Promontory Rider

Promontory Rider What makes you ride so high? To put a loving star Back in an empty sky #JerryGarcia #GratefulDead #entheogens #captaintrips #delysid

[Promontory Rider @JerryJoy69]

@ChiSportsTracks @AdamSchefter @NFL @ChicagoBears Day late and dollar short...

[Constituent 🇺🇸🌺🐦🕊️ 🕉️ @808constituent]

Bob Weir was different.

When I worked as the Grateful Dead's backstage dishwasher for their personal caterer, you rarely saw the band members, they mostly hung out in the green room. Meanwhile, their friends and family gathered in a large room with tables, chairs, and a buffet. Over on one side, there was a bunch of pinball and arcade games. The kids were mostly in there.

One time during intermission, Bobby was there too, playing the hoops game with the kids. Another time, I was sitting around a table with some folks, and he came up, sat down, and socialized. Come to find out, his family was among them.

That was classic Bobby Weir weirdness, the guy who could belt out "Truckin'" like a rock idol one minute, then turn into the world's most approachable dad the next, just goofing around with kids or chatting with random folks like he was at a backyard barbecue. While Jerry the rest of the band kept more to themselves in the green room, Bobby had this knack for slipping out into the real human chaos, blending right in, and making everyone feel like they were part of his extended family. It was that easygoing, slightly eccentric charm that made him stand out.

Fare thee well, Bobby. 🎸🕊️

[Roger McNamee @Moonalice]

If you would like to honor Bobby Weir, consider contributions to 2 orgs he was involved with:

1) Rex Foundation: the Dead created Rex 40 years ago to support causes that make the world better.

2) Sweetwater Music Hall: Bobby’s nonprofit venue

Links are in the next 2 posts.

[Ben Gardner @BenGardner87]

Hard to process the passing of Bob Weir. This is devastating.

A lot of people helped keep the Grateful Dead flame lit long after Jerry Garcia passed, but nobody more than Bob Weir.

Hard to imagine the Dead's cultural relevancy would be where it is without his efforts. 🌹💀

[Promontory Rider @JerryJoy69]

@NFL_DovKleiman 46 Doug Plank

[relix @RelixMag]

Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, Feminine Force Behind the @GratefulDead's 70s Era, Passes Away at 78

Read:
https://t.co/k11d6uuXZz

[Kevin Gallagher @KevG163]

Happy 86th Birthday, "Iron Mike"!

Mike Ditka

Highlights from the #Bears' 1963 NFL Championship season — the legendary tight end's first as an AP First-Team All-Pro

#DaBears

[Terrapin Nation @Terrapin_Nation]

Happy Birthday to @BobWeir, the man whose music has been making us all smile and dance for so many years. Here's to you making more music and bringing us more joy for many years to come, Bobby!
#BobWeir #Grateful #GratefulDead #Ace
@deadandcompany

[Jerry Garcia @jerrygarcia]

Happy birthday to @BKreutzmann — the rhythm devil who’s been keeping time since day one. 🥁🌹 Got a favorite moment of Billy behind the kit?

🔊 Interview with the Santa Clara Valley Historical Association on April 28, 1995, at the @GratefulDead office in San Rafael, CA

[JimiRocks @Jimi_Stella]

The bottle was dusty by the liquor was clean
Sound of the thunder and the rain fallin down
And it looks like the ole man is gettin on
#DeadHeadLife

[Kevin Shapiro @shapsio]

Merl Saunders.

[Grateful Dead @GratefulDead]

“I never used to like Bob Dylan until he came out with electric music…Boy, when ‘Bringing It All Back Home’ came out. Yeah, lovely. Very fine guitar player… Beautiful mad stuff. And that turned us all on, we couldn’t believe it.” - @JerryGarcia 

After @BobDylan's famous debut with an electric guitar at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965, followed by his electric reinterpretations of earlier songs, Jerry Garcia began to reconsider his approach to Dylan's music.

[Grateful Dead @GratefulDead]

In the studio with the Grateful Dead ⚡

Captured by Ron Rakow in January 1967, as the band recorded their debut album at RCA’s Studio A in Los Angeles. The album, produced by David Hassinger, was completed in just four days.

Photos via Retro Photo Archive

[Promontory Rider @JerryJoy69]

@Super70sSports Doug Plank

[Promontory Rider @JerryJoy69]

@BricenWeeks @NFL_DovKleiman Alluded

[Promontory Rider @JerryJoy69]

@StanleyRoberts @SharyelP51785 Condolences

[Promontory Rider @JerryJoy69]

@ChicagoBears Suck balls, each and everyone of them

[Promontory Rider @JerryJoy69]

@Ol_TimeFootball Thanks for sharing. I remember watching this on Chanel 2 in Chicago. Character is the first quality. Coach Ditka is a legend.

[Promontory Rider @JerryJoy69]

@JohnDensmore https://t.co/b7RA5cTSjD

[E @ElijahSchaffer]

White dudes for Kamala 🔥