Jerry Birthday Webcast from Tri Studios

[Kanada Kev]

Lotsa good news today

"We, the Garcia family, are proud to join with TRI for this special event

honoring Jerry's 70th birthday," says Trixie Garcia. "Please join us in this celebration of Jerry's enduring brilliance."

Jerry Garcia would have turned 70 on Aug. 1, and to mark the occasion, members of the Grateful Dead family are throwing an online musical party that will be a live free webcast in HD from bandmate Bob Weir's TRI Studios in San Rafael.

Actor Luke Wilson will emcee the event, billed as "Move Me Brightly," after a line in the Garcia/Robert Hunter song "Terrapin Station."

Carlos Santana will honor his fellow guitar great via a video interview. David Crosby's poetic tribute, "Cause I'm Missing Him Tonight," written specifically for his old friend, will be read during the show. Garcia's daughters, his brother, Tiff and ex-wife Carolyn "Mountain Girl" Garcia will be on hand, as will the world's tallest Deadhead, Bill Walton.

Weir heads a growing lineup of musicians who will perform, including Willie Nelson's son Lukas Nelson, Benmont Tench of the Tom Petty Band, Joe Russo and Jeff Chimenti from Furthur, Mike Gordon of Phish, Paul Simon's son Harper Simon, psychedelic folk musician Jonathan Wilson and Bay Area singer-songwriter Cass McCombs.

"The Jerry magic is still there," said producer Justin Kreutzmann, son of Grateful Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann. "All these cool people wanted to be involved, but not by reaching for the hanky and talking about the old days. Everything with Jerry was about humor and great music, so we're trying to do this in a way that would make him chuckle."

The show starts at 6:30 PM, Aug. 3 at www.tristudios.com. 'Move Me Brightly' will also be streamed live on Yahoo! Music. Participate in the conversation with us and the rest of the world on Twitter using #Jerrys70th.

Edited July 18, 2012 by Guest

[bouche]

that should be interesting.