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The Time Willie Mays Refused to Meet Jerry Garcia

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Published June 11, 2015 at 4:40 PM

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An updated book about the Grateful Dead includes a humorous excerpt of the band interacting — or not — with legendary San Francisco Giants players.The 20th anniversary edition of "Deadheads: Stories from Fellow Artists, Friends & Followers of the Grateful Dead" by Linda Kelly has just been released via Skyhorse Publishing. Grateful Dead to Release 80-Disc Set This book excerpt comes from Dennis McNally, who has been the band's publicist for 35 years and is a self-proclaimed Deadhead who has attended over 900 shows:"Among my favorite moments ever with Jerry Garcia was the day the Grateful Dead sang the national anthem for the Giants, which was April something 1993. There are two things every band has to do: you have to do benefits, and you have to do the National Anthem. It just comes with the territory. And, of course, the Grateful Dead was the only band in world history that had never done the National Anthem, for a number of reasons. Bomb-Sniffing Dogs Take to the Skies in CHP Chopper A guy named Eric Colby was a Grateful Dead production assistant and a maniacal baseball fan. His wife worked in the ticket office for the San Francisco Giants. Jerry...

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