. >> i am danny shirr. i come in the spirit of bill gramm. i worked for bill grimm 25 years, my entire professional career. he would be here today to tell you the following. of all the shows i have booked, my favorite show, the one that was the most creative, was the grateful dead and the preservation hall jazz band. he loved that show. there is a poster of that show at the fillmore. they were the real deal. they never sold out. there were never overly commercial. if you wanted to go see preservation hall, you had to go to new orleans to see them. but at the same time, we are talking about the mid-60s, when the preservation hall band first came to stanford. they set up a tent. to me, as a kid who like music, preservation hall coming to town was like the circus coming to town. they had their own tent. i was able to go to the first two nights. i saved of my money as a newspaper boy and got my tickets. by the third night, i had become friends with the musicians. they stuck me in. i said, "come over to my house. we will have a barbecue." i had no