The Dead are timeless, such a vast aray of music. I dont know many musicians who would not put Jerry in the top ten of influences. The Dead without him will be different, yet they all played together for so long you can hear Jerry in all the remaining members. I just was at the David Grisman Quintet at Jazz Alley, they did all the Dawg tunes as well as Grateful Dawg, Arabia, and Sativa, absolutely amazing. Jerry's tones and chord voicings will never be duplicated, yet like I said above his friends and bandmates carry alot of his sound and feel.

Matt