Amanda Latz:  

Well, I guess anyone who ever knew me then would agree that it was obvious that I wanted direction, even though I didn't know it, and I didn't know where to begin looking for it. Fortunatly, it was in the stars for me to cross paths with a roving sprirt who wanted to take me cross-country and teach me about a band and a lifestyle, you may have heard of them...the grateful dead. It was so much more than the music...the freedom of the road(I attribute the courage to sell everything and go on the road for several years to the book- On the Road-by Jack Kerouac-good readin' friends), the opprotunity to see and meet so many different types of people, some of the most interesting people I've met were actually not even at the shows, but were some of the "townies" inbetween the venues. Pretty funny some of the questions a perfect stranger will ask you when they don't ever think they'll see you again!(what's with the dreadlocks?...do you actually LIVE in that van?...does your family know where your at?...) Anyway, after hundreds of shows(not just the dead, but widespread panic,bob dylan, string cheese incident, too many to list),I became pregnant with my daughter,Maya Soliel,who had some kinda bad medical issues, I hung up my tour hat, cut my dreads and without reluctance,beca...Expand for more