I’m too tired, and the mourning subsides only to allow the calm to grab just enough of a hold so that the next stab of shock and anxiety hits like a brick to the face. Here’s the theme: Ross loved jam music. He was a Deadhead, but he also loved Otis Redding. Derek Trucks was a newer fascination, and I already talked about how he would come in and ask about bands like Caravan and older Genesis. God, he was a pain in the ass, but he was also a sweetheart. Next to me is a bag dropped off for my birthday last week, a set of notebooks from Moleskine, including a monogrammed soft leather notebook and a hardcover slipcase volume for logging movies. He knew me, covered for me, and cared.

• Grateful Dead – “Morning Dew (Live at Boston Music Hall)”
• Dead & Company – “Althea (Live at Folsom Field)”
• Caravan – “Golf Girl”
• Otis Redding – “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay”
• The Derek Trucks Band – “This Sky”
• Jason Isbell – “Good While It Lasted”
• Grateful Dead – “Dark Star (Live at the Fillmore West)”

Be safe, be good to each other. See you next week.