Bill Kreutzmann
Bill Kreutzmann
William "Bill" Kreutzmann, Jr. is an American drummer who played with the music group the Grateful Dead for its entire thirty-year career. He has continued to perform with former members of the Grateful Dead in various lineups, and with his own bands BK3, 7 Walkers and Billy & the Kids...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDrummer
Date of Birth7 May 1946
CityPalo Alto, CA
CountryUnited States of America
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In the Woodstock movie, you see Justin, my son, who is now a filmmaker, being carried off by my wife at the time to the helicopter. He's just this little bundle of joy in her arms. And it's 1969.
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Oh yeah, it's great see music and to play music in small places. And it's really fun for me to play here because, you know, I played two feet from people all night. And after all those years, it's great to be able to talk to folks.
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When you go on the stage before thousands of people, you can be excited and nervous, but it's not fear.
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I've always loved New Orleans music. I always loved it when the Neville Brothers opened up for the Grateful Dead and the Dirty Dozen and all that.
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I wouldn't be doing this if it wasn't fun. It's just a whole different thing these days.
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I went to prep school for one year in Arizona. It was called Orme.
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I mean, when it gets down to it I just wanted to play the drums. The rest of it never meant that much to me.
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I didn't play after the Grateful Dead stopped playing. I didn't touch anything for three or four months, and I just got pretty crazy.
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In the very beginning we were a real tight family but now it's different. You know, toward the end, we had separate limos, stuff like that. It's hard to get six giant egos in the same place.
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I really like to go for the essence of things - the most beautiful parts of things - of human beings or of music. If there are things in there that are getting in the way and complicating it, it's just not good for me.
I just don't see myself as retiring. As long as I'm healthy and can play the drums, that's what I'm going to do because that's the most fun thing that I know how to do.
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When Garcia died, and I decided not to play, I came out here.
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Playing music is just one of the best things. I can't retire.
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No matter how nice a hotel is, it's not home.