I’ve never been a Grateful Dead fan, but their songs were an absolute blast to play on the old Rock Band games.
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Although I’m familiar with and enjoy their music, I’ve never considered myself a Deadhead, although I’m certainly acquainted with several, many of whom are more dedicated than most fans of most other bands. Perhaps I’d feel different, had I ever seen them perform live.
I will say, that I always admired their appreciation for and obsession with top notch audio equipment. I remember first reading about their legendary Wall of Sound in the early/mid 70’s. It was revolutionary, and had a lasting impact on live performances and studio recordings in the entire industry for decades. We’ve all listened to a lot cleaner audio as a result of their pioneering effort.
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@salUTE . I’m not sure if you saw my posting of “what I’m reading” a while ago, but this book is available at the library. Unbeknownst that I had read it, I was delighted when my brother bought it for me at Christmas .
This book gets pretty granular about the impetus to keep developing and improving their equipment as well as some technical R&D.
There is also a luthier who is now building 1/2 scale, 1/4 scale and even 1/8 scale Wall of Sound.
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@AbsoluteUte I remember seeing your post about the book and had intended to pick up a copy, but somehow spaced it out. I’m going to remedy that today, I’m sure it’s fascinating reading.
And thanks for the Coscia link! I’m about to begin renovating a big room in my basement which will include some new audio and guitar amplification equipment. Coscia’s stuff might have a “small” place 
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His systems are very upscale pricing, but if you get one, I’d love to come to your next party ;-). Vintage Macintosh MC2300 amps going for $25K to $378K, but aparently he’ll make “signature” custom walls for undisclosed price.
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Catherine O’Hara passes at 71. Damn, she was awesome in literally everything she touched.
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I remember as a teenager watching “Beetlejuice” and thinking about what an irritating character she portrayed in that film. Now, when I see it I marvel at the brilliant job she did creating such a unique, eccentric character. Her anxious energy really helps counterbalance Winona Ryder’s introverted performance. Tim Burton had originally selected Anjelica Huston for the part, which is interesting because she’s a fabulous actress, but O’Hara’s quirky comedic style was probably better suited for the part. Practically everything she did after that was pure joy!
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My husband and I really don’t care about celebrities and their lives but today we both separately said that this is as sad as we have been about a celebrity death in a long, long time.
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Love her. 
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Her performance in “Best in Show” was top notch !!
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… and … she was only 71 years old, in today’s world, that’s just WAY TOO young
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Moira Rose was maybe one of my favorite characters ever on television.
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She literally created an accent that doesn’t exist. So amazing.
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Negron had the signature long hair and a full moustache.
I had a 3 Dog Night LP somewhere around 1970, played it over and over and over and over. Left it in the sun, came home and the record looked like the little waves on Bear Lake. I don’t remember the parents offering any condolences.
My favorite 3 Dog Night song: Shambala
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My favorite: Out in the Country
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That song has aged really well… and is pretty applicable. Maybe more applicable today than then.
EDIT - actually, I might be wrong, at least about the dirty air part. It’s not good, but I remember down in LA there were a lot of days you couldn’t see the San Gabriel Mountains, at all. It was pretty bad. Then as car emission standards went up, the air did get cleaner.
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So happy we’re gutting emission standards so we can’t see the mountains here either…
Lot of great Bands back in the day. Hard to pick the best amongst a constellation of eagles.
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Brad Arnold lead singer for 3 Doors Down age 47
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https://people.com/greg-brown-dead-founding-cake-member-11902287
Good grief. They are all dying off.
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