Grateful Dead Tour Head-Big Steve on Phil Lesh Dosing Every Show, Ever? + Phil Summer Tour 2022

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Hey now Heads!!!
I called The Big Steve Hour on The Grateful Dead Channel 7-14-22 and asked Big Steve Parish about the rumor that Phil Lesh dosed at every Grateful Dead show. YOU MUST HEAR Big Steve's answer! Its truly amazing and seemingly superhuman!
He also spoke about Phil and Friends Tour 2022 and about him being in older footage as an early Rhythm Devil, newly redone to 1080P by Christopher Hazard.
This is a great one! Thanks again Steve!!!! You allow us in and we appreciate it.
Nordy
Check out the killer remastered footage by Christopher Hazard and support his ceaseless efforts here:
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Tour Head details forty years of crazy road stories, spanning my teen to adult life traveling to experience The Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia Band and now, Dead and Company. Tour Head chronicles the road trips, acid trips, and mind flips, and all the ensuing hijinks that went down inside, outside and in between those hundreds of concerts I attended. In a sense, we all became an individual part of the Grateful Dead shows and a collective part of the parking lot scene that evolved into "Shakedown Street". Tour Head rolls down a window to the ways of the road and the extreme lengths Tour Heads will go, sometimes running literally on fumes... all for that miracle ticket to enjoy one more Grateful Dead gig. A humorous, yet unflinching look at a life spent in pursuit of a musical dream. Told from the perspective of someone who is not a musician in a traveling band, just a rabid fan, so obsessed that darkness would set in if even a few shows were missed!
From being pulled over on acid in Utah, to selling the standard veggie sandwiches, to smuggling weed, to dancing in Madison Square Garden, the stories, much like the music, never stopped. So, I'm telling them to you now, while the most precious memories are still intact! Join myself and my friends on our journey of awakening, experienced on the road, living it up across America, following the legendary tripping earth ship known as The Grateful Dead.
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[@Sampozsik333]

Hey ive know Christopher Hazard in my scene for years! Grate man, He is a hometown hero in my neck of the woods! Thanks for this Tour Head this interview was special !!

[@tourhead]

Hey Sam! You are very welcome! Glad you liked it!

[@tylerthompson1842]

I think he probably was hip to micro dosing or possibly in his case slightly more than micro dosing before anyone else. We all set a side a night or two to blow it out and take it to the edge which takes a toll and requires recovery time, but if you’re just doing enough to give you that electric energy you could keep it going. Especially as a musician on tour it’s a much better alternative to cocaine that’s for sure

[@tourhead]

Hey Tyler! Phil may have been an early smaller dose pioneer. But, I wonder what he considered small? lol

[@peterjv8748]

We microdosed before it was microdosing. We just called it eatin' slivers.

[@bluecollar825]

​@@peterjv8748you talking about the extra bits that would be past the perforations of a sheet? Lol they would always be like partial hits. We ate them too but not in microdose amounts. Those were extras.

[@Justdon-s2s]

@@peterjv8748 Every sheet had that slivered edge! WoW, we kept our wits while others were losing their shits!

[@foresttemple1380]

Well once in my life I was pleased to have both..and oh boy ..I can only say, that being a drummer, I felt like drumming that night. 😺

[@Hazard4K]

Thanks for the Shout Out! Just saw this !

[@tourhead]

Anytime Hazard! Keep up the good work! You are appreciated!

[@angeloalberico1699]

Great job. Good on you plugging Christopher Hazard. Been enjoying his content for a long time!

[@tourhead]

Hell yeah! Christopher does great things man!!!! Thanks for watching!!!!

[@edhorton2766]

@@tourhead He's really good at what he does. Top notch for sure.

[@tourhead]

@@edhorton2766 For sure Ed!

[@DULLKNOLL]

Shout out to Christopher Hazard woo woo! Thanks Nordy that's so rad..... wow! Good stuff.

[@tourhead]

Hey now Dull! Chris did all the epic transfers and I was pretty sure Big Steve had not seen them yet. I knew he would be stoked to hear/see them!!!! Did you get a Bobby ticket for HooDoo in Sisters in September yet? Get one if not!!!

[@DULLKNOLL]

@@tourhead now that I know about it I will look into that. That sounds amazing I hope I can manage that

[@Sampozsik333]

Aww yeah Chris Hazard is the Man!

[@damnright4]

I really enjoy the Big Steve Hour....Look forward to it every week...

[@tourhead]

Damn Right, damnright! I do as well!

[@alanwardley9901]

Nordy is a Portland Gem, used to skateboard with him way back in the 80's! Great questions and big respect to Parish! I could listen to those storys for days.

[@tourhead]

Why thanks Alan! Here's to years. Skating and The Dead!

[@jeffriley2218]

​@@tourheadThanks for this

[@truthtoad]

I met Big Steve at Shoreline, my friend Bonnie was introducing me when Bill pulled up on a Harley...probably Steve's bike, what a day!

[@jordana99]

Been enjoying Chris Hazard’s vids too! This was really interesting Nordy.

[@tourhead]

Thank you Jordana. It was really fun to ask that Phil question!

[@nataliezementbeisser1492]

We all need the buddy system! Thanks for dosing so many times, Phil! Hahahaha It worked hahaha

[@tourhead]

Yes!

[@martinmartin8871]

1981 Ventura wall of sound, second set, opener the earth moved via Phil. The lows were palpably traveling in the ground. The highs in the skies . . .

[@tourhead]

Hey M M ! PHIL! Ventura was always the coolest! Loved it there. I go to Skull & Roses festival there in April every year now!

[@chrisgould7606]

1981? Maybe a different year?

[@ChicoEscuela]

Ventura 82 on, wall of sound retired in 74, other than that spot on

[@frankiebarton907]

Great call! Happy to hear that about Phil! Proof that psychedelics can enhance without impeding performance.

[@tourhead]

Hell yeah!! Phil kept on going...........and still does!

[@JessicaJohnson-mv7lb]

Or you can dose like Santana did at Woodstock and play hottest set ever. Or Dic Ellis pitching a no hitter tripping balls.

[@jacknotreallyjackstrawfrom7109]

Nice shout out to my man Hazard!!

[@tourhead]

Hell yeah Jack! Hazard rules!!!!

[@Strik9]

Mr Ready Kilowatt!!! ( : I read that Phil Lesh and Jerry Garcia both loved Sci Fi, Ice Nine! Christopher Hazard is cool! My cousin saw Judas Priest, said lead singer put microphone in muffler of a Harley on stage! Hahaha

[@tourhead]

Hey Strik. Sometimes I miss posts on some of my earlier vids. Trying to catch up!!! Ive seen Priest also when Rob rides out on stage! So fun!

[@janbudin5900]

Phil Love. Amazing

[@tourhead]

PHIL! Always my favorite! Thunder bass

[@woodystemms3799]

Keep in mind that the "dose" that Mr. Lesh used/uses was very, very, "clean". That is, it was well made and fresh. Both make a significant difference. It's all head, no body. ( I know from personal experience ) Acid breaks down in the presence of light and air, so freshness counts. In addition, even poorly made "relations" also have an effect, so many people have never had "real" LSD.

[@tourhead]

So true Woody! Phil probably had ultra fresh doses considering how close he was to the sources of the times.

[@joshuagarland1369]

Breaks down in light? How can you get light inside your body after you take the LSD? it's dark in there

[@woodystemms3799]

@@joshuagarland1369 Cute. There's plenty of light when it blows out your butt.

[@cosmicslopass]

Yeah you get it. No substance in the world beats some doses fresh off the presses. Xtal hops right into your soul and beams out

[@terryrollins1973]

😂

[@TheloniousCube]

I remember the motorcycle on stage at the Greek Theater in Berkeley ('82? '83?) - Hell's Angels in the audience, so I thought it was them. Also the first time I had "real fresh clean" acid straight right off the presses - a wild night for sure!

[@tourhead]

Awesome!!!!!!

[@BruceBannerEVENHIGHER-kb3ko]

So awesome 👏 thank you

[@tourhead]

Such a good time Bruce. Thanks for listening with us!!!

[@charlesrforman664]

Little warrior Julian, your in my prayers, the universe is taking good care of you. Just keep on keeping on, many, many blessings 2 you & your family ✝️🎵🧑‍🎄🎶

[@maureenobrien7895]

I've been good friends with Steve back in the '80's ! Met him in May 1981 in San Francisco when I was staying with my uncle Dave a nuclear physicist @ Berkeley. Steve was one person in the dead family that was so fun to talk to! He likes to shoot the shit, lol!! I was like his little sister for a few years he & I would walk around & talk & get high! Steve is an honest, caring Good guy, kind & on the edge or as Jer would say a "freak", just like me! 😛

[@tourhead]

Hi Maureen! Thanks for the awesome reply! Have you called in to say hello to him or do you still say hello in person? I've met Steve a few times now and he is always cool and open to talk! Did you just hang with Steve when The Dead were in the Bay Area or did you go on tour also? 81 was my first show!

[@maureenobrien7895]

@@tourhead Hey Now my bro oh man I'm a 50 yr deadhead this year! Lol! Still do tours! Of course! I talk to Steve on his show every so often but my memory is meh.. So I like to listen! Love my Steve He was so good to me when we met. Just like he is on the show except a Little more excitedly uptight for his job, sometimes! Understandably! He was in charge of everyone & everything going on up on stage & under it too, lol!! He & the Dead Family liked me cuz I was a hard working RN in College but Massive deadhead from NY who came to SF a lot. They called me the "smart" Deadhead, haha! He wanted to hook me up with Jerry said we'd get along great but He was my hero. I was up on Dead stage for years 81-85! 100's of shows! Hung with Steve at many, many JGB shows too! Jackie & Gloria gave me a handwritten set list by Jerry & signed by him! Much memorabilia. Know Bobby well, too. Partied with him. Lots of others. Candice & Harry & Danny Rifkin & Rock Skully before he passed. Sue Stephens and of course Ramrod who was the BEST guy of all! Like Steve says! I got you brother & you got me forever & God Bless our little. Deadhead Angel 👼 Julian. 💘 & ✌

[@tourhead]

@@maureenobrien7895 Woo hoo! Your in the background scene. Very cool! I'm at 42 years of shows now, myself. I still do tours as well. Not full ones, but I do what I can afford. I still love the big show Dead lot and scene, as much as the music , so I'm compelled to stay on The Golden Road. I call in to Steve's show approx every three month'. They let me on about a dozen times now. I go by Nordy. Tour Head is the name of my book, but I use it for social media etc. I used to see Steve getting a little "excitedly uptight" now and again. lol He was so tall I used to call him the backstage shark fin because his head and shoulders were above the amps as he walked behind them. Being up on stage must have been awesome. I never got to know anyone on crew, I was always out in the crowd running around. I'm a wanderer at shows! I did always want to see what it looked like to the band looking out at all of us though. Photos and video don't do it real view justice, I don't believe. Very cool that you could see it from that perspective! I love memorabilia. Sounds like you have some fantastic pieces. Do you frame your stuff up or keep it tucked away? I'm on a mission to frame everything. Got about 60% done. And then I get two new posters. lol. Those are amazing friends to have had and still have. The people who made Tour happen. The reason the musicians had the stage to stand on! The sound. Lights. Logistics. All of it. Cheers to you and your friends. Here's to Julian being the strongest little Dead Head out there! Very nice chatting with you Maureen.

[@gregchamberlin1968]

Phil= science fiction living😄 that's beautiful man lol. Grate talk Nordy, thanks for sharing man😀. You sound good on the radio✌💚.

[@tourhead]

Hey Greg! Thanks! It is always fun to talk with Big Steve. Modern living through chemicals!

[@joergie6008]

Right on I was listening to this .. and was like No way it’s Nordy 😎🤙🏼so cool how our worlds overlap one way or another .. Dead Family always & forever

[@jimgroff6880]

Yeah this is so cool

[@tourhead]

Yeah Joergie! I heard Steve briefly say Phil dosed at every show, so I had to ask for the details. I'm glad your were tuned in brother!!!!!

[@tourhead]

@@jimgroff6880 Thanks Jim.

[@jimgroff6880]

@@tourhead welcome. Cool video

[@jimparker7778]

Listen to Phil's bass on the first minute or two of Cumberland Blues on Workingman's Dead. Name me another bassman anywhere with those tempos, syncopations and octaves.

[@tourhead]

I agree with you 100% Jim!

[@bluewolf5925]

That is so nice to know. I have loved Phil for a long time. I feel like he has kept the original light of the Dead going all these years. In Feb of 2001 in Portland Phil played 2 shows. I was in the balcony the 2nd night. After the show Phil said thanks, I have not gotten high in a long time. I thought he meant smoking ganja. Since I saw him, and the Q all huddle up and pass a bowl around before the encore. I now think he might have meant something else that night.

[@tourhead]

Hey Blue Wolf. I agree with you about Phil keeping it real! I was at those Roseland shows in Portland as well. New Speedway, Cryptical, Other One opener second night was fire!!! Phil always smoked weed on stage. I agree and do believe he did mean something different with that comment that night!!! Thanks for the post!!!!

[@D-Fens_1632]

Isn't that around the time Steve tried being a roadie for Phil? Joel Selvin's book made it sound like the kind of environment where Jill would absolutely not have tolerated any sort of environment where chemicals could affect a show. But there's also a lot I question about that book.

[@susiefairfield7218]

"you got me and i got you"🤗❤⚡💙 💞👥💞Gr8 Interview Nordy!👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 Chris Haz appreciates it too..he said so Love that about the special effects & seeing that on those videos too YOU know r love for Big Steve will not fadeaway!! 💨💨💨💨BwaaawwRRRpp 💨💨💨💨BWAAAWAARPP

[@hashburystumble8808]

"I Got You, Babe"

[@susiefairfield7218]

@@hashburystumble8808 hey now stachbury humble ✌🏽Hope your have a Gr8 C🐱aturday!🤘🏾💞🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎩❤⚡💙🙋

[@tourhead]

Hey Susie! I never knew where a lot of those sounds came from when we were in the audience. I always thought they were soundboard guys tossing in recording bits, especially from 83-89. Turns out a lot of it was Big Steve!!! Hazard helped us all see the real back sounds!!!!

[@susiefairfield7218]

@@tourhead yeAAAH MAAAN🤘🏾 findin out gnu stuff. .... ever ah ry day-zah 😊🙏❤⚡💙🌱

[@darickbonebrake6774]

Christopher Hazard is amazing

[@tourhead]

He most certainly is!!!! Thanks for watching Darick!

[@jefkooper4290]

Ballad of a Deadhead: A Long Strange Trip to the Promised Land Come set sail on a magic ship With a merry crew and a Captain Trips Electric blue and rosy red This is my tale of the Grateful Dead It's a hand me down, this water of life There is a fountain streaming bright Mysteries of a dark star crash A dream we dreamed, built to last. Once there was an ice cream kid, just seventeen Involved in a typical daydream When a box of rain drifted through the air Like all that fancy paints, as fair Looking through a windowpane Under a cherry tree, in the rain... The cherries dripped with water, it's true But soon the cherries were drippin' too Now this was really quite fantastic Realit-y-e-lastic A cosmic bone had to be fetched To see how far it could be stretched. Back on the East Coast in seventy-five The Garcia band looked alive! Nikky Hopkins tickled the keys It made me weak in the knees Jerry looked like a teddy bear And he let songs fill the air I took a piece of paper in Whiskers sprouted from my chin I hitch-hiked to the Great Northwest In Bigfoot County I came to rest Tee-Pees in community Kind folks sharin' and livin' free Then it was onto Portland town, The heart of gold band was coming around It was seventy-seven in the City of Roses I don't know, it must have been the doses... I knew I was on the bus, them voices with which, I did discuss... The Universe according to Peter Pan And a place called never never land I just gave it all my best Could I pass the acid test? A bolt of lazy lightning struck We had another run of better bad luck The stars shone bright The medicine crept Morning came We barely slept. Above the Mile High City lie giant bones The ancient ones, the Red Rock stones Marked the path to heaven's gate Before the Egypt trip of seventy-eight The lightning crashed and called the thunder In a twilight zone of elemental wonder The band played "Looks Like Rain" And all the Deadheads felt the same The cloud burst open at the end of the song Estimated>Eyes, we sang along Cool rain fell, our eyes were seein' We were one, with all bein' Oakland Aud, seventy-nine Warm feelings at Christmas time For the roses we had run All aboard the ship of the sun Fish rose like birds into the lights Not fading away on through the night I believe it was a sacred day We still think of it that way June twelfth, eighty, St. Helen's blew Fire on the mountain and the ashes flew "Quakes are gonna break the West Coast loose, escape to Alaska on the band's caboose!" The Northern Lights were blowin' away We needed a miracle every day Seattle was one more Saturday night Between the dark and the light Oregon field trip, eighty-two The sky was yellow and the sun was blue Althea, Day Job, West L.A. Peter Rowan in the way The dust rose and the rainbow people spun Fancy free to anthems of the sun Kesey played referee Fielding dreams of Casssidy Passengers, me and you Through splintered light Into morning dew Through time and space We followed the Band On a long, strange, trip to the promised land. There were valleys and there were peaks A favorite venue was "The Greeks!!!" At the first note of "Shakedown" Phil's bass thunder shook the town A killer version of "Jack Straw" Left the daytrippers in awe The city cops were mean and tough Bustin' heads, the game got rough A foul wind of cruel power In the shadow of Franklin's tower When the band took a break, Jerry played at home With Kahn and Seals at the Berkeley stone A blind man stood at the gate The line was a party, we enjoyed the wait! Jerrry'd walk right through the crowd Guitar held high and head held proud All his friends they came around And he never let that deal go down. Downtown Eugene's incredible Hult Was home to a dozen lightning bolts Hippies dressed in formal attire Connected to a live/dead wire Ragtime, gospel, cajun, country, Jazz, blues, improv funky Mellow acoustic, electric shockin' Drums/space music never stopped Rockin, Smokin' Rollin' like a wheel down a dusty road With Tennessee Jed and Ramblin' Rose Park City, Utah's a a beautiful place You'll lose your breath; it'll steal your face Altitude, high time Bear's choice? Alligator wine! Seemed like ev'ry song was fittin' Bobby roared like a lion Jerry purred like a kitten The storyteller's unfolding chapters Orchestrated with X factors Bob Dylan, Santana, Etta James, The Nevilles Saints of circumstance, friends of the devil Between the lines rang a silent bell A sound no human tongue could tell Autzen Stadium we did squeeze In with the beloved "Keze" Onto Furthur! a magic bus Carrying all of us Spinnin' that phantom driving wheel He was the fastestmanalive, Cowboy Neal But the days between like honey flowed Across the lazy river road Portland Meadows, ninety five Was the last time we saw Jerry live Playin' "this could be the last time" We knew it could be more than rhyme The splintered ship lay wrecked aground Lost sailors searching for the sound Of the old man standing on the moon and the harp unstrung that caught the tune The storyteller was all paid With the gold of sunshine days Through the ages, down the years A mission in the rain of a million tears God save the child who rings that bell No time to tell how, we might as well Keep the mother rollin' On through the station Like a northbound train To Terrapin... jef kooper

[@cosmicslopass]

Loved this , hope you write poetry consistently, you're excellent!

[@jefkooper4290]

@@cosmicslopass Thank you so much mi bruddah!!! Peace from Southern Oregon

[@lukefish7562]

Well done. ⚡️💀⚡️

[@jefkooper4290]

@@lukefish7562 Thanks bud!!!

[@jimbowilly1904]

I also dose before every show I play, it opens you up to the possibilities that are all around when you’re jamming.

[@tourhead]

Awesome! Hell yeah Jimbo!

[@SteveCutlerLive]

I So agree its only turned on me once due to an accidental puddling 🙊💁‍♂️

[@traderjoe141]

Bass Great,Lesh Philling

[@dougjardine-r9e]

PHIL IS MY FAVOURITE GREATLE!!

[@tourhead]

YES! Phil. Always my favorite.

[@stevewestall1482]

Hey Nordy ! Great conversation with Big Steve✌️ How about Phil dosing at most shows ! And I thought he was the less altered band member of the Boyz 🤔in their later years of touring. Maybe that's what keeps him searching for the sound 😛😉🎶☯️☮️

[@tourhead]

Hey Steve! It probably is what keeps him cranking it out! And at the normal Grateful Dead speed! lol

[@stevewestall1482]

@@tourhead so are you saying mabey perhaps just in case. . Bobby should (too strong?) Could almost dose ???

[@ericzeitner1811]

Great lore from a great guy for the best community! ✌️😎🐢

[@tourhead]

Steve is the man!

[@clovergrass9439]

Around 98% of the gigs, amazing.

[@morningdew5872]

Nordy in Oregon ☀️⚡🙏⚡☀️

[@tourhead]

Hey now Dew!!!! ( I'm supposed to be Nordy in NY yesterday and today. LOL Never trust your book publishers deadline projection). Thanks for watching!!!!! Big Steve is the best!!!!

[@Uncle_B83]

A rainier guy I see. Just like Longmire.

[@tourhead]

Yum! Cheers!!!!!

[@littermonks]

Thank the goddess that I never got any "real" acid. The stuff I did almost killed me. I wouldn't suggest LSD (real or not) to anyone at anytime or anywhere.

[@michaelchurchill1889]

That explains his unique bass approach

[@yourmomma2995]

CH Rocks, i always watch his remakes.

[@dontfusscallruss7767]

Elavil dropping bombs

[@tadowjonez]

Peace

[@tourhead]

Peace!

[@OspreyVision]

So, did the lsd affect his liver? Owsley acid was the best! So clean and uplifting. Nothing really like it. So good you could take it at every show....and sleep as well feeling refreshed the next day.

[@tourhead]

Hey Osprey. That is a really good question. I've never heard that lsd had anything to do with it, but its possible. Very cool that you got to experience some Owsley!

[@OspreyVision]

@tourhead >> Thanks for the reply! Was lucky to have family connections back in the day. Those were the days 🤙

[@toddmorrissey8372]

Nah. His liver issues were caused by having both Hep C undiagnosed for years combined with his years of heavy drinking. He was diagnosed with Hep C in the early 90s, but he figured he was infected in the mid 60s, so that's many years for it to eat away at the liver. It's miraculous that he's still thriving. Most transplant patients get about 10-15 yrs out of the new organ before issues arise again, often necessitating ANOTHER transplant.

[@tourhead]

@@toddmorrissey8372 Thank you Todd.

[@toddmorrissey8372]

@@tourhead sure thing, dude.

[@lukefish7562]

Nice work! That was great!

[@tourhead]

Fun times Luke!!!!

[@stephengrahn9361]

I always heard if they had a tie-dye on they wer tripping. Only phil,mickey,and billy only wver wore them and not every show either.

[@tourhead]

You never know.........lol

[@DonOG83]

I'm trying to find the Phil bomb sticker on the book shown in the the thumbnail.

[@tourhead]

Hey Don. My friend AcidicJew is on Instagram. He has them and other cool stickers also!!!

[@DonOG83]

@@tourhead Very cool, just bought some from the acidicjew. Thanks for sharing

[@alansilverman8500]

He Phil-ed the void...!

[@tourhead]

Philed the space void!

[@olavista1977]

Phil zone

[@drewbonsall384]

Phil led the dead sorry jerry and Phil always had A smile when jamming

[@garageboy2172]

I have a question for Steve . . About Jerry. A bit sensitive. Can I get in touch u Steve somehow?

[@tourhead]

Just call the show.

[@mokeski2196]

Bill Walton?

[@tourhead]

Well, as history normally states,, everyone has a tripping rival.... Are Phil and Bill in a friendly, long term dosing competition.....?

[@cryptocaddie]

Rrrrrrraaaaaaaiiiiiii, neeeeeeeeeeeeeer,Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerrrrr!!!

[@Jim-f6d]

Zappa played a bicycle

[@tourhead]

That was tuned by a fish.

[@jonathanryals9934]

You can't dose up every day you need at least 2 dose down days for every dose up day or you have to start waiting all over for the next dose up day.

[@bobdobs23]

Depends what effects you wa t.

[@professormacdeezy]

what if you increase the dose lol

[@commontater8630]

"Big Steve Parish"? Dang, you'd think you could spell the guy's name right in the Description. Burnout case?

[@tourhead]

Hey Tater. What you talkin about? Burnout case or not, I spelled it correctly. Maybe put you're glasses on? Steve's own book is in my video the entire time. With his name spelled the same way I spelled it. How do you spell it? lol

[@commontater8630]

@@tourhead My bad, was convinced it was spelled with two "R's. Must have crossed wires...talk about burnout!

[@tourhead]

All good man! I checked the spelling first so i wouldn't piss him off! haha@@commontater8630

[@gratefuldoge8598]

Someone send me a vial😅

[@tourhead]

oh, the days!!!!!!!!

[@bluecollar825]

I'm not saying Steve wasn't an integral part of the GD roadshow, but I swear he talks as if he was a musician in the band or a major contributor to their creative process lol. I love it tho he dedicated his life to it.

[@tourhead]

Hey Blue. Big Steve carried the creative process on his shoulders every night up the ramp to the stage..lol The life dedication part is intense. Big commitment to live outside of normal society on the road. Thanks for the reply!

[@bluecollar825]

@@tourhead well when you put it like that!!! 🤣✌

[@johnkiefer3768]

Phil has heaped a lotta mud at Jerry.......justified??

[@tourhead]

Hey John, Good question. That's a hard one to to answer since friends interact way more personally than we ever see. From things I've read they were off and on many times. Didn't Jerry push Phil down some stage stairs once? A lot goes down in 30 years of band mate/friendship. That's my take on it at least!! Whether its justified or not, I couldn't say. Friends are deep!

[@classygary]

Who’s talking here Randy Macho Man Savage . BTW I read his book years ago and thought to myself… this dudes nearly illiterate 🤣

[@tourhead]

Hey Classy Gary. It could be The Macho Man. Have you ever seen a picture of Macho Man and Big Steve together? I have not. lol If you think his book was written in an illiterate way, you should read mine!

[@babyblutube-s5j]

I’m not surprised to hear this . I always wondered what the hell Phil was hearing. His playing was so random that it became distracting. A bass player has to to anchor the song with the root notes on the one at least occasionally….with his six string bass he was really a low frequency lead guitar player…..and once Bob stopped playing consistently maybe due to never practicing….all you had to hold the song down was Jerry, whose masterful playing wasn’t enough to hold everything up…..in the later years, everyone else in the band was just fucking around while Jerry still took his playing seriously.

[@mikeyoumans1109]

Cb

[@littermonks]

So you sound like a straight ahead rock guy. Not sure what you were doing listening to the dead? Yes - at times they played some very straight forward rock. I think the band improved enormously from 78 - 89 and really perfected their musical craft even though enormous issues were going on behind the scenes. Phil's playing was incredibly refreshing - especially for those burnt out from typical players and typical approaches. I think those original members still playing have made it into an irish funeral experience for Jerry Garcia - its painful to listen to but the fans just gobble it up and pay any price. What is your take on Oteil? I can hardly hear any bass at all from Dead and Co.

[@Rockandrollgeerage]

Who is Julian? I would like to know more about him.

[@tourhead]

Hey now Geerage. Thanks for asking. Julian is a young man around six years old. He has a certain form of cancer and has been battling it bravely. He loves listening to The Grateful Dead and The Big Steve Hour. His parents helped him call in one day and he and Steve have been friends since. Julian even has a Jerry and a Big Steve doll! The dolls sit with him and keep him comforted along with his parents. We all send out love and best wishes to him as he continues his treatments. Steve mentions him almost every show so when he's listening he knows we are all sending out good health vibes to him.

[@JessicaJohnson-mv7lb]

Doc Ellis pinched a no hitter on a full dose ride. Or How Jerry gave Santana a full hit of acid before he went on stage at Woodstock . Break on thru.

[@tourhead]

Hey Jessica. Those are great questions!! I would like to know more about both stories. I heard Carlos mention it briefly once, in an interview, but he didn't expound on it.....

[@JessicaJohnson-mv7lb]

@@tourhead Yea Doc was a character. I’m not advocating LSD while ya got something important to do. But it just blows my mind. Only 322 no hitter since 1874- ish . So it boogies my mind. He pitched it June 12.. 1970.

[@tourhead]

That's awesome Jessica ..I will look the entire story up! Must have been wild to be on the mound in the middle of the whole stadium. Sounds like he got the super focus going! @@JessicaJohnson-mv7lb

[@granthurlburt4062]

Carlos didnt expect to be playing immediately and I doubt whoever gave him the LSD knew he was going right on either. He felt he was lucky that it worked out

[@JessicaJohnson-mv7lb]

@@granthurlburt4062 It was Jerry Garcia himself.It was his actual face on paper.

[@gilthethrill9179]

Bullsh!t. Parrish was wasted a lot of time on various dope. He don't got the authority to say a lot of stuff that he says.

[@mattdavis911]

Lol. Everyone was brah.