My understanding is that Robert Hunter wrote the song when he was down in Mexico after reading about Stephen Gaskin. I believe Hunter mailed the poem to Jerry, he was surprised to see that Jerry wrote music to the jingle right way.
St. Stephen was an analogy to Stephen Gaskin (RIP).
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A. Because he was the first
A. Because he was the first saint to get stoned!
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I read that Bear made some L
I read that Bear made some L in Orinda near St Stephen's church.
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Garcia's funeral.
Garcia's funeral.
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That's a good story.
That's a good story.
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Hunter wrote the song when he
My understanding is that Robert Hunter wrote the song when he was down in Mexico after reading about Stephen Gaskin. I believe Hunter mailed the poem to Jerry, he was surprised to see that Jerry wrote music to the jingle right way.
St. Stephen was an analogy to Stephen Gaskin (RIP).
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That would be eulogy, I
That would be eulogy, I assume.
Hunter has denied it's about Gaskin.
And the tune was written in 67 or 68; S. Gaskin passed in 2014.
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Hunter said that he wrote the
No that is analogy. Hunter said that he wrote the poem in Mexico in the sixties to me this night.
Warm water bonging?
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Seeing the guy who yells
Seeing the guy who yells "Saint Stephen!!!" in the GD movie was freaking great on the big screen tonight.
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Oh well. I guess it's none
Oh well. I guess it's none specific. No can get royalty checks, not even a Saint (and definitely not Gaskin)
Let there be bong hits for all.
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I'm in.
I'm in.
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Owsley was busted in Orinda
Owsley was busted in Orinda and to get to his house you took the St. Stephen exit off Hwy. 24. Thus the song's title.
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Still one of my favorite
Still one of my favorite performances...
Grateful Dead - Saint Stephen - Live/Dead
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They didn't. Robert Hunter
They didn't. Robert Hunter did.
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SiriusXM aired a D&C version
SiriusXM aired a D&C version of St Stephen
it made my chest ache