"A thick cloud of marijuana smoke wafted through the air" as Dead and Deadheads reunite for Obama

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Grateful Dead and Deadheads reunite for Obama

02/05/2008 2:12 AM, Reuters

Saying Barack Obama embodies political hope absent since Robert Kennedy was slain 40 years ago, three surviving members of the Grateful Dead rock band reunited on Monday for the first time in four years to back the presidential candidate.

"Every few generations a guy like this comes along," drummer Mickey Hart told a news conference a day before California's primary, in which Obama, a senator from Illinois, faces New York Sen. Hillary Clinton. "It seems like desperate times and we're desperate people."

At a San Francisco concert in front of 2,400 fans, singer-guitarist Bob Weir, 60, said the band had never before, performed on behalf of a presidential candidate, although they have often embraced liberal social causes.

"The last time hope was in the air, it was ended by a bullet," Weir said, referring to Kennedy, who was assassinated on the night he won the California Democratic primary in 1968. "We've been reluctant to do political events all along." Bassist Phil Lesh, 67, said he met Obama, who told him he has some Grateful Dead songs on his iPod music player, last year. The concert started with a short video from Obama, filmed on an airplane, thanking the band. A thick cloud of marijuana smoke wafted through the air then and throughout the concert, and some fans engaged in free-style dance as though magically transported from 1968.

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[TexasObserver]

1. I will .. survive.

saw a deadhead sticker on a Cadillac

[OneBlueSky]

2. ah . . . the good old days . . . when a thick cloud of pot smoke arose at EVERY concert . . .

and no one gave a damn . . .

[Perry Logan]

3. "Drivin' that train, high on cocaine..."

[Prefer]

4. Ann Coulter is a Deadhead

But she is supporting Hillary

[MethuenProgressive]

5. If nominated, will his theme song be "Going To Hell in a Bucket"?

Or "Casey Jones"?

[rug]

6. It won't be Touch of Grey.

[Bluerthanblue]

7. Ripple-

and it will be good.

[Leopolds Ghost]

8. Just a Ballot Box

Look out of any window
any morning, any evening, any day
Maybe the sun is shining
birds are winging or
rain is falling from a heavy sky -

What do you want me to do,
to do for you to see you through?
this is all a dream we dreamed
one afternoon long ago

Walk out of any doorway
feel your way, feel your way
like the day before
Maybe you'll find direction
around some corner
where it's been waiting to meet you -

What do you want me to do,
to watch for you while you're sleeping?
Well please don't be surprised
when you find me dreaming too

Look into any eyes
you find by you, you can see
clear through to another day

I know it's been seen before
through other eyes on other days
while going home --

What do you want me to do,
to do for you to see you through?
It's all a dream we dreamed
one afternoon long ago

Walk into splintered sunlight
Inch your way through dead dreams
to another land

Maybe you're tired and broken
Your tongue is twisted
with words half spoken
and thoughts unclear

What do you want me to do
to do for you to see you through
A box of rain will ease the pain
and love will see you through

Just a BALLOT BOX -
Barack Obama -
Believe it if you need it,
if you don't just pass it on...

Sun and shower -
Wind and rain -
in and out the window
like a moth before a flame

And It's just a ballot box
I don't know who put it there
Believe it if you need it
or leave it if you dare

But it's just a ballot box
or a ribbon for your hair
Such a long long time to be gone
and a short time to be there