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Just the sort of bus you'd expect Dead fans to travel in
By adamg on Sat, 06/17/2017 - 3:02pm
Roving UHub photographer Jeff Maker reports Dead fans are pouring into the area around Fenway Park in advance of tonight's and tomorrow's Dead & Company concerts. This bus is parked next to 61 Brookline Ave.
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Storrow This!
Would be quite the end to a long strange trip, wouldn't it?
Totaled
A brand new rental truck
Busted
By a Mass. State Cop
What a long strange trip it's been
One ugly ass bus, must be a
One ugly ass bus, must be a circa pre 1967 bus.
Sweet ass bus
It used to be parked on a side street in Dot. It's pretty badass.
Pretty stylish if you ask me, esp. compared to what they're building today.
I agree. The bus itself is
I agree. The bus itself is pretty cool, lots of windows. I'm not very fond of the color scheme but the bus rocks!
Knew I had seen this before
Thanks for mentioning that it was parked in Dot at one point. I knew I had seen it before.
Deadhead baby boomers with
Deadhead baby boomers with financial nest eggs can now afford the upgrade their old VW vans they drove when they were hippies.
Deadheading
... was always a rich kid occupation.
Landyacht
Creech Land Yacht
(Courtesy of R Crumb)
That is the first thing I thought
That is the first thing I thought when I saw it. The Phutney Creech Land Yacht is from the FFB 1990 issue #11. Rip Off Press lives up to it's name.
Later that same day ...
Jeff shows how the parking lot filled up:
And he got a look inside that bus:
The Peacemaker II
Owned by The Twelve Tribes, providing medical services at concerts, etc.
Details here:
http://www.coachbuilt.com/bui/p/peacemaker/peacemaker.htm
A common sight at jamband shows
These guys follow the Dead, Phish, etc. I've seen the bus all over. It's a beautiful machine. Unfortunately, the people who operate it may not have the purest of intentions.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve_Tribes_communities
KOO
I threw up in ny mouth a little.(Pfft!)
But I think it may be better than Scientology.
But what do I know, my Gods are hopelessly pathetic.
It gets worse
http://www.thedailybeast.com/twelve-tribes-the-church-preached-child-abu...
Yeah but
i dont get it, sounds like you're not supporting them but also somehow your username one letter off from the name of the tribes's messiah (Yahshua) ?
That bus belongs to the
That bus belongs to the Twelve Tribes. They've been providing first aid at Dead and Phish shows since at least the 80s.
What they won't tell you is how their organization is actually religious cult that likes to prey on/recruit hippies who are under the influence.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/twelve-tribes-the-church-preached-child-abu...
I had a number of encounters with them in my younger years and I've actually been inside that bus.