Phil Hanley

And we're never going to hate on a deadhead here.

Like an OG deadhead.

Yes.

Not like a John Mayer fan who then became a deadhead because John Mayer's in the band.

No shade on John Mayer.

He plays a wonderful guitar.

He's a virtuoso, if you don't mind, Kristen.

But...

That's not a real deadhead.

A real deadhead is a Jerry deadhead, like a deadhead from way back in the day.

Or you got turned on to the Grateful Dead in its original format.

And I have a feeling the Grateful Dead is going to be one of those bands that iterates and iterates and iterates.

There is going to be...

Some lineage of the Grateful Dead playing infinitum, for sure.

Like the children of the Grateful, the grandchildren of somebody in the Grateful Dead.

Somebody's going to continue this on forever and ever.

Maybe John Mayer will be that guy.

Maybe when the older folks kind of pack it in or pack it up, then John takes it to a new place.

Anyway, I'm excited to ask Phil about all of this.

He is also an advocate for mental health and specifically dyslexia, which I'd like to talk to him about.