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Legend: Touring, drugs took their toll ■ Continued from Page 1 a trysletn slowdown. There is an influx to discuss the passing of the Grateful Deed's |t»rrv Gama " The Grateful Dead, with its mots in the Bey Arne's imychadeiit •* »s«> of the I’KiOs. combined roc k. blue grass, blues and folk influent es into .1 unique stew (kin ia was loud gm tarist, c omposer and sometime vocalist. Among the band's ties) known songs were "True kin'." Cases Jones." and "Friend of the Dec il " Its only lop 10 hit was the HM!7 song "Tom ii of Grey."’ with its refrain "I will survive Hut tiie Dead were almost mure a way of life than a band to thousands of "Deadheads." many of whom followed the group from corn ert to concert. They made the Isiiid one of the most popular cone ert draws in ihr i inied states groMing tens of millions of dollars each year "You need music." (win ia one e said "I don't know whv. it's probably one of those Joe (wimp hell cpiestions. why we need ri! ub) Wo need magic, and bltss, and power, myth, and i elobra lion and religion in our lie es. and musii is a good was loenuipsu late a lot of it," In concert, (inn in was cither spotty or spectacular In the 1980s and 1000s. he would for get lyrics or strain to hit high notes when he sang slow tempo standards such ns "Sugnreu." "Althea" and ' Ship of l-'ools But his searing, improvised guitar solos breathed new life into even the band's most over worked numbers, sending danc ing Deadheads into paroxysms of glee through the extended jams He rarely spoke on stage, reportedly because he feared how his words would he interpreted by rabid fans who analyzed every nuance The bearded, rotund Garcia had a history of health problems that occasionally caused breaks in the Dead's grueling concert schedule In 1980. he entered the hospital in a diabetic coma. Garda slimmed down, stopjied smoking, i ut down on drugs and hired a personal fitness trainer after falling ill with exhaustion m 1991 But the years of i distant tour ing took their toll "It was a meltdown Too many cigarettes, too much junk fond and too little exert iso," band spokesman Ilenms McNally said last year. As fans heard of the death Wednesday . a CfOWd gathered ,U the corner of Haight and Ash bury, the heart of tlie San Fran cisco neighborhood that mi ubated the Dead Josh Grartford. 18, of Flkin, N.C.. said fie had planned to spend most of the fail following the Grateful Dead The tour wasn't so much about the slums, it was about being with family That'll all i flange, hut it can't lie forgotten," sail! Cranford, who was wearing a tie-dyed shirt The band made their mark anil it's here." In Columbia. Mo business man Arnie Fagan, whose shop Cool Stuff wills men handise hail ing the band, had his workers lower the American flag out front lu half staff 11« was the leader of a bind that was more than a bind It was a wine, it was a lifestyle," said Fagan. tO. "It's a family thing, so Jerry's death is like losing your grandfa ther to a whole lot of people He was the most loved mumfier of the Grateful Dead." Fagan said he got his start in business selling tie-dyed T-shirts and other items as he fol lowed the bind around Fans of the late Jerry Garcia gathered around a photo and created a memorial with incense, tapestries, candles, and jewelry Garcia (till <i l>it of men twin dising himself. marketing his art work and a lint* of colorful HOC kill's I ven a line of it e cream was named after him —- Bun A |erry s Cherry (kart in. Mr Nallv said he didn't know why (.an la was at the treatment center "It was news to me." he said "I thought fie was going to Hawaii Apparently he was pav mg increased attention to his health." He said lie had seen Gar cia ns eiitlv. so lie could not have been in tile i enter for more than n couple of days Problems at several recent con certs drew headlines At a r on i ert in Indiana, a i rush of gate crashers led to a series of arrests and the cancellation of the fol lowing night's show A few days later after a concert in St Louis, a dei k collapsed during a ruin storm at a campground used by Deadheads, and more than loti were injured The Dead's most rot ent per formance was |uly Oat Chiiugo's Soldier Field Cart ia was born Aug. 1. l‘)42, in San Franc isco His Spanish turn! father was a musician, play ing reed instruments and leading a swing band; Ills grandmother, who largely raised him. founded a union for laundry workers He fiei ante interested to elec - tru guitar and painting as a teen ager. taking classes at what is now the San Franc isi o Art Insti tute He also spent hours in the coffee liars of North Bern h. read ing Heat writers like lack Kerouat and soaking up Ihn beatnik atmosphere After a brief stint in the Army. Gan.id formed several folk and bluegrass bands In 19M. he fuumieil a liand i tilled the War locks, wliu h also included Huh Weir, Hill hrout/Jinmn. Km; Pig pen Mi kern.m .uni I'hil l.-.ii Hut there was already a band by that name They found another name in the die tionarv "We never decided to he the Grateful Dead." he told Hailing Siam1 "What happened was the Grateful Dead i arne up as a sug geshoil liocause vve were at Phil’s house one dav. he had a lug Oxford dictionary, I opened it up and the first thing I saw was l he Grateful Dead 'll said that on the page and it was so astonishing It was truly weird, a truly weird moment A grateful dead is a type of Ira ddional British folk ballad in which a human helps a ghost ol someone who has died recently find peace "They're about kar ma. who h is apt." said Mi Sadly l he hand itself lost several members over its many years Mi human died in I97'i of the effects of alcoholism he>, fKinrdist keith Godchaux died in t'iMO m a car crash a year after he left the hand Another keyboardist. 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