Okay…here’s the rundown on tonight’s Jerry Garcia memorial game:
1. Grateful Dead cover band Cryptical played Shakedown Street ant Touch of Grey before the game. (I know the bass player for that band…nice fellow)
2. Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, and one other person (can’t remember who) sang the national anthem together…very well done, and of course, with a large crowd hanging on every note.
3. Lots of video clips of Jerry talking about San Francisco (his home), and live clips of different shows between innings.
4. 7th inning stretch was led by Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzman (two drummers, you can’t go wrong with two drummers). With the bobble heads, they distributed kazoos, so we all played “Take Me Out To the Ballgame” on our kazoos to get into the Guinness book of World Records (my second entry into the Guinness World Records book jamming with Mickey - last time was setting the record for world’s largest drum circle [4100 drummers] at the Earthdance Music festival at the Hog Farm in Laytonville, CA - an old hippie commune).
5. Oh, and the Giants won in 11 innings.