deadpatch

Weird, strange and true

Stories inspired by the Grateful Dead and their songs

by Uncle John

Drawing by Justice Rose

SWEET BABY

Keith & Donna @ Winterland

"Sweet Baby" Link: HERE

I first met Zion Rock Godchaux when he was about nine months old at his home in Stinson Beach, California. He is a picture perfect baby with jowls like his Dad, Keith Godchaux. He is in the kitchen sitting with a cookie, and I watch his little fingers play with the cookie, and he didn´t put it in his mouth, and he was  very content. Donna Jean Godchaux, his mom, shares how Jerry Garcia came over one day and started to draw "Zion´s thoughts". They superimposed Jerry´s art work over a picture of Zion, on the cover of their first album, Keith & Donna. That evening was so special. I am sitting with Keith in the living room while Donna is putting Zion to bed. She sings to her baby in complete surrender, powerful,  loudest, best ever sound. Like an angel she can sing! I felt goosebumps from her tremendous love and light, and I´m sure the whole town could hear her.

Now that Zion is grown, he has his own musical band, BOOMBOX´, and playing music with Kinsman MacKay, his brother from the same mother.

Standing on the Moon

Stories in the vault:

SWEET BABY

Sugar MagnoliA

I NEED A MIRACLE

uncle John´s Band

SCARLET BEGONIAS

Going Down The Road Feeling Bad

Casey Jones

Cumberland Blues

BLACK MUDDY RIVER

The Music Never Stopped

Sitting On Top Of The World

Standing On The Moon

Brown-Eyed Women

Crazy Fingers

Touch Of Grey

Shakedown Street

Box Of rain

Stories in Queue:

SAINT OF CIRCUMSTANCE

Estimated Prophet

Drums/Space

Eyes Of The World

Friend of the devil

Bertha

BIRD SONG

tRuckin´

THE FIRST DAYS...

exclusive excerpts from

LASTFLASH.com

Quest for the Best

An Intimate Connection with

THE GRATEFUL DEAD

by Uncle John

"What I want to know

 Where does the time go?"

(Robert Hunter/Jerry Garcia)

"Lord, the band kept us so busy, we forgot about the time."

(John Perry Barlow/ Bob Weir)

This work is a contemporary narrative with a musical motif, narrated by the author with personal testimony, and dialogue with  artists, authors, musicians, dancers, singers, poets, songwriters, and stars. This journalistic  odyssey observes the world's most interesting band, whose brilliant creative performances, and individual intellectual insight, provide us with this historical literary account. On the road & at home with The Grateful Dead and their family of bands and musical company, this book records a distinctive recital of spiritual events, revealing a new orchestrated portrait, a sculptured arrangement of golden memories. There is nothing like a Grateful Dead concert! It is a unique and unconventional experience.