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Painted Mandolin

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#OldTime #Bluegrass #goodolegratefuldead And there were days I know When all we ever wanted Was to learn and love and grow Once we grew into our shoes We told them where to go Walked halfway around the world On promise of the glow

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Painted Mandolin @paintedmandolin.bsky.social · 23d

Traveling across UK by train.
Holyhead, Wales today, Dublin tomorrow for Billy Strings 🎶🪕🎻🎶

#BillyStrings #Bluegrass

#BskyBeer #🍺 #BskyTrain #🚂

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Will L @wlara14850.bsky.social · 23d

Billy Strings 🪕🎻
Royal Albert Hall, London
10 October 2025

Royal Albert Hall is an amazing space to see a concert 🎶

#billystrings #bluegrass #banjo #mandolin

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Will L @wlara14850.bsky.social · 24d

Billy Strings in Utrect, Netherlands - 8 October 2025

#billystrings #bluegrass

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Painted Mandolin @paintedmandolin.bsky.social · Aug 9

Bee Knees.
#Bluegrass 🪕 in #France 🇫🇷

#HerbeBleue

Painted Mandolin @paintedmandolin.bsky.social · Aug 9

Today I’m celebrating Jerry’s life at a bluegrass festival in France, and just came from a lecture on bluegrass that mentioned Jerry and the dead’s influence.

#jerrygarcia #bluegrass #herbebleue

Painted Mandolin @paintedmandolin.bsky.social · Aug 9

Because I had just moved I had no internet, no TV, and no community to mourn with. I had seen over 150 Deads shows + 25+ Jerry shows over the previous 16 years. And on that day 30 years ago I felt lost. /2

Painted Mandolin @paintedmandolin.bsky.social · Aug 9

I had just moved to Ithaca, NY two days earlier (hhad been living in SF) to start graduate school. The morning of the 9th was spent meeting with faculty. When I got home early afternoon my ex told me that Jerry had passed. 1/

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Will L @wlara14850.bsky.social · Aug 9

Day 8 #DaysBetween

30 years ago today 😢

Where does the time go?

#jerrygarcia #jgb #gratefuldead #30years #SoManyRoads

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Painted Mandolin @paintedmandolin.bsky.social · Aug 2

Empire State Building lit up in tie-dye last night to celebrate Jerry Garcia’s birthday

#JerryGarcia #DaysBetween #GratefulDead

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Rebecca Thompson 🦋 @rebalynn.bsky.social · Aug 2

Pre Grateful Dead Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter in their early 1960s folk days. Photo by Jerald Melrose. #MusicSky

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Billy Strings @billystrings.com · Aug 2

8.1.25 | San Francisco, CA ⚡️

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Painted Mandolin @paintedmandolin.bsky.social · Aug 1

Happy Birthday Jerry Garcia 🎸🪕💀

🎶Let there be song to fill the air 🎶

#JerryGarcia #DaysBetween #GratefulDead #JGB #OldandIntheWay

Painted Mandolin @paintedmandolin.bsky.social · Jul 31

Etretat, France

Painted Mandolin @paintedmandolin.bsky.social · Jul 30

Enjoying a Belgian beer called ‘Chant d’Oiseau’ which translates to #BirdSong

#gratefuldead

Painted Mandolin @paintedmandolin.bsky.social · Jul 27

35 years ago

😢

Painted Mandolin @paintedmandolin.bsky.social · Jul 20

Look for a while at the Chinacat sunflower…

#gratefuldead

Painted Mandolin @paintedmandolin.bsky.social · Jul 5

Pixe and the Partygrass 🪕🎻 @ Rotterdam Bluegrass Festival 2025

#rotterdambluegrass #oldtime #bluegrass

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Will L @wlara14850.bsky.social · Jul 1

A little ‘Harvest Moon’ to kick off July

Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts - Brussels (30 June 2025)

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#neilyoung #harvestmoon

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Harvest Moon - Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts - Brussels, Belgium (30 June 2025)

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Painted Mandolin @paintedmandolin.bsky.social · Jun 30

Neil Young - Brussels 30 June 2025

The last time I saw this guy live was 31 years ago at a Bridge School Benefit.

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Painted Mandolin @paintedmandolin.bsky.social · Jun 22

And the politicians throwin' stones
Singing ashes, ashes, all fall down
Ashes, ashes, all fall down

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Grateful Dead - Throwing Stones (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by Grateful Dead

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Painted Mandolin @paintedmandolin.bsky.social · Jun 19

Le troisième jeudi du mois est la soirée Old Time Jam à Bruxelles

The 3rd Thursday of the month is Old Time Jam night in Brussels

Painted Mandolin @paintedmandolin.bsky.social · Jun 15

Jerry looked very worn out for that Highgate show.

I think ‘88 to ‘91 was the best run for me. That time between Jerry’s coma and Brent passing

Painted Mandolin @paintedmandolin.bsky.social · Jun 15

Hard to say a favorite show.

I got to see them pull out Ripple in Landover MD…I guess it’s was ‘88.

Painted Mandolin @paintedmandolin.bsky.social · Jun 15

30 years ago today - 15 June 1995 - I saw the Grateful Dead for the final time. I had gotten on the bus 14 years earlier and seen 150+ shows by then.

#GratefulDead #SoManyRoads #JerryGarcia

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Painted Mandolin @paintedmandolin.bsky.social · May 15

Old Time night in Brussels

#oldtime