 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| The New York Optimist December 2008 |
| The New York Optimist Publishers Pick Of The Week, The Grateful Dead, Franklins Tower, Radio City 1980 |
| Grateful Dead perform Franklin's Tower live at Radio City Music Hall in New York City for the famed Halloween show |
Choosing a name
The name Grateful Dead was chosen from a dictionary. According to Phil Lesh, in his biography (pp. 62), "...Jer[ry Garcia] picked up an old Britannica World
Language Dictionary...[and]...In that silvery elf-voice he said to me, 'Hey, man, how about the Grateful Dead?'" The definition there was "the soul of a dead person,
or his angel, showing gratitude to someone who, as an act of charity, arranged their burial." According to Alan Trist, director of the Grateful Dead's music
publisher company Ice Nine, Garcia found the name in the Funk & Wagnalls Folklore Dictionary, when his finger landed on that phrase while playing a game of
"dictionary".[23] In the Garcia biography, Captain Trips, author Sandy Troy states that the band was smoking the psychedelic DMT at the time. The term "Grateful
Dead" appears in folktales of a variety of cultures.
The name Grateful Dead was chosen from a dictionary. According to Phil Lesh, in his biography (pp. 62), "...Jer[ry Garcia] picked up an old Britannica World
Language Dictionary...[and]...In that silvery elf-voice he said to me, 'Hey, man, how about the Grateful Dead?'" The definition there was "the soul of a dead person,
or his angel, showing gratitude to someone who, as an act of charity, arranged their burial." According to Alan Trist, director of the Grateful Dead's music
publisher company Ice Nine, Garcia found the name in the Funk & Wagnalls Folklore Dictionary, when his finger landed on that phrase while playing a game of
"dictionary".[23] In the Garcia biography, Captain Trips, author Sandy Troy states that the band was smoking the psychedelic DMT at the time. The term "Grateful
Dead" appears in folktales of a variety of cultures.
| © MMVIII, Parent Productions LLC. All Rights Reserved. The New York Optimist & www.thenewyorkoptimist.com is a registered trademark of Parent Productions LLC. The New York Optimist is a registered service mark of Thenewyorkoptimist.com. The New York Optimist logo and original photos are a registered trademark of Parent Production LLC. |
