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3 days ago · Mike Lawson (@mikelawsonmusic). 4 Replies. 8 Likes. This is always a rough week for me. My dear pal Vince Welnick from Grateful Dead/The Tubes offed himself this week in 2006, and my best friend Bob Welch did so as well, this same week, six years after Vinny. My 1st born son's birthday in-between those tragic dates helps this week a little, but it's a reflective period now and forever forward.
5 days ago · Our first stop this week is the Dead’s first visit to Portland’s Veterans Memorial Coliseum, then home to the Trail Blazers, on 6/24/73 where they played this magnificent sequence of Dark Star > Eyes Of The World> China Doll > Sugar Magnolia, One More Saturday Night.
1 day ago · More recently, Vince Welnick reportedly committed suicide in 2006. His final album, released postmortem, was titled "I'm Scared." These deaths have added up to the Grateful Dead Keyboardist Curse.
3 days ago · Jerome John Garcia (August 1, 1942 – August 9, 1995) [1] [2] [3] [4] was an American musician who was the principal songwriter, lead guitarist, and a vocalist with the rock band Grateful Dead, which he co-founded and which came to prominence during the counterculture of the 1960s.
Actually Hornsby was never an official member. Vince Welnick after him was though. I much prefer Hornsby but honestly don't listen to much after Brent died. I'm a 1970 through July 1990 guy - like most Deadheads, probably.
6 days ago · Died today in 2006, Vince Welnick keyboardist for The Tubes and The Grateful Dead aged 55.
2 days ago · The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, established in 1983 and located in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, is dedicated to recording the history of some of the best-known and most influential musicians, bands, producers, and others that have in some major way influenced the music industry, particularly in the area of rock and roll.
