As dedicated readers might have picked up … this time of year I typically write a segment on the Days Between, a more than weeklong event between Aug. 1 (Garcia’s birth) and Aug. 9 (Garcia’s death) celebrated by Deadheads across the globe.

This year is different, however, because the Prince of Darkness himself passed away on July 22. While Deadheads flooded the streets of San Francisco, heading to Golden Gate Park to celebrate 60 years of the Grateful Dead, Ozzy Osbourne’s death drew tens of…