Politics of the Dead
- By Mary Ann Akers
- Roll Call Staff
- May 25, 2006, Midnight
After finishing a roughly 90-minute, thumping performance Tuesday night at a fundraiser for Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and saying cheese for photos with dozens of bleary-eyed Deadheads and Leahy supporters, guitarist Bob Weir was hungry. That was around 12:30 a.m., when the manager of the Old Ebbitt Grill got a call at home saying “about 30 Grateful Dead people” are in the restaurant and they want food.
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