![]() The Grateful Dead has always been collectively dedicated to many ideals: family, community, freedom, risk-taking-but for me it was always the music. Early in his book, Phil describes the unique bond forged by the members of the Dead: The Dead dealt with the shocks by immersing themselves in the healing powers of music and collaboration. “By this time we were all in a state of extreme apprehension, metaphorically looking over our shoulders and wondering: What next?” The specter of death seemed to haunt the band: while playing a gig at Fillmore East they learned of the sudden passing of Jimi Hendrix a few weeks later, their show at Winterland was interrupted by the news that Janis Joplin had died of a heroin overdose, a death that hit much closer to home. Phil wasn’t the only member of the Dead dealing with parental loss Jerry Garcia’s mother also died during this period. The quote appears in Phil’s readable and insightful biography, Searching for the Sound: My Life with the Grateful Dead. Thank the Lord for music it’s a healing force beyond words to describe. The second quote relates to the emotional milieu surrounding the recording and comes from Phil Lesh, whose father suffered from terminal cancer and died near the end of the recording sessions: Having abandoned the however-long-it-takes orientation of their experimental period on Workingman’s Dead, the recording process consumed a total of three action-packed and emotionally heightened weeks. Even Pigpen joined in the fun with a solo composition. ![]() Of course, Robert Hunter and Jerry Garcia led the way in that area, but Hunter also collaborated with Phil Lesh and Bob Weir on two equally superb songs and both Phil and Bob received songwriting credit for the album’s lead single. First, let’s hear from Jerry Reed:Īmerican Beauty was released a mere five months after Workingman’s Dead, in large part due to a collective songwriting hot streak. "We take peace in knowing that Justina and her very best friend, Josh, spent their last moments together, enjoying their passion and friendship," Hughes' family said in a statement. "We also take comfort in knowing that many other lives were saved because they became, albeit unaware, a shield for others. And because of that, they will forever be heroes.We’ll set the stage for this review with two quotes. The passengers killed were identified by family members as best friends Justina Hughes and Josh Orr. The number rose to nine pedestrians, Smith said Tuesday, adding that one pedestrian suffered life-altering injuries and the rest should make full recoveries. Police initially said three pedestrians were struck and hospitalized. The two passengers in the Outlander were killed, and the driver suffered non-life-threatening injuries, according to police. That’s when he crashed into the Outlander, sending both vehicles “through a group of pedestrians that were in the crosswalk,” police said in a statement. “At this time, Avery sped up, crossed into the oncoming lane of traffic and appears to have intentionally been driving towards the pedestrian crossing,” Smith said. At 12:52 a.m., Avery drove the Ford Expedition on West Ridge Road toward where police officers were stopping traffic to allow pedestrians to cross.
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