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FirstBassman · May 6th, 2008, 06:08 PM

Great line from the SFGate article:

"The only Robert Weir I know plays guitar for the Grateful Dead," the colonel replied.

My feeling is that most if not all "stolen gear" stories never make it to press.
I don't know if it is because (a) it happens all too often, (b) no one cares or (c) the artists prefer to keep these kind of things quiet 'cause it's kinda embarrassing. Maybe a combination of all three.

Sometimes news of this stuff is spread "word of mouth" through the Internet and such so that potential buyers, pawn brokers etc. can "look out" for the "lost goods" like the time a couple of years ago when Derek Trucks Band van "disappeared." (It was Trucks' band, wasn't it?)

By the way, speaking of Weir and the Dead, the Dead Gear book is a fun read:

http://www.amazon.com/Grateful-Dead-...14938&sr= 1-1

May 6th, 2008, 06:08 PM	#4 (permalink)
FirstBassman Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Virginia Posts: 1,024	Great line from the SFGate article: "The only Robert Weir I know plays guitar for the Grateful Dead," the colonel replied. My feeling is that most if not all "stolen gear" stories never make it to press. I don't know if it is because (a) it happens all too often, (b) no one cares or (c) the artists prefer to keep these kind of things quiet 'cause it's kinda embarrassing. Maybe a combination of all three. Sometimes news of this stuff is spread "word of mouth" through the Internet and such so that potential buyers, pawn brokers etc. can "look out" for the "lost goods" like the time a couple of years ago when Derek Trucks Band van "disappeared." (It was Trucks' band, wasn't it?) By the way, speaking of Weir and the Dead, the Dead Gear book is a fun read: http://www.amazon.com/Grateful-Dead-...14938&sr= 1-1