Tony, Jerry, & Little Willow Bay

Here is a heads-up ... or should that be deadheads-up? ... hmmm ... good question. 

What isn't in question is the following news - tomorrow,  August 1st, at 5pm - 8 pm SLT, there will be a concert by Tony Saunders to mark what would have been Jerry Garcia's 82nd birthday, held on the sim Little Willow Bay, on Neverworld, with some very special architecture put together by some of  NWG's best known builders.

Govega Sachertorte: Mr. smokes and Nexus Storm built the sim and I added the art and art info. The pieces are a gift grant to the SCA who is collaborating with the foundation on this. They will be livestreaming the event, and so will we. 

Little Willow Bay region on Neverworld is a virtual take on RL Sausalito

The full address is at the end of the post, as always! 

Wait a minute, why is this event on this sim, you ask, and not the Jerry Garcia Tribute sim that we visited back in 2023? 

It's all about the building, baby! To make the event even more immersive, the lovely Little Willow Bay region has a 3d model of the Sausalito Center for the Arts in California, and Tony Saunders will be playing at the real-world version of the building. 

The SCA building, inworld, with a little bit of virtual fog to make it look even more realistic

If you always thought of Jerry Garcia just as a guitar guy, then you will find fascinating reading on this page from SCA - plus some nice photos. 

It's super appropriate, too, that Tony Saunders is on stage. Tony's father, Merl Saunders, was a music legend, and for many years collaborated musically with Jerry Garcia - giving Tony the unique opportunity of jamming with, and learning from, some big names in rock, jazz, and more. You'll get a fascinating insight into those times, and that world, if you read the page on Tony's blog dedicated to his dad. Wow. You're beginning to  get where this is going, in terms of the vibe. We're guaranteed a five star event.

The pictures on show tomorrow come from a private collection and has never been seen before so - no spoilers here. 

It's another coup for Neverworld Grid that they get to share this exclusive opening with a real world art space and gallery, and that's testament to the team's hard work in establishing pixel-based worlds as a reliable and important partner with carbon-based institutions.  

Show the love! Make sure you get over to Neverworld to check out all 30 pieces for yourself during the event, and be ready for a psychedelic livestream.

HG Address: hg.neverworldgrid.com:8002:Little Willow Bay