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Yahoo
04-08-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
See Sturgill Simpson Join Dead and Company for ‘Morning Dew' at GD 60
Dead and Company continued their Grateful Dead 60th anniversary celebration Saturday at San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, this time bringing out Sturgill Simpson for a rendition of 'Morning Dew.' Simpson, who — after established himself as a torchbearer of the Dead's jam aesthetic during his recent tours — served as opener for the second GD 60 show, led the group through 'Morning Dew,' and traded solos with John Mayer over the track's 12-minute runtime. More from Rolling Stone See Dead and Company Perform 'Box of Rain' With Phil Lesh's Son Grahame at Dead 60 Show Dead & Company's San Francisco Livestream: How to Watch the Golden Gate Park Concerts Online The Tao of Jerry Garcia: 31 Trippy Quotes From the Grateful Dead Co-Founder Simpson was previously enlisted as part of the Kennedy Center Honors' tribute to the Grateful Dead earlier this year, where he performed 'Ripple.' The 60th anniversary shows kicked off Friday with a guest appearance by Grahame Lesh, son of the late Phil Lesh, and honored his father by leading Dead and Company on 'Box of Rain,' even playing one of Phil's basses; Grahame Lesh also joined the band for 'St. Stephen' during Saturday's show. The GD 60 celebration concludes with one last show on Sunday night. In other Dead-related news, in what would have been Jerry Garcia's birthday on August 1, San Francisco mayor Daniel Lurie announced that a portion of Harrington Street where the guitarist's childhood home resided would be renamed Jerry Garcia Street: Best of Rolling Stone Sly and the Family Stone: 20 Essential Songs The 50 Greatest Eminem Songs All 274 of Taylor Swift's Songs, Ranked Solve the daily Crossword
San Francisco Chronicle
28-07-2025
- Entertainment
- San Francisco Chronicle
Caps off to Kaiser's staff of international nurses
I recently spent a week in Kaiser Permanente's Oakland hospital recovering from a nasty bout of pneumonia. During my stay, I was tended by an international corps of nurses who continuously impressed me with their medical knowledge, competence, kindness and compassion. Interestingly, their national origins included, in addition to America, Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Congo, Zimbabwe, Yemen, China, Indonesia, Mexico and various Central American countries. All are here legally. Also of significance, many had earned their registered nurse status through California community colleges in the Bay Area, an often underappreciated resource available to students as an alternative to expensive four-year institutions. Note that the majority of these highly dedicated professionals hail from nations once characterized by President Donald Trump as 's—hole countries' and, thus, are among the people he is determined to eject from the U.S. — which is to say, not descended from white, European stock. These young nurses — whose families came here for opportunity and the chance to pursue good lives — are just the kind of citizens we want in our country: They perform essential services with high levels of professionalism, raise families and pay taxes. After my recent experience with them, I'm enormously grateful that they're here. David Esler, Berkeley Dead fan grateful Regarding 'Deadheads unite: Ultimate guide to Grateful Dead celebrations in the Bay Area,' (Arts & Entertainment, July 22), thank you, Anne Schrager, for writing a great overview of this weekend's GD60 concert celebrations. To the City of San Francisco and its residents: Thank you in advance for making this event possible and hosting over 100,000 Grateful Dead fans. Most importantly, thank you in advance to the thousands of residents who will support transportation, lodging, dining, vendor, public safety and health care services for this historical gathering in the hometown of the Grateful Dead. Thousands of Deadheads will be traveling from near and far to attend the Grateful Dead's 60th anniversary concerts in San Francisco. Thank you to the city, Golden Gate Park, and most importantly, the dedicated workers throughout the community who will make this extraordinary weekend possible. From transportation to lodging to dining to safety and medical services, we are grateful for all of your services. Nothing left to do but smile, smile, smile. Thank you. Terry Lewis, Pittsburgh Fisher not the first Regarding ''Moscone is usually quiet': S.F. convention center books EDM giant Fisher' (Arts & Entertainment, July 26), this won't be the first. The Grateful Dead played a benefit concert for Vietnam veterans at the Moscone Center on May 28, 1982. They shared the bill with Country Joe and the Fish and Jefferson Starship. The Dead's set included John Cipollina and Boz Scaggs. It was (obviously) a great show! Doug Peckler, San Francisco Include more despots Regarding 'Alpha Tyrant Afterlife' (Opinion, July 25): The Joel Pett political cartoon depicting Vladimir Putin speaking to Benjamin Netanyahu with Donald Trump and Adolph Hitler in hell left out Yahya Sinwar, the late leader of Hamas and mastermind of the Oct. 7 massacre. Many Gaza citizens believe he is in heaven. Does cartoonist Pett? Putin allied Russia with Hamas, and it seems more likely that Putin would be speaking to Sinwar. William Klingelhoffer, San Francisco Fealty from all Regarding 'Deportations haunt U.S. born citizen' (Front page, San Francisco Chronicle, July 27), with masked gestapo in unmarked cars grabbing people (including U.S. citizens) off the street President Donald Trump appears intent on creating the very hell hole he denounced in his campaign. Added to this campaign of intimidation is keeping people out of the country who do not swear fealty to 'our dear leader.' Last week a relative was traveling to the West Coast from Dublin with two Irish friends. Her friends were detained and told by INS officers they could not enter. Their crime? Their cell phones contained criticisms of President Trump. By this standard. it would appear that most of the world is now ineligible to enter the United States. Tom Miller, Oakland Eye of the beholder Regarding 'We have seen better days, San Francisco' (Native Son, July 27), thank you, Carl Nolte, for your notes about the 'new' city without criticizing anyone. I prefer Russell/Woolpert over Chase Center, Tony Ponce pitching both ends of a doubleheader at Seals over $18 beers at Oracle, and George Christopher over any other mayor. Mark Allan, Inverness Park
