My first slack-jawed reaction to Hutchinson’s testimony was to wonder if Trump would have been able to avoid Senate conviction on impeachment charges in February 2021 had this insider account of the president’s conduct been available. She testified that Trump repeatedly dragged his feet before half-heartedly calling off the rioters while approving of their deadly threats toward his vice president, Mike Pence. She testified that Trump was furious when the Secret Service tried to keep armed protesters from attending the rally by sending them through metal detectors, because “they aren’t here to hurt me.” She further testified that Trump fully intended to accompany the rioters to the Capitol and, after he boarded the presidential limo to head there, he tried to grab the steering wheel of the Chevy Suburban he was in and stop it from going to the White House - even attempting to grab his chief of security by the neck. Hutchinson testified that, in advance of January 6, Donald Trump and his staff had already planned to send the assembled crowd to the Capitol and that on the morning of the insurrection, the president knew the mob was armed. For the first time, the view of January 6 from the heart of the White House - from the belly of the beast, so to speak - was made clear. The sole witness for this snap hearing, Cassidy Hutchinson, former assistant to White House chief of staff Mark Meadows during the insurrection, did not disappoint. When the House committee investigating January 6 changed its schedule to hold an immediate hearing on Tuesday, it was clear something big was up. Though Phish hasn’t revisited it since, Trey and Page played an extended “Terrapin” in their Phil Lesh & Friends engagement in April 1999, and Trey joined Phil again for a lovely Terrapin on 6/30/06 in Camden, NJ.Photo: Andrew Harnik/AP Photo/Bloomberg via Getty Images On quality recordings, all of this crackling energy is palpable. By all accounts, the crowd’s slack-jawed reaction to the first signature guitar peal gave way quickly to hugs, tears of joy, and spontaneous acrobatics. Phish debuted this song in Virginia Beach on the third anniversary of Garcia’s death, perhaps inspired by a lovely full moon that hung over the amphitheater that night. In that regard, Phish’s lone rendition was no different. The concluding movements to “Terrapin Station” (“Terrapin Transit,” “At a Siding,” “Terrapin Flyer” and “Refrain”) never surfaced in the Dead’s live performances (with one exception, the nearly complete 3/18/77 rendition). That is also the name of the third section, a driving, percussive passage that repeats and heightens, opening a door to possibility. It speaks of a place that crickets and cicadas sing of, a place that can be found only by those with adventure and passion in their hearts: Terrapin Station. The second section is an ode to inspiration and the muse, sense and color, mystery and truth. Though the storyteller eschews a Hollywood ending, the message seems clear: in matters of the heart, set caution aside. While the calculating Soldier shrugs off the chance to win the Lady’s hand, the Sailor sides with passion and dives right in. She puts a mortal challenge to them both, throwing her fan into a den of lions. The first section of the celestial epic, “Lady With A Fan,” recounts the story of a Soldier and Sailor, who are both enchanted by a beautiful Lady. As fate would have it, they just so happened to fit nicely together. According to Dead lyricist Robert Hunter, he and Jerry Garcia composed the words and music to this song simultaneously (and unbeknownst to each other) while watching an electrical storm crackle over San Francisco. The Grateful Dead's “Terrapin Station” is one of that band’s most beloved compositions, and its genesis is a miracle in its own right.
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