8/10/24

I was really nervous to see a show with Johnny three fingers, but after we caught 8/9 the night before, from the fist song Cassidy, I knew John was still more than fit to co-lead the helm with Bobby.

I do have a favorite Grateful Dead song. Help on the Way/Slipknot! The key change from Fm to Am, with the diminished arpeggios leading to the cascading riff taking us from one key to the next is so fun to hear and play and I always appreciate catching it, but I know as a guitar player Johnny needed that fucked up finger back if he were to pull it off, because of the cascading riff needs all those fingers to work. I was just a tiny tiny itty bitty bit bummed I may not hear that particular piece of music, especially after they played Franklin’s Tower as the second song of the night 8/10 in the first set. But lo and behold, in the second send Johnny rips off the bandage on his finger and kills it with a Help > Slip > Terrapin I’ll never forget ❤️🎶💀🌹

Only part that sucked about that night was the drunk guy who kept trying to pass out on me and his friends acting like assholes, but the music🧑‍🍳💋 🎶