9. It’s Up To You – Kimock’s Guitars
_bob_CrIpE_2021-05-25T18:14:38+00:00Tongue N' Groove As it would happen, the Garcia connection to Cripe guitars would continue well past the loss of both musician and luthier in [...]
8. Brokedown Palace – Picking Up the Pieces
_bob_CrIpE_2021-05-27T15:51:35+00:00"All the birds that were singing, have flown except you alone" - Robert Hunter Steve’s friend Adam Palow, a fellow craftsman (albeit of amplifiers), would [...]
7. Smokestack Lightning – The Accident
_bob_CrIpE_2021-05-22T15:27:09+00:00"Whoa oh, fare ya well, never see, a you no more." - Howlin' Wolf Hal Hammer, a guitarist, wood-joiner and luthier with credentials sufficient to [...]
6. He’s Gone – Garcia Passes
_bob_CrIpE_2021-05-25T18:13:18+00:00"He's gone and nothing's gonna bring him back." - Robert Hunter With Pete and Helen Cripe aging into their golden years, Cripe chose to relocate [...]
5. Here Comes Sunshine – A Commissioned Guitar
_bob_CrIpE_2021-05-25T18:11:36+00:00"Askin' you nice, now, keep the mother rollin' one more time." - Robert Hunter Making a second guitar—one that had been ordered by a customer, [...]
4. Built To Last – Garcia’s Guitars
_bob_CrIpE_2021-05-25T18:07:41+00:00"Show me something built to last or something built to try." - Robert Hunter As any wood-joining luthier well knows, the quality of the source [...]
3. Crazy Fingers – The Wood Joiner
_bob_CrIpE_2021-05-25T18:05:19+00:00"Cloud hands reaching from a rainbow" - Robert Hunter Steve and Rhonda Cripe As established, the road to Steve’s stint in the final [...]
2. St. Stephen – The Man
_bob_CrIpE_2021-05-25T18:03:36+00:00"St. Stephen with a rose, in and out of the garden he goes" Robert Hunter On the unfortunate summer day he blew himself to [...]
1. Comes A Time
_bob_CrIpE_2021-04-17T20:15:05+00:00"Gotta make it somehow, on the dreams you still believe" - Robert Hunter Stephen Cripe 1992 Florida No question—Jerry Garcia was Stephen Cripe’s [...]