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The Grateful Dead has played their final concert and, apparently, the news has hit Republicans harder than Democrats.

Chicago has been seemingly an odd pick since the band’s twin homes are in California – from whence they sprung – and the “Grateful Dead Belt” of the East Coast that stretches from Washington, DC north to the Canadian border. The event was also...

Chicagoan Scott Goldstein, 45, who caught the Dead every time they came through the city between 1989 and 1995, as well as their last show with Garcia, at Solider Field, describes the band’s music as “simply transcendent”.

HANDOUT/REUTERS Trey Anastasio, Phil Lesh and Bob Weir on stage at Soldier Field.

Yet, underneath it all lies a truly radical concept: When you find a process that works, like the Dead did, keep doing it over and over. That increased his already high motivation to go to the Chicago Dead shows.