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Aron Harris created his blog, Dad Rock Dad, to tell his unabashed story of life as a father, a husband, a son and a friend. From these roles, he’s eager to not only share what he’s learned but also to develop partnerships with pertinent brands that match his own and make life better. As a content creator who often has a camera in hand and a way with words, Harris isn’t afraid to state his opinions with eloquently spicy and authentic language. He covers topics such as parenting, relationships, social responsibility, urban living and being the ‘old guy’ at the club show wearing earplugs. What is a Dad Rock Dad? Aron describes it like so: Dad Rock Dads still go see club shows but never forget to bring their earplugs. They spend more time putting together a playlist for the brunch they’re hosting than the time it takes to cook it. Their go-to uniform may be boots, a band hoodie and well-worn jeans, whenever possible, but are happy to slide into a jacket and tie. They’ll listen to Black Sabbath with headphones on, Run The Jewels with their friends and Taylor Swift with their kids. They may have a late night jam with their going-nowhere band but can still get up the next day to whip up pancakes for the family. Dad Rock Dads care, about people, animals and the planet because that’s what The Clash, Bob Marley, Rage Against The Machine and Public Enemy taught them. Source

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A Deadhead’s Resolutions for 2024

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By Aron Harris
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As someone who is a goal-setter, I love New Year’s resolutions. I end the year reviewing the ones I set that year and then get to work carrying over the ones I didn’t complete (or deleting them). I’ll take existing ones to update with greater results (or delete them) and add new ones for the next year. There’s real satisfaction to be found doing this so I don’t diminish small goals or avoid lofty ones.
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The Days Between

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By Aron Harris
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The raging cynic in me, the one I’ve spent most of my adult life first stoking and then trying to mellow, previously looked upon this short stretch of August as a Deadhead Hallmark Holiday. Nine short days to sell merch and music, to blandly market a feeling. Luckily, this year for me, it’s all the feels for these Days Between.
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How Gordon Lightfoot saved my life.

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By Aron Harris
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I’ve written before about my move to Oregon when I was 20 years old. On the heels of a messy breakup, the prospect of another grey downtown winter had as much appeal as, well, a grey downtown winter coated with a blanket of heartsick depression. I knew 1992 was poised to be a grim year unless I made some extreme changes in my life. Seemingly, the easiest way to do it with one fell swoop was to leave home and see what new lives were living out there for me to find.
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Spring 1990 - There’s nothing like an almost hometown show

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By Aron Harris
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Way back, nearing a million years ago, while languishing as a thoroughly underperforming high school student whose only focus was music, I dropped a few bucks to call the GD Hotline. Yep, you read that right. Calling another country, especially from Canada cost something in the dollar range per minute. As a poor teenager selling juice, trash bags and toilet paper over the phone, this cost likely burned a half hour of afterschool toil.
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Dad Rock Dead: Deadheads - The Best/Worst, Hardest Music Fans Ever To Figure Out

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By Aron Harris
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The band never put much weight into fanbase-building outside of playing shows. So how did Deadheads multiply to reach a number so overwhelming that we threatened the band’s existence? Well, giving folk that we are, the answer to the equation is us and our unconditional love of the band. Deadheads made more Deadheads and as we all know now, that ultimately wasn’t for the better. How did the best fans a band could have at the same time be the worst?
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Dad Rock Dead - A Quick Unrequested Explanation To My Kids

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By Aron Harris
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“No, don’t change the station. I should probably find a Grateful Dead song I like.” This statement came out of my son’s mouth the other day as I was driving him off at school in the morning. Generally, I’ll let my kids pick the music for the drive but sometimes, and not always as a punishment for being late, I’ll leave The Grateful Dead Channel on SiriusXM. My daughter won’t have any of it. My son has a bit more tolerance. So, on this day, I left it on.
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Dad Rock Dead: A Deadhead In Dormancy

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By Aron Harris
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Looking at me now, you’d think that my thirty-something years as a Deadhead have been a sort of lesson in consistency. But that’s not the case. There were a number of years when I didn’t actively listen to The Grateful Dead. Join me, readers, as I turn another long story into a two-thousand-word post. Back in the fall of 1991, barely 20, I was living and working in downtown Toronto.
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Dad Rock Dead Tells a Very Long-Winded, Barely-Europe ‘72 Story

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By Aron Harris
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Seeing how us Deadheads are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Europe ‘72 tour, I thought I’d add my piece. I had a dubbed cassette of it, whose origin and present location I can’t recall. But I love this album so much when I was 18 years old. I wasn’t even a year old when these shows took place. My NYC-born father was a season shy of his 41st birthday when the Europe ‘72 shows happened. He was an only child, raised by loving, over-protective parents.
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Dad Rock Dead: The Esoteric Ramblings of a Leshian Scholar

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By Aron Harris
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Without research, I will say that approximately 94% of all bassists started out as guitarists but were somehow relegated or intimidated to become the band’s bassist. That happened to me when I was 18 years old and had just joined my first band. Along with my drummer brother (or brother drummer), previously-mentioned Head-friend Dave and a drama school mate of my brother’s, we formed a Grateful Dead cover band.
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Dad Rock Dead: First Show Glow

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By Aron Harris
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I recently responded to a tweet I read about the Fourth of July ’89 show with “Imagine if this was your first Grateful Dead concert.” Yep, that was my first. While the saying goes for many topics, you never forget your first, the details today aren’t blade-sharp. But I will do my best to recount the feelings from the day. I attended the show with my brother so while writing this, I kept sending him text messages for clarifications.
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