CAT - "honest to the point of recklessness"  ;)
we were at a Dead show in Oakland in the early 90's when Ornette Coleman sat in with the Dead - 
pretty strong jams and the music was intense - in and out of songs and back into the jams.
a few times, Branford Marsalis sat in with the Dead -  we were lucky enough to be there one NYE for a show when he sat in - magical.
like Jerry once said, and I'm paraphrasing a bit: "our music is like licorice - not everybody likes licorice, but the folks who do - REALLY like licorice" (or something like that).
we love live music and the passion that it brings from the musicians, and the fans - and are very glad to have found GPN!