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" Jimmy Herring, a journeyman who's sat in with the =/artist/?artist=100610 class="art">Allman Brothers and Jazz is Dead, was brought in to handle Garcia's guitar part "It bothers me, too Thursday, the four remaining original members will begin again, touring together for the first time since Garcia's death in 1995 One by one, they realized how much the music had adhered to their souls "Everybody's grown and expanded their horizons," Lesh says "We'll have a large number of officers working the event Hart continues to produce records like Kodo's new Mondo Head album "But I've got like 40,000 of my best friends here (AP) -- The last time the =/artist/?artist=100651 class="art">Grateful Dead rolled into this sleepy Southern city, 15 years ago, thousands of merrymakers followed with their tie-dyed shirts and veggie burritos and sunny indifference to public nudity this music demands to be played, and differently every time 6, in Oakland, Calif " Â 11 world The civic center parking lot became a camp site and the city's new fountain was used as a shower "The muse is telling us what to do," Hart says "We are aware that the Grateful Dead have a following that likes to partake in illegal drugs, so we've beefed up our security "We certainly know what it was like last time," police spokeswoman Shelly Alley said Incense and cigarettes have been banned except in one designated area, as has the sale of any merchandise not officially sanctioned by the band And, of course, there was =/artist/?artist=114561 class="art">Jerry Garcia At a warmup concert in August, thousands of Deadheads converged on East Troy, Wis " To get back into tour shape, The Other Ones met back at the Dead's California studios for three weeks, singing around a piano at first to remember everyone's part I wish I could sound the way they sounded in 1962, but the equipment they used to make recordings back then were totally different," Herring said But this time will be different in many ways "We're all big adults here -- what, do they think we're going to put graffiti on the walls or something?" Star, who doesn't have a ticket to the concert, quit his job at a merchandise distribution company and plans to follow the band with his dog, Molson, all the way to the tour's finale, Dec " This latest incarnation of the Dead -- which plays under the moniker "=/artist/?artist=229252 class="art">The Other Ones"Â -- will shuffle about 130 songs during a 14-city tour, including a number of Dead standards and some from their own bands "Wow, they're going to turn everyone away?" asked a 21-year-old New Yorker who goes by the name Star "We're chasing that feeling, that magic too =/artist/?artist=208559 class="art">Phil Lesh, =/artist/?artist=116034 class="art">Bob Weir, =/artist/?artist=234918 class="art">Bill Kreutzman and =/artist/?artist=100417 class="art">Mickey Hart are all over 55 now They've pulled out several songs from the early 1960s, such as "=/album/?song=2209270&album=138714 class="art">Till the Morning Comes," that have never been played live They'll take care of me " Deadheads, who started showing up Wednesday morning, weren't pleased with the new rules "The world needs this kind of vibe," Hart said "I left yesterday morning with a tank of gas and less than $20," he said with a laugh, his hair tucked in a brown stocking cap But that's the only change And we'll continue until the day we die The decision to tour together came gradually, band members say, as each began to play the old tunes " Hart and Lesh said they weren't sure whether the group would get back together again after the tour The band also shows little resemblance to the gang that first entranced a generation 40 years ago The parking lot will be chained shut until a few hours before the concert, and police are beefing up patrols -- standard precautions, concert officials say, in this post-Sept While the band may have grown up, the fans are expected to be as earthy and raucous as ever "Those are the rules for every concert now," said civic center marketing director Robyn Schon Each has his own band and they've moved in different artistic directions There were drugs and there was free love "It's exhilarating Authorities turned off the fountain when they discovered people bathing in it "We're not really directing traffic here In Roanoke, no camping is allowed on the civic center premises, and ticket holders can't enter until three hours before the concert begins "I don't ever remember rehearsing like that, except for in the '60s when we'd play all day everyday," Hart says For now, they're happy simply to be back on stage together The crowd was peaceful, but police issued 411 citations for drug violations and seized more than 51 pounds of marijuana, 7,300 doses of LSD, 10 pounds of hallucinogenic mushrooms, a tank of nitrous oxide and small amounts of other drugs He said he'll try to stick to how Garcia played, but fans will most likely hear something different Lesh started the Unbroken Chain Foundation, a charity, with his band Dead's Surviving Members Tour Nov 13, 4:18 PM EST ROANOKE, Va " When the Dead last came to town, in 1987, more than 60 people were arrested for drugs and running naked in the parking lot "My callous is back