General discussion

This is my reply to an email on the GD Hour mailing list. The guy I was replying to is Lenny Stubbe, but as I say in the message, I’m not singling him out in my argument. The boys sang about a lot of shit for a LONG time. Smiling, being kind, treating your brothers … Read more

Posted by The Rolling Rider on philzone.com: 2/21/51 – 6/2/2006 Our Brother Vince Welnick “Every song I’d learn was like opening a new Christmas present. I’d go home and listen to tapes and sometimes I’d be so elated that I’d have tears running down my face”. -Vince Welnick on learning the Dead’s repertoire Elie Wiesel, … Read more

“I just thought it was really strange that the keyboard tech would have more say over the sound than the actual player.”

I took this photo on August 12, 1984, when I was working for Mix magazine. Vince and other members of The Tubes were playing on a Todd Rundgren album.

SFGate has an AP story on Vince, with some nice quotes from Mickey Hart: “The big thing about Vince was that he had that fearlessness to be able to go and just jump into our madness and just operate on it like it was a normal, everyday procedure,” Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart recalled Saturday. … Read more

Suicide is a terrible thing to deal with, for all parties and bystanders. But blaming anyone but the prime actor in a suicide is unjustifiable in virtually every case. We can’t know what drove Vince to it. I posted this on DeadNet Central just now, and since I’m trying to keep all my thoughts on … Read more

Vince Welnick died on June 2, an apparent suicide. From the San Jose Mercury News story: “…he’d never seen the likes of such music, friendship and spirit and did not know if he ever would again.” Vince’s webmaster, Mike Lawson, posted a tirade on Vince’s site. We can’t know all that went down between Vince … Read more