Woodstock 50 Is Officially Canceled

[mr_lebowski]

40. And let's face it ... he absolutely KILLS on this song ... it's so freaking good ...

Esp. the 2nd half ... as a wannabe singer/guitarist, I sit there and go ... wow ... really? Man, I suck ... and John is THE MAN.

I'm not surprised some traditionalists look askance, but ... the guys a star in his own right, he doesn't need to go do this, but you know he does it cause he loves the Dead.

And yeah, he's a 'pop star' but he's made his bones playing rock and roll, and by being a great guitarist. He's a lot closer to Steve Miller than Taylor Swift, put it like that.

Allow me to share my absolute favorite song of his ... not a hit or anything, just an album track ... this video is cool, but the actual story told in the lyrics is just ... let's just say sometimes it brings a tear to my eye ... it's really an incredible song.

Walt Grace
Desperately hating his whole place
Dreamed to discover a new space
And buried himself alive

Inside his basement
Tongue on the side of his face meant
He's working away on displacement
And what it would take to survive

Cause when you're done with this world
You know the next is up to you

And his wife told his kids he was crazy
And his friends said he'd fail if he'd try
But with the will to work hard
And a library card
He took a homemade, fan-blade
One-man submarine ride

That morning
The sea was mad and I mean it
Waves as big as he'd seen it
Deep in his dreams at home
From dry land
He rolled it over to wet sand
Closed the hatch up with one hand
And paddled off alone

Cause when you're done with this world
You know the next is up to you

And for once in his life it was quiet
As he learned how to turn in the tide
And the sky was a'flare
When he came up for air
In his homemade, fan-blade
One-man submarine ride

One evening
When weeks had passed since his leaving
The call she planned on receiving
Finally made it home
She accepted
The news she never expected
The operator connected
The call from Tokyo

Cause when you're done with this world
You know the next is up to you

Now his friends bring him up when they're drinking
At the bar with his name on the side
And they smile when they can
As they speak of the man
Who took a homemade, fan-blade
One-man submarine ride