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sorry Brohs, not Bernie - Patrick Joseph Leahy, the senior United States Senator from Vermont, a seat to which he was first elected in 1974.
Leahy's oldest son, who attended the University of Vermont, invited his father to join him and his friends at a Grateful Dead show many years ago. Leahy was smitten, and he and his wife, Marcelle, attended several of the band's concerts.
"Marcelle and I would sit there on the stage right by the sound guy so we could see the whole show," Leahy said. He recalled one concert in Maryland shortly before Garcia died when the front man asked the Leahys for their favorite Grateful Dead song; they told him "Black Muddy River." The band hadn't played that tune in years but chose it for their final encore that night, then Garcia bowed toward the couple when the song was done.
"We were both touched," Leahy said, "but the crowd went wild. He said, 'You know, we ought to put that back in our repertoire.'"
July 16, 1994 photo taken by the Senator
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And now that dude is Phil
And now that dude is Phil Lesh's roadie
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Jerry looks like an OG
Jerry looks like an OG hipster wearing shorts with black socks. He rarely wore shorts. In all the pictures from Egypt in '78, he's in full-length jeans. But that was dry heat. July in D.C. is like living in a terrarium. The humidity is off the charts.
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They brought it back 6-24-95
They brought it back 6-24-95
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That's correct, my second to
That's correct, my second to last show.
And Jerry wore shorts pretty frequently in the 90's.
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And they had on-stage AC at
And they had on-stage AC at that point.