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Changes to /t/gratefuldead tribe rules - Bring on your favorite Dead members' side projects!

When I started this tribe, I envisioned something focused on the Grateful Dead very specifically. The rules were that snaps had to pertain to the Grateful Dead and nobody else - no JGB, Phil and Friends, Ratdog, etc. - but I have seen the error of my ways. The new rule is: if the band you want to post a snap about has a member of the Dead in it - go for it!

I made this change because I want to broaden the appeal of the tribe, sure. But mostly I decided to open things up because I have always been convinced that "the Grateful Dead" is a state of mind and a body of work as much as a business/touring/recording entity. You can hear that state of mind, and get the same thrill from it, in many of the related bands (I'm personally hearing it big time in Kreutzmann's "Billy and the Kids" project these days), so why not include them too?

No disrespect to bands like DSO or the many Dead-ish groups that also keep that spirit alive without any Dead members, but I had to draw the line somewhere.

"Mama, mama, many worlds I've come since I first left home"

8 years ago by FivesandSevens

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