. | | | | of others, and the power of belonging to something |
| The show was great. I've seen the Grateful Dead, | | | | bigger than oneself. If want to appreciate and |
| Other Ones, Garcia Band, Kingfish, Rat Dog, Furthur, et | | | | understand the brilliance of Dead marketing I |
| al maybe 40-50 times. On the Dead Head scale that | | | | encourage you to read Joshua Green's: Management |
| makes me a novice, but still puts me into the lower tier | | | | Secrets of the Grateful Dead in the March 2010 |
| of serious fan. They make me feel good. Always did. | | | | Atlantic |
| Always will. | | | | It's an incredibly insightful, well written article. I learned a |
| For you Dead Heads the set list was first rate: | | | | ton. |
| Set 1: Here Comes Sunshine, I Need a Miracle, | | | | I leave every Dead concert smiling, but yearning for |
| Estimated Prophet Candyman, Maggie's Farm | | | | the songs they didn't play that evening. I will never be |
| Alabama Getaway, Black Peter Cosmic Charlie | | | | fully satisfied and therefore never have enough. This |
| Set 2: The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion), Jack | | | | August it'll be 15 years since Jerry's passing, the same |
| Straw, Cold Rain And Snow, Peaceful Valley, Sugaree | | | | week as Mickey Mantle's death-a really bad week for |
| Revolution, Terrapin Station, Throwing Stones | | | | my boyhood idols. Though Jerry's been gone almost 15 |
| E: Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues, Ripple | | | | years, the music of the Dead lives. Nothing better than |
| Alabama Getaway in the first set and Ripple as the | | | | that. |