Note: I am grateful for this entry from Kirk Leach, a friend from Franklin & Marshall College. The band had a profound influence on many F&M students in the '80s, and it's a pleasure to recall what we were thinking and doing back then. I came to the Dead relatively...
Jerry Garcia Life Lesson #6
Note: This entry is courtesy of John Shaski, a friend from Franklin & Marshall College. 'Ski and I were super fortunate in that we got to see the band tour Europe together in October 1990. Today, Ski and his family live in The ABQ, where he works in food waste...
Jerry Garcia Life Lesson #5
Continue in a course of action even in the face of difficulty or with little or no indication of success. Jerry Garcia Life Lesson #5: Persevere Grateful Dead formed in 1965. The band's first hit, "Touch of Grey," a song interestingly enough about perseverance,...
Jerry Garcia Life Lesson #4
It is fashionable today to "fail harder" and to "fail faster." These concepts from the worlds of communications and technology are meant to take the sting out of failure -- the purpose being to encourage the kind of risk taking that accelerates growth and positive...
Jerry Garcia Life Lesson #3
You have to learn the rules before you can begin to artfully deconstruct them. Of course, all serious artists and thinkers do learn the rules first, it's the artful deconstruction that eludes so many. Jerry Garcia Life Lesson #3: Defy Convention Jerry Garcia grew up...