Phil & Bobby answered all those questions in the last Relix article.

Abba wrote:
how is this possible?you going to prod them onstage?we have nothing to do with it except buy tickets

Nupsdog wrote:
do you have a link id like to read it i dont get relix anymore

the relix article was good - catch it if you can

i bought the one magazine off there site a few weeks back - i dunno if you can read it anywhere online.

also has a little article on what Billy said about Furthur and about the Jam Cruise to.....

can ya scan it?

Sorry 83msg I should have thought more on the wording.. I meant the music is in us and we carry it on. The band Furthur is temp simple because all things that start end...What the GD tapped into is of cosmic orgin and is eternal. The music plays the band

thats makes a little more sense good thing i understand burnout

I so hope its permanent. I freakin love Furthur. I've seen the Dead (03 and 09), P & F and Ratdog, and Furthur blows them out of the WATER in my opinion. But, hey, if not, whatever! long as they're still making music, I'll be there to support them... even if its through virtualness at Terrapin Landing and TRI!

I dont got a scanner man, sorry .... maybe someone else can help you out....

"nothin's for certain...."

That said, I agree all things in this existence are temporary. Thus Furthur, like the Grateful Dead and every one else, are only temporary.

Cliff Notes Version of the article:
Ratdog has unfinished business, The Dead will be resurrected, and there will even be some P&F shows, most likely after the completion of Terrapin Landing. Furthur seems here to stay as long as they can....

sounds like they enjoy furthur but still want to be able to branch out and do other projects ,which i think is very smart i would hate to see furthur become like the collosus the dead was at the end with angry mobs in the lot,switching things up will help to tame the beast possibly