The Dead | 04.15 | Charlottesville

Words by: Dean Smith | Images by: Jay Blakesberg The Dead :: 04.15.09 :: John Paul Jones Arena :: Charlottesville, VA Weir & Haynes - The Dead :: 04.15 Standing in line to attend my first Grateful Dead show at the University of Virginia in 1982, I noticed a woman in a tapestry skirt selling a bumper sticker with a strange design and a phrase I'd never heard before. I asked her politely, "What is 'Dark Star'?" "It's a song, man," she replied in disgust, shaking her head. From that moment ...

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