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From: rcd@opus.UUCP (Dick Dunn)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Garcia busted (sigh...dumb!)
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Date: Mon, 21-Jan-85 01:11:06 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan 21 01:11:06 1985
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According to a tiny news item Saturday, Jerry Garcia was arrested Friday
(18 January 1985) on suspicion of freebasing cocaine while sitting in his
car in Golden Gate Park.  He is now free on bail.

Several thoughts come to mind:

	Nobody particularly expects the guys in the band to be completely
	straight [and who knows how the news story relates to the reality
	of the situation?] but freebasing coke is a pretty heavy game to be
	playing--big risks (of bad-news addiction, OD, or even just flesh
	flambe').

	This ain't a good way to get publicity for the band.  It will also
	no doubt play havoc with scheduling at least the spring tours.

	Getting busted in public is prima facie evidence of carelessness...
	sounds inadequately clever, Jerry!

Off on a tangent:
One of the off-and-on stories is that JG doesn't take particularly good
care of himself.  If one were to judge from what he LOOKS like on stage,
one might believe those stories--doesn't exactly look like a long-distance
runner (sic) with a health-food fetish.  On the other hand, he's not
exactly young (42) and his performance is consistently hot.  Comments?
-- 
Dick Dunn	{hao,ucbvax,allegra}!nbires!rcd		(303)444-5710 x3086
   ...A friend of the devil is a friend of mine.