Back in 1984 when Don Henley wrote a lyric of, "Out on the road today I saw a Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac," it was an ironic statement about the winds of change - a Cadillac being the ultimate symbol of mainstream capitalist American culture, whereas The Dead epitomized the counterculture. The lyric implies that maybe the counterculture was growing up and going mainstream, maybe selling out. Today that observation seems quaint. Deadheads are for sure grown up and mainstream. My Deadhead friends include lawyers, professors, and lobbyists. I don't know personally know a Deadhead with a Cadillac, but Mercedes, BMW, Lexus? Boats? Beach houses? For sure. This evolution was certainly evident at a private party gig I played recently. It was a 50th birthday party for a guy who is a VP at Meta (Facebook's parent company), and who apparently previously had senior roles in the Obama, Kerry, and Gore campaigns. During our break various encomiums were delivered in his honor, al...
One man's journey into the great outdoors of Washington, DC and its environs.