FWIW--Bob Seger sings a bit o' background on the MC5's "High Time" LP, which is my favorite record of theirs (though certainly not because of the Seeg's "oozin aahs"). And as much as Birk-patchouli-and-crystal wearing hippies annoy the body odor out of me, certainly The Dead shouldn't be eradicated. I love Keith Godchaux's barrelhouse piano-playing, Kreutzman's drumming, and Garcia's take on "You Win Again" is one of my favorite Hank-related moments. However, I don't like any of Weir's takes on country songs, Mickey Hart should have been deported, and actually, if the band--as a whole--would've lost their arms and legs in a freak boating accident around 1977, I'm sure I would like them even more. Fuckin hippies. Lance . . .
