Panic was already around 10 years by time Jerry died. As full time musicians touring and making a living doing so. I don't think Jerry sticking around was going to put Panic out of business.

Sure, more people ended up on Panic and Phish tour after Jerry died, but there's a ton of other bands they could've flocked to as well. Those bands were just playing music and putting on shows people wanted to see. Even before Jerry died they were already playing large venues (Phish more so than Panic). And it's just a simple fact that the 3 sound nothing like each other, it's not like they were copying the Dead.

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Posted by Peter Buck

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Posted on 12/12/14 at 9:07 pm to TMDawg

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Panic was already around 10 years by time Jerry died. As full time musicians touring and making a living doing so. I don't think Jerry sticking around was going to put Panic out of business. Sure, more people ended up on Panic and Phish tour after Jerry died, but there's a ton of other bands they could've flocked to as well. Those bands were just playing music and putting on shows people wanted to see. Even before Jerry died they were already playing large venues (Phish more so than Panic). And it's just a simple fact that the 3 sound nothing like each other, it's not like they were copying the Dead.

I agree with that for the most part, but they inhereted the scene and the scene has been very lucrative. I agree that there are plenty of bands that could have filled that void and I have no idea how they were able to fill it... especially while having the frat and hippy and general degenerate scene all on the same bandwagon.

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