Recently I was listening to the best
of the Grateful Dead ( Skeletons
in the Closet" 1974 reissued cd.)
I was thinking about things in general,when it
occured to me that "St. Stephen "
wasn't such a great song and "Golden
Road" wasn't so golden. "Truckin"
and "Uncle John's Band", meant something to me. "Mexicali Blues"says; "Thinkin and drinkin is all I have to say." I don't drink much anymore but
if I did that would mean something to me.
" Turn On Your Love Light" didn't
improve my vision. At this time in
my life "Saturday Night" doesn't inspire me the way it did in 1974. "A Friend of the Devil" is a timeless classic. More real
to me than most songs. Kind of like
G.W.. Kind of like all people and politicians, who've made friends with the devil . 1974
was a good year for the Dead.