Prayers and beams for Frances Shurtliff
From: Joker4153@aol.com (This was posted on rec.music.gd. I am assuming it is true and accurate, and thus worth passing along here.) ### A message from Phil- The Grateful Dead have always relied on many people to produce the music that is the foundation for a magical community. Some of the people that make this journey possible are: the road crew, the office gang, management, and of course the Deadheads. But the unsung heroines are the real backbone of the Grateful Dead: the women who love us, feed us, raise our children, tend our gardens; who take care of business so we, the band and crew, can do our work with our minds and hearts filled with their unwavering love. The wife who has been with us the longest and who has been a loving inspiration to the women who followed her is Frances Shurtliff-Ramrod's wife, Rudson's mother. Frances has had many challenges in her life and has met them with strength, grace and great good humor. She is truly an inspiration to all of us, from the oldest (me) to all of the kids; from Justin and Taro all the way down to little Chloe. My kids still call her Mrs Thumblebee because they have fond memories of a game she played with them many years ago. Frances suffered a heart attack on Friday. She is holding her own, but could use love, light and prayers to help her come back to us. She is truly a light in this world that we need with us, so I am asking you to give {{{{{Five minutes for Frances}}}}}. We will all be praying, lighting candles, thinking good thoughts for Frances at 4 pst, 7 est tomorrow. On behalf of the Grateful Dead family that loves Frances so very much, we thank you. Phil Lesh
by Christian Crumlish at 3/22/2004 12:43:20 PM
The Vault via iTunes!
Holy shit!
The Grateful Dead is still putting its own archive out. Besides standard CD releases, the Dead is finalizing a deal with Apple's I-Tunes to make every live note they've ever recorded available for download. "Everything, sooner or later, will end up being released on the Web," Weir says. "What we wanna do is digitize our entire catalog, our entire collection of tapes...and make that stuff available. I think I-Tunes is up to that."[via Mike Stillman, NTAP]
by Christian Crumlish at 3/16/2004 02:53:05 PM
