I’m pretty sure it’s universally accepted that non-deadheads will never truly understand deadheads. I’ve known a few, from high school, through college and beyond. I never got it. Then again, I’ve never seen the Dead live. The recordings take on new life in concert I’m sure. But I can still appreciate 1970 as a prolific era for this band, pumping out both Workingman’s Dead and American Beauty in a single year. And I can still appreciate “Box of Rain” for throwing in a few chord progressions that I didn’t see coming.

“What do you want me to do, to do for you to see you through? For this is all a dream we dreamed one afternoon long ago.”