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On 5/25/2004 5:17:59 PM garymd wrote:
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On 5/25/2004 4:49:39 PM khorny wrote:
The Greatful Dead never recovered from the death of Pigpen. The horns, piano and chicks all sucked. At the end they got their act together again.
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Huh? They had 1 chick. Donna. The only horns were when Branford Marsallis would sit in on a show. Brent was an awesome keyboard player as was Bruce Hornsby who filled in after Brent's death.
Pigpen was the blues side of the Dead. He sat out on most of the pschyedelic stuff.
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Yea, I guess that the congas, tom-toms, bongos, gongs cymbals vibes and tamburine played themselves right? Up through his death in the Europe'72 era. Pigpen had more of the stage to himself than Phil Lesh and Bob Weir combined. He was the lead singer. Jerry tried to copy his voice after he left. I'm sure that you went to a lot of Dead concerts when you were in grammer school!