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Andy Cohen’s most excellent Grateful Dead road trip with John Mayer
Bravo TV personality Andy Cohen describes his friendship with rocker John Myer as ‘unlikely.’
This summer, the pair took that unlikely friendship on the road to take in some Grateful Dead concerts and also paid a visit to a gay bar in Northern California.
They left in Los Angeles on 26 June – the day the US Supreme Court ruled that same-sex marriage was legal in all 50 states – in Mayer’s EarthRoamer off-road camping truck.
‘As John and I were driving, I marveled at the notion of telling my scared teenage self that one day not only would I be out to all my friends and family – and, uh, everybody – but I would also be able to get married,’ Cohen writes in the current issue of Entertainment Weekly which he guest edited.
‘Once we arrived in the Bay Area, I took the dude who can make all the ladies’ panties drop to the Powerhouse (gay bars, FYI, always have v butch names). The vibe was jubilation mixed with intense body heat and plenty of disco (I explained Diana Ross to John). Did I mention a dude in a jockstrap assumed the role of our bodyguard? Anyway, John was the ultimate wingman, asking me who was tickling my fancy. As the night went on, we wound up on the dance floor and—from what I remember—it was nothing short of euphoric.’
Cohen sums up the weekend as ‘epic and unforgettable’ and says he’s ‘still celebrating.’
‘That weekend, the confluence of marriage equality, legalization of pot, and the Grateful Dead getting back together created a perfect combo platter, allowing me to do just what I had fantasized on the road trip: bring back my 19-year-old self to tell him it all turned out okay, and give him a big hug tied up with a rainbow.’
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Greg Hernandez
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