Happy 75th Birthday Pigpen
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"Such a long, long time to be gone and a short time to be here."
Sitting back today and listening to all the amazing stuff Pig contributed to the Grateful Dead. There was nothing like the early raw blues stuff that he did and the legendary Lovelights. But maybe nothing more moving than "The Stranger" Two Souls in Communion.
I always thought he was a fascinating character and often wondered wha the Dead would have developed like if he hadn't gotten sick and died. With all the different books about the band I'm surprised no one has ever done a full length definitive book about him.
Rip Pigpen thanks for the memories.
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Yeah that is one special song
Yeah that is one special song, and he just nails it with his hot soft soul.
Thanks Pigpen HBD
Well you know Katie Mae is a good girl
Folks say she don't run around at night
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Salute
Salute
https://m.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=632980480691184&id=125817421407495
im feeling like heading over to the cemetery
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Happy birthday, Pigpen.
Happy birthday, Pigpen.
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Happy Bday Pigpen
Happy Bday Pigpen
Shots All Around!
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all good
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buttttt
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we were there / our love will
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xox
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shots and beers and flowers
shots and beers and flowers and love --- so glad to touch the vein of energy and love of the Dead Heads and the band
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......AND LEAVE IT ON!!!!!!!!
......AND LEAVE IT ON!!!!!!!!
I'm glad you made it there today LLTD. Thanks for sharing the photos.
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LLTD, thanks for your
LLTD, thanks for your pictures and visiting Pigpen on this day. Nice to leave a memento from The Zone.
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Lltd always my hero.
Lltd, always my hero.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: krab
Fine soundboard of the last
Fine soundboard of the last show of the Core Five on 8/26 before Keith joined.
27 song blowout featuring last of 2 performances of Empty Pages, debut was on the 24th, followed by a unique version of Good Lovin'.
https://archive.org/details/gd71-08-26.sbd.dopey.1559.sbeok.shnf/gd71-08...
EMPTY PAGES
Lyrics By:Ron "Pigpen" McKernan
Music By:Ron "Pigpen" McKernan
Empty pages before my eyes, you not deny or criticize
Empty bedrooms where I paid my dues
Watching the ceiling instead of you
Can you tell me where you're goin', can't hold on to hear my song
I've got some songs I'd love to sing
Always bring down some other thing
Where can I go my hands are broken
It seems like your love is just a token, why won't you stay with me?
Up in the morning and out the door
She won't come in I gotta live alone
Back in the evening with the darn poor fool out
I got on mind just this gal, just this gal
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R.I.P. Pigpen
R.I.P. Pigpen
Chances are that if he had developed his symptoms 30 years later, he'd have been more able to successfully treat them:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_biliary_cholangitis
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Ty krab
Ty krab
empty pages = my eyes filled with tears
god fn bless America!
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have always thought pig pen
have always thought pig pen was overrated.
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I often think your opinions
I often think your opinions are "out of focus". But at least you are who you are
I could provide a "grandpa deadhead" response, but to each their own
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well alright then
well alright then
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abalone n silver from the
abalone n silver from the man
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Lance minimum goad Newberry
I've always felt that after
I've always felt that after the early years, even without his health issues Pig was a fading & ever-lessening member of the band, but this...
"have always thought pig pen was overrated"
Is either trolling or uneducated/shallow end thinking.
Do the homework kid.
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He was a very under-rated and
He was a very under-rated and under-appreciated blues harp player. Woulda been nice if he had been able to develop that for a bunch more years.
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^ Loved him some Slim Harpo,,
^ Loved him some Slim Harpo,, dirty swamp harp blues,, me too. Pigpen was da shit.
Well, I'm a king bee
Can buzz all night long
Well, I'm a king bee
Can buzz all night long
Well, I can buzz better, baby
When your man is gone
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: The Lonely Questioner
Still holding my
Still holding my controversial opinion that he was an overrated musician, even if I appreciate his artistic contributions to the band.
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It was the energy in the room
It was the energy in the room
that might be hard to appreciate from afar
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I think you are correct
I think you are correct
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Fun fact, the youngest age he
Fun fact, the youngest age he ever sang in a Good Morning Little Schoolgirl was "I don't care if you're 14 thats of age"
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That and Mexicali Blues are
That and Mexicali Blues are definitely not popular with the strong women in my household, thats fo sure