UMASS Amherst to host "Grateful Dead Symposium"

• #15 Reply
  Posted by kindm's on 12 Nov, 2007 17:41
• Quote from: leith;168611

  Paul there are a few people in this symposium that had a lot to do with the band in a direct manner.
  Dan Healy- FOH Sound Engineer for most of the 70\'s,all of the 80\'s and into the 90\'s.  all those crazy effects on Bob\'s voice= Healy
  Dennis McNally-Publicist that had direct access to each and every band member. Privy to stories no one else but band members are.
  Bob Bralove- Actually a band member in a sense in the late 80\'s and 90\'s due to his heavy influence in midi exploration and actually provided midi sounds for Jerry to play.
  Infrared Roses was his baby.

  
  RE: Dan Healy
  
  http://www.marinij.com/lifestyles/ci_7363416
  
  A good recent article letting us know what he is up to.
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• #16 Reply
  Posted by leith on 12 Nov, 2007 17:52
• Quote from: kindm\'s;168617

  Quote from: leith;168611

  Paul there are a few people in this symposium that had a lot to do with the band in a direct manner.
  Dan Healy- FOH Sound Engineer for most of the 70\'s,all of the 80\'s and into the 90\'s.  all those crazy effects on Bob\'s voice= Healy
  Dennis McNally-Publicist that had direct access to each and every band member. Privy to stories no one else but band members are.
  Bob Bralove- Actually a band member in a sense in the late 80\'s and 90\'s due to his heavy influence in midi exploration and actually provided midi sounds for Jerry to play.
  Infrared Roses was his baby.

  
  RE: Dan Healy
  
  http://www.marinij.com/lifestyles/ci_7363416
  
  A good recent article letting us know what he is up to.

  
  
  Pretty cool. He is also the FOH Sound Engineer for TLG as his schedule permits for Bay Area gigs. I have had some pretty neat conversations with him at a few TLG setbreaks.
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• #17 Reply
  Posted by estahwhaddup on 12 Nov, 2007 17:59
• Quote from: alexanderzurflu;168579

  I recently heard UMass is creating a Grateful Dead course.

  
  there is.  it was on the front page of the boston globe a few weeks ago.  i wish BU would offer **** like this, but what does it matter to me?  i already gradumatated.
  
  http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/10/19/a_mindbender_class/
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• #18 Reply
  Posted by skalnbyc on 12 Nov, 2007 18:08
• Quote from: estahwhaddup;168622

  Quote from: alexanderzurflu;168579

  I recently heard UMass is creating a Grateful Dead course.

  
  there is.  it was on the front page of the boston globe a few weeks ago.  i wish BU would offer **** like this, but what does it matter to me?  i already gradumatated.
  
  http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/10/19/a_mindbender_class/

  
  The course is taught by another Robert Weir, interesting.
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• #19 Reply
  Posted by FrankZappa on 12 Nov, 2007 20:19
• ha, I wonder how many people walk into class day one expecting to see an old bearded bobby sitting behind the desk only to find out sorry, wrong robert. rotfl
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• #20 Reply
  Posted by jocelyn on 12 Nov, 2007 20:47
• Quote from: FrankZappa;168653

  ha, I wonder how many people walk into class day one expecting to see an old bearded bobby sitting behind the desk making coeds extremely uncomfortable due to the unnecessary amount of thigh visible to all.
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• #21 Reply
  Posted by FrankZappa on 13 Nov, 2007 05:02
• yea, bobby loved him some short shorts and tie-died wife beaters. :puke:
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