What do you think of the Grateful Dead without Jerry Garcia?  

I'm a long time Head, seen hundreds of shows. I've been in this dilemna about 5 years ago. I was torn, to see the Dead and NOT do Jerry songs would be awful but to see the Dead and have someone else do Jerry songs would kill me. So I didn't go.
Less than a month ago I saw Phil Lesh, Bobby and some other dude on some show, my husband recorded it, not realizing just how much I miss Jerry. This is the first time I've seen them since Jerry died. I was crying, Bobby and this dude were singing Friend of the Devil and it just tore my heart out.
I prefer Jerry songs so it just doesn't do me any good to see someone else do his songs. I've got plenty of old soundboard tapes and live CDs. It's good enough for me and I can still feel Jerry.
Jerry lives in my heart.

It'd just be a band without a fat old guy in it.
I guess it'd be the same as seeing the Beatles without Lennon and Harrison, or the Who without Moon and Entwistle, or Queen without Freddie Mercury. They might be Queen or the Beatles, or the Who, or Zeppeling or the Dead, but without the whole band, they're not.