Grateful Deadthread ( Archived) (85)

Ever been to a Dead Show or a Rainbow gathering? Do tell.

You don't know? Wow. The Grateful Dead was a band. The lead singer died years ago. They had a huge following of Hippies who drove everywhere they played and camped in the parking lots. People would go to the show and the hippies would all be selling things in the lot. I used to buy and sell jewelry there when they came to Chicago. I made stained glass peace sign necklaces. Everybody there was all dressed up in totally weird fashions like floor length calico hand made hippie dresses with blue jeans underneath. There were girls with hairy legs, babies dressed in body paint and jingle bells, guys playing drums all over the place and the smell of barbecue and incense filled the air. Now, the surviving members still tour and there are lots of Grateful Dead cover bands who have some success. It was not just a band. It was a lifestyle and mindset.

Oh yeah. There were thousands and thousands of these hippies, so I figure that there must be at least a few on CS. then, the Rainbow Gathering is like the parking lot scene of The Dead with no big concert. They meet in forest preserves at scheduled times and places. I think they sound good except for the fact that rangers allegedly HATE them. Hippies are supposed to be all about ecology and not about trashing campgrounds. But other than that they sound awesome.

NO Deadheads at all? Hmm.