Originally Posted by
Strange
If Weir could have somehow gotten Garcia into biking The J-Man would probably still be with us. A lotta folk think it was the junk that killed him, but from everything I've read it was the cigarettes, lousy diet, and lack of exercise that really did him in. DM II and a heart attack will do that to you. Of course he made his own choices as everyone has a right to, but I sure wish he'd opted for life instead of death by neglect.
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Or, to put it more succinctly: A decadent lifestyle- which is what the rock 'n roll lifestyle is all about. (Would be pretty hard to not to lead such a lifestyle, for anyone who spends a lot of time touring, and doing the same shows over and over again a few hundred times a year. People think it's glamorous....but it must be the most monotonous thing one can do)