Miss S.M. - I too am floored, I am starting to think you and I may be cojoined twins connected at the soul. I'll bet you know what I am talking about. I shall elaborate through another medium. Oh.My.God! The first real concert I have recollection of, was The Moodies and Trapeze(whom J.H.) had just had signed to Threshold, in December of 1970 at the old Austin Municipal Auditorium, on the lake. It changed my life. It was the Question of Balance Tour. They started with "Ride My SeeSaw" and continued mesmerizing me for almost three hours. "Legend Of A Mind", at that point in time, I reluctantly admit, was almost an anthem for my tribe. I was fortunate enough, a couple of years later, to hear Tim Leary lecture at the U.T. Student Union Center. Goosebumps..........I probably have seen the Moody Blues, no less than twenty times, as recently as summer before last at the Woodlands. They are timeless.Regretfully, John Lodge had finally retired at the last time I saw them. That took some really cool songs out of the sets, but it was still a killer show. Perhaps the next time around, I had best grab a couple of tix for you...........At the very least, we need to open a bottle of good wine, and kick back together, and watch the PBS DVD of the band performing at Red Rocks Amphitheater, outside of Denver, about five miles from where I lived for a year..........more bumps........

oh yeah, the "touch of grey".......kind of suits you anyway. Welcome aboard. What a delightful addition to the group! As for Jerry & co......there is a cut on John Fogerty's "Deja Vu All Over Again" disc, called "Sugar, Sugar", that has some honey sweet picking in it that you would swear was either Jerry................. or J.C. Fogerty channeling him! I can only assume, that you possess all of the New Riders of The Purple Sage stuff, that is essentially Dead recordings with a bluegrass(and maybe some other grass) flavor.