Grateful Dead Lyricist Survives Heart Attack
By Andy Kahn May 30, 2015 • 7:00 am PDT
According to a series of tweets by Grateful Dead lyricist and political activist John Perry Barlow, the 67-year-old suffered cardiac arrest earlier this week and nearly died. Barlow, who collaborated with Bob Weir on many classic Dead songs such as “The Music Never Stopped,” “Throwing Stones” and “Cassidy,” looks to be recovering in a hospital.
As his first tweet indicates, it appears the situation was quite serious for the founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation on Wednesday evening. Ensuing tweets seem to show Barlow is on the road to recovery after the health scare.
Watch “The Music Never Stopped” performed by Hot Buttered Rum, as well as the other entries in the JamBase Songs Of Their Own video series celebration of the Grateful Dead’s 50th anniversary.
As his first tweet indicates, it appears the situation was quite serious for the founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation on Wednesday evening. Ensuing tweets seem to show Barlow is on the road to recovery after the health scare.
I was dead for about 8 minutes on Wed eve. Total cardiac arrest. Hard to relax & sleep now. And sad to report no Ascending Light.
— John Perry Barlow (@JPBarlow) May 29, 2015 So much Love! I feel bathed in it from every succulent pore of Space/Time. It’s none my business whether or not I deserve it. I accept.
— John Perry Barlow (@JPBarlow) May 29, 2015 (However, while I believe I can feel all that love, deserved or not, I can’t receive all those calls for a day or 6. Bless you all!)
— John Perry Barlow (@JPBarlow) May 29, 2015 I have prevailed. Back shortly. Armed and dangerous. Unlike the USA PATRIOT ACT, With any luck. pic.twitter.com/rftaoVCat5
— John Perry Barlow (@JPBarlow) May 29, 2015 Watch “The Music Never Stopped” performed by Hot Buttered Rum, as well as the other entries in the JamBase Songs Of Their Own video series celebration of the Grateful Dead’s 50th anniversary.
