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INDEX
Ace’s (Bob Weir’s studio), 222–223, 236
Acid Test, 75–79, 82–87, 91–115, 129, 156, 216, 238, 313
Big Beat Acid Test, 75, 83–104
See also Kesey, Ken; Merry Pranksters
Adams, Carolyn. See Mountain Girl
Adams, Lee, 37
Adler, Lou, 109
Alan Parsons Project (band), 247
Alembic, 153, 196
Alexander, Sandy, 255, 284
Allen, Alex, 184
Allman Brothers Band, 262–263, 437
Alpine Valley (venue in Wisconsin), 362, 363, 437
Altamont Speedway (venue in Alameda County, Califoria), 12–18, 216
American Bandstand (TV show), 331
American Zoetrope (movie studio), 211
Ampex, 153, 196
Anastasio, Trey, 433
Angel Orensanz Center (venue in New York City), 424
Apocalypse Now (film), 211
Archive.org, 436
Arista Records, 247–252, 263, 277-279, 291, 306, 322–336, 342–346, 350–354, 370, 388, 409
Arkush, Allan, 13, 231, 251, 294, 308, 333, 340, 412, 446
Atherton (California), 42, 60, 147, 229
Atkins, Chet, 40
Atlantic Records, 206
Autumn Records, 87–88, 96, 111
Avalon Ballroom (venue in San Francisco, California), 107–108, 111, 153, 156–157
Avedon, Richard, 252
Aykroyd, Dan, 272–273
Babbs, Ken, 81–82, 86, 94–96, 99, 104, 270, 296
See also Merry Pranksters
Baez, Joan, 28, 37, 302–305
Balin, Marty, 14–15
Band, the, 11, 19, 262, 377
Banjo, 25–27, 39, 41, 57–60, 63, 67, 86, 110–111, 213–214, 325–326, 400
Bar Cross Ranch, 350
Barlow, John Perry (Grateful Dead lyricist), 41–44, 94, 117, 196, 205, 211, 279, 293, 327, 429
entry into Grateful Dead as songwriter, 172
and Brent Mydland, 346, 356–358, 370, 373–374
and Bob Weir, 42–44, 59, 108, 115, 149, 183, 243, 249, 269, 290, 371
Barnard, Veronica “Vee,” 10, 117, 121, 133, 197
Barncard, Stephen, 170–172, 222
Barraco, Rob, 433
Barrish, Jerry, 128
Barsin, Cherie, 277–278, 280, 379
Barsotti, Peter, 283
Basie, Count, 123
Bass guitar, 3, 5, 14, 19, 54, 67–72, 77–79, 89, 101, 111, 124–125, 135, 146–147, 150, 161, 171, 173, 184–185, 193–194, 196, 213–214, 222, 243, 249–250, 260, 284, 289, 295, 307–308, 316, 384, 432–434
See also Lesh, Philip Chapman “Phil” (Grateful Dead bassist); Morgan, Dana Jr.
Batdorf & Rodney (band), 276-278
Beach Boys, 59, 223
“Beat it on Down the Line” (song), 113
See also Fuller, Jesse
Beat writers, 46, 127
Beatles, xi, 10, 54, 60–61, 66, 69, 71, 141–142, 204, 305
Beatnik culture, 26, 29, 57, 69
Beck, Jeff, 278
Belardo, Mike (Josh), 8, 206–208, 212, 227
Belushi, John, 255, 272–273, 290
Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream, 350, 412
Bennett, Christine, 121
Berkeley Community Theater (venue in Berkeley, California), 302, 373
Berry, Chuck, xi, 65, 279
Betty Ford Clinic (rehabilitation facility in Los Angeles, California), 427
Bickershaw Festival (1972), 388
Big Beat (venue in the Peninsula, California), 75, 83–104
Big Brother and the Holding Company (band), 100
“Big Nig,” 82
Bill Monroe’s Bluegrass Boys (band), 212
Billy and the Kids (band), 441
Black Mountain Boys (band), 65
Black Sabbath (band), 203
“Black Throated Wind” (song), 184
Blondie (band), 266
Blues Bar (bar in New York City), 272
Bluegrass music, xi, 29, 39–41, 54–58, 63–65, 111, 133, 212–214, 236, 325
Blues music, 2–3, 18–19, 54, 60–71, 80, 94–96, 101, 107, 111, 113–116, 127, 146, 152, 156, 169, 184, 187–189, 202, 207, 211, 214, 276, 346, 353, 410, 434, 437
Bobby & the Midnites (band), 295–296
See also Weir, Bob
Bonner, Connie. See Mosley, Connie Bonner
Boogie-woogie music, 174, 304, 382
Boston Garden (venue in Boston, Massachusetts), 367, 369, 377, 390, 426
Boston Music Hall (venue), 195
Boston, 195, 205–206, 212, 215, 241, 246, 367–369, 387–389, 391, 397
Bralove, Bob (Grateful Dead synthesizer programmer), 316, 323–324, 327–331, 350, 354–357, 371, 377, 381, 386, 395, 400, 408, 410, 417, 432, 446
Brand, Stewart, 95, 100, 117, 442
Brandelius, Jerilyn Lee, 233, 261
Brendan Byrne Arena (venue in New Jersey), 363
Brightman, Candace, 177
British Invasion, 66
Brown, James, 118, 125
Brown, Steve, 196, 206, 210–212
Brown, Toni, 382
Browning, Page, 83
Brubeck, Dave, 112
Bryant, Anita, 183
Bryce Jordan Center (venue at Penn State University, Pennsylvania), 437
Bushnell Park (venue in Hartford, Connecticut), 349
Butterfield, Paul, Blues Band, 156
Byrds (band), 12, 104, 109, 185
Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (film), 400
Café au Go Go (venue in New York City), 114–115
Cage, Buddy, 166–167, 190
Cagwin, Rondelle, 228–231, 235, 259
California State Bureau of Narcotics Enforcement, 119
See also 710 Ashbury
Candelario, Bill “Kidd” (Grateful Dead crew member), 21, 140, 158, 162, 177–179, 189, 194–196, 213, 218, 237, 245, 258, 271, 301–302, 315–316, 321, 340, 344, 348, 362, 373, 401, 412
Cantor-Jackson, Betty (Grateful Dead sound engineer), 18–20, 107, 153–154, 157, 165–168, 177, 181, 185–187, 226, 252–255, 260, 267, 271, 298–299, 372
Capitol Theater (venue in Passaic,
New Jersey), 171, 245, 272, 350
Captain Trips. See Garcia, John Jerome “Jerry”
Carousel Ballroom, 156–157, 162, 204, 212
See also Fillmore West
Casady, Jack, 130, 198
Cassady, Neal, 82–85, 95, 108, 145, 162
Cats Under the Stars (album), 268, 275
See also Jerry Garcia Band
CBS Studios (San Francisco, California), 210–212
Central Park Bandshell (venue in New York City), 114
Charlatans (band), 90–91
Chateau (house in Menlo Park, California), 25–29, 35–41, 44–46, 56–57, 69–70, 81, 396
Chateau Marmont (Los Angeles, California), 290
Chelsea Hotel (residence hotel in New York City), 207
Chiarito, Gertrude “Gert,” 47–48
Chimenti, Jeff, 437, 443
Clair, Chris, 402–404, 415–418
Clapton, Eric, 320
Clements, Vassar, 214
Clemons, Clarence, 353
Club Front (warehouse and rehearsal space in San Rafael, California), 12, 29, 269, 274–275, 354
Coakley, Sean, 334
See also Arista
Cobham, Billy, 295
Cochran, Bobby, 295
Cohen, Kip, 6, 157
See also Fillmore East
Cold War, 49–51
Columbia Records, 166, 186, 202, 247, 350
Community, xii, 7, 19, 36, 61, 68, 96, 129, 140–145, 156–157, 167, 174, 180, 204, 230, 238, 260, 263, 320, 348, 372, 396–397, 408, 416
Constanten, Tom (Grateful Dead keyboardist), 25, 46–48, 70, 78, 142–146, 151–152, 161–163, 171, 439
Cooley, Alex, 341, 409
Cipollina, John, 235
Coppola, Francis Ford, 211
Corea, Chick, 278
Cornell University (Ithaca, New York), 253–254
Cornyn, Stan, 114, 131, 145, 202
Costello, Elvis, 388
Coulter, Ann, 425
Cow Palace (venue in San Francisco, California), 196
Cream (band), 126
Creedence Clearwater Revival (band), 289
Creem (magazine), 207, 210
Cronkite, Walter, 349
Crosby, David, 20, 235–236, 332
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (band), x, 12, 170, 235, 382
Crystal methamphetamine, 137, 290
See also Drugs
Cuban Missile Crisis, 39, 41, 49, 56, 92
Curcio, Paul, 87
Cushing, Jim, 69
Cutler, John, 344, 354, 378
Cutler, Sam (Grateful Dead tour manager), 6–7, 15–16, 19, 21, 92, 158, 165–168, 171, 175–194, 204, 209–210, 216–217, 224, 229, 301, 326, 332
Dana Morgan Music Shop, 41, 55, 58, 62–68, 72–73, 77 151, 237
Dark Star Orchestra (Grateful Dead cover band), 440–441
Davis, Clive, 202, 247–250, 257, 279, 330, 345
Davis, Tom, 255, 272. 273, 274, 285
Dawson, John “Marmaduke,” 166, 170
Day, Leon, 322, 351, 395, 414, 427
Dead Kennedys (band), 346
Dead Ringers (Grateful Dead documentary), 334
Deadheads, xi, 17, 54, 184, 193–195, 200–201, 214, 223, 228, 241–242, 253–257, 262–266, 273–275, 282, 292, 299–303, 313, 329–331, 339, 343–346, 348–351, 358–365, 369, 372–373, 376, 381, 388, 391, 394, 402–404, 408, 416, 419–420, 424–427, 430, 433, 436, 442
Grateful Dead’s communication with, 210, 224, 228, 245, 319, 363, 418
reaction to Garcia’s collapse in 1986, 321
reaction to Garcia’s death, 428–430
Deadicated (Grateful Dead tribute album), 388
Death threats, 272, 394, 417
Debussy, Claude, 44–45
Deer Creek Music Center (venue in Noblesville, Indiana), 392 (photo), 393–394, 402, 413–419
Déjà vu (album), x, 20
See also Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Delaney and Bonnie (band), 11
Dell’Amico, Len, 272–274, 281–286, 334, 396
Denver (Colorado), 108, 209
Denver, John, 225
Desmond, Paul, 112
Di Biase, Gloria, 411
Di Biase, Vince, 397, 411, 426
Diga Rhythm Band, 246
Disco music, 243, 252, 267–269, 302
Dixon, Willie, 410
DMT, 88
Dobson, Bonnie, 49
Domino, Fats, 34
Donahue, Tom, 87, 111
Dosing, 8, 21, 84–86, 94, 98–99, 155–156, 178, 182, 186, 272, 285, 347, 363, 384
Douglas, Don, 105–106
Drugs,
Benzedrine, 84
cocaine, x, 4, 17, 210, 225, 231, 247, 268–269, 275, 281, 286, 328, 331, 378
crystal methamphetamine, 137, 290
DMT, 88
drug busts, 2–4, 8, 17, 98, 116–139, 159, 170, 176, 217, 244, 267, 319–321, 332, 361
drug use by Grateful Dead members, 17, 94, 114, 127–128, 133, 158, 172, 176–177, 190, 225, 231, 258–259, 269, 275, 280, 294, 300, 320, 331, 375, 378, 385, 406, 410
ecstasy, 442
hash(ish), 121, 126, 130, 179, 182, 271
heroin, 258, 270, 275, 293, 318, 323–324, 377, 406, 437, 429
LSD (acid), 6, 17, 40, 69–70, 75–81, 86, 88, 92–94, 100, 105, 107, 118, 132, 156, 159, 175–178, 195, 211, 244, 272–273, 285–286, 361, 364, 442
marijuana, 4, 46, 55, 67, 80, 90, 98, 103–104, 110, 115–116, 118–121, 126–129, 132–133, 170, 175, 178, 213–215, 223–225, 231, 235, 244, 255, 261, 267, 340, 384, 402, 431
mescaline, 40, 90, 152
methadone, 385
nitrous oxide, 13–14, 18, 20, 117, 151–152, 170, 221, 331, 385, 402–403, 408
opium, 258, 271, 281, 406
psychedelics, 90, 93, 116, 141, 160, 217, 254, 341
rat (Persian opiate), 281
Ritalin, 113
STP, 152, 159
See also Dosing; New Orleans, Overdoses; 710 Ashbury
Drums, 2–5, 15, 54, 64, 67–68, 89, 93, 114, 122–1125, 145, 149–151, 177, 185, 195, 200, 234, 247, 251, 259, 284–285, 291, 295–298, 303, 309–310, 328, 341, 355, 358, 368–370, 376, 395, 402, 411, 425–426, 433, 437, 441
See also Grateful Dead concert elements—“Drums”
Dryden, Spencer, 195
Dylan, Bob, 60, 239, 267, 305, 320, 336–337, 350–351, 355, 382, 429, 434
“Desolation Row” (song), 417
Dylan and the Dead (album), 350
“Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues” (song), 358
“Queen Jane Approximately” (song), 346
“Subterranean Homesick Blues” (song), 71
Earth Opera (band) 213
Ed’s Superette, 230
Egypt, 270–275, 281, 299
Eisenberg, Cookie, 172
Electric Circus (venue in New York City), 141
Electronic dance music (EDM), 442
Eliot, T.S., 138
Emergency Crew (former band name for the Grateful Dead), 88
England, xi, 175, 182, 211
Englishtown (New Jersey), 240 (photo), 241–263, 351
Everly Brothers, 5, 34, 68
Fairmont Hotel (San Francisco, California), 109
Family Dog on the Great Highway (venue in San Francisco), 91–93, 108, 134 (photo), 136–139, 155–156, 177
See also Playland at the Beach
Fantasy Studios (studio in Berkeley, California), 288 (photo), 289, 326
Farrell, Perry, 387
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 208
Festival Express Tour (1970), 166, 175, 256
Fillmore East (venue in New York City), xiv (photo), 5–6, 13, 157, 231
Fillmore West (venue in San Francisco, California), 15–16, 91, 106, 123, 153, 156–157
First National Bank of Boston, 205–206
Fleetwood Mac (band), 246
Flowers, Annette, 100
Flying Burrito Brothers (band),
12
Folk music, x, 2, 10, 18–20, 29, 35–41, 44–48, 57–59, 63–65, 78, 86–88, 90, 106, 114, 152, 166, 169–170, 213–214, 223, 250, 302–303
Folkways (record label), 35
Foreigner (band), 279, 441
Forum (venue in Los Angeles, California), 350, 364
Fountain Valley High School (Colorado Springs, Colorado), 42–43, 59
Franken, Al, 255, 272–274, 285, 341
See also Saturday Night Live
Franklin Valley Field (venue in Highgate, Vermont), 403
Freiberg, David, 252
Frenchy’s (venue in Haywood, California), 77
Frogman Prince, The 95
See also Babbs, Ken
Front Street (rehearsal space in San Rafael, California), 229, 249, 266–270, 290, 300, 306–307, 310, 314, 319, 325–327, 329, 336, 350, 406–407, 433
Frost, Vance, 43
Fugazi Hall (venue in San Francisco, California), 114
Fuller, Jesse, 113
Furman, Jim, 166
“Further” (painted on the Merry Pranksters’ van), 81–85, 95
Furthur (band), 440–441
Furthur Festival, 432–433
Gabriel, Peter, 332
Gans, David, 218
Garcia, Annabelle, 9, 183, 230–231, 251, 295, 322, 335–336, 430
Garcia, Clifford “Tiff,” 30–33, 36, 294, 320–321
Garcia, Heather, 58, 72, 77, 322
Garcia, John Jerome “Jerry” (Grateful Dead lead guitarist), xiv (photo), 24 (photo), 52 (photo), 74 (photo), 312 (photo), 366 (photo)
as “Captain Trips” (nickname with Merry Pranksters), 98, 111
children, 9, 56–58, 72, 77, 150, 183, 230–231, 251, 295, 308, 322–323, 328, 335–336, 352, 387, 399–401, 405–406, 408, 411, 428–430 (see also Garcia, Annabelle; Garcia, Heather; Garcia, Keelin; Garcia, Theresa “Trixie”)
collapse in 1986, 320–326
death, 271, 426, 428–432, 434, 438
death of father, 30-32, 35, 49, 205
diabetes, 321–324, 408–410
drug use, 7, 34, 55, 231, 258–259, 385–386 406, 410
Hawaii, 31, 395, 397, 400–406, 415, 425–428, 431–432, 438, 441
interventions for drug use, 318–325
Larkspur home on Madrone Avenue, 2, 7, 9–10, 18, 140, 171
loss of middle finger, 31–34
physical appearance, 3, 28–29, 32, 41, 58, 65
recovery, 331, 352, 400–401
relationship with Barbara Meier, 25–30, 35–41, 47–50, 56–57, 396–397, 401, 407–409, 412
relationship with Deborah Koons, 231–232, 257, 407–408, 411, 427–430
relationship with Manasha Matheson, 351–352, 378, 387, 390, 397–401, 406–407, 412
relationship with Mountain Girl, 9–11, 17, 86, 89, 110, 116–117, 140, 148, 183, 188, 213, 230–232, 294, 321–322, 352, 401, 405
