by David Browne
Spartan Stadium (venue in San Jose, California), 278
Spectrum (venue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), 361
Speed, 70, 92, 108, 137
Speedballing, 281, 378
Speegle, Paul, 37, 49
Springfield Creamery (Veneta, Oregan dairy), 296
Springsteen, Bruce, xi, 353, 359
St. Michael’s Alley, (28, 37, 46, 59, 84
Stanford University, 29, 35–36, 38, 57–58, 67, 81–82, 84, 86, 95, 364
Stanley, Owsley (“Bear”), 17, 91–93, 97, 99, 101, 105, 125, 148, 153, 159–161, 177–178, 193–195, 201, 214, 217–221, 389
See also Alembic; Wall of Sound
Stepanian, Michael, 128, 133
Stephens, Sue, 270, 274, 332
Steppenwolf (band), 295
Stevenson, Adlai, 26–27
Sting, 386
STP, 152, 159
Straight Theater (venue in San Francisco, California, formerly the Haight Theater), 122, 124–125
Strauss, Richard, 13–14
Strawberry Alarm Clock (band), 130
Students Need Athletics, Culture, and Kicks (SNACK), 238, 243
See also Graham, Bill
Summer of Love, 130–131
Sundsten, Paula (aka “Gretchen Fetchin’”), 94
See also Merry Pranksters
Swanson, Sue, 12, 54–55, 60, 66–71, 75, 77, 82, 89, 99, 107, 118–121, 126–129, 133, 140–142, 172, 174, 176, 188, 198–199, 210, 224, 229, 234, 236, 308, 328, 352, 414, 432
Sweetwater (venue in Mill Valley, CA), 353, 424, 441
Tamalpais Research Institute (TRI) (recording studio in San Rafael, California), 441
Taylor, Derek, 142
Taylor, James, 203
Taylor, Robbie, 340
Technology, xii, 194, 290, 326, 355, 409
Temple University, 17
“Ten Commandments of Rock ’n’ Roll, The,” 180
Terrapin Crossroads (venue in San Rafael, California), 441
Terrapin Flyer (Deadhead zine), 343
There and Back Again (album), 433
See also Lesh & Friends
“This Darkness Got to Give” (letter by the band), 418
See also Deer Creek
Thomas, Bob, 160
Thomas, William “Superspade,” 130–131
Three Rivers Stadium (venue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), 360
Thunder Mountain Tub Thumpers (band), 39
Time (magazine), 5, 204
Tinley Park (venue in Illinois), 377
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (band), 320
Top of the Tangent (venue in Palo Alto, California), 57–59, 64, 66, 68, 78, 84, 86
Torbert, Dave, 171
“Touch of Grey” music video, 312 (photo), 313-337
Toussaint, Allen, 184
Tricycle: The Buddhist Review (magazine), 396
Trips Festival, 100, 117, 129, 155
Trist, Alan, 29, 37, 270
Trucks, Derek, 433
Tubes, the (band), 382
Turner, Rick, 196
Tutt, Ron, 268
Twilight Zone. the (TV show), 88, 328
Uncalled Four (band), 59
United Artists Records, 228–229, 235, 245–246
University of California–Berkeley, 46–47, 106, 129, 364
Uptown Theatre (venue in Chicago, Illinois), 351
van Maastricht, Norm, 40–41, 56–57
Van Raam, Gerrit “Jerry,” 119
Vietnam, 81, 196, 211, 290, 346
View, The (TV show), 424
Viola, Ken, 341, 394
Vipers, the (band), 93
Wainwright, Loudon III, 247
Walas, Chris, 325
Walas, Mark, 325
Wales, Howard, 203, 214
Wall of Sound, 124, 192 (photo), 195–196, 200–201, 210, 216, 218, 223–224, 238, 245, 286, 381, 417
See also Stanley, Owsley
Wally Heider (studio in San Francisco, California), 170, 183, 246
Wanger, Michael, 42, 59, 126
War Resistors League, 26
Warfield (venue in San Francisco, California), 266, 273–274, 283–285, 300–301, 306, 365, 437
Warlocks, the (previous band name of the Grateful Dead), 5, 52 (photo), 54–55, 61, 65–83, 86–91, 93, 96, 99, 126, 137, 156, 196, 308, 395
Washington Post (newspaper), 374
Wasserman, Rob, 410, 432
Watkins Glen Festival (New York), 262, 351
Watrous, Peter, 398
Wavy Gravy, 100
Weidenheimer, Troy, 68
Weir, Eleanor, 42
Weir, Frankie. See Hart, Frankie
Weir, Frederick, 42
Weir, Robert Hall “Bob” (Grateful Dead rhythm guitar player), xii, xiv (photo), 3–4, 10, 17–20, 52 (photo), 54–55, 62–64, 66–67, 69, 79–80, 82, 87–89, 94, 102 (photo), 105, 107, 111, 118–121, 126, 128, 133, 143–147, 150–152, 160–161, 168–169, 181, 196, 199–200, 205, 207, 211, 217–218, 221, 223, 227–221, 236–239, 244–245, 248, 253, 259, 261–268, 273, 277, 279, 288 (photo), 289–293, 297–298, 300, 303, 305, 308–310, 313, 320, 327–328, 331, 333, 335, 340–341, 345–346, 348, 350, 353–354, 356–357, 360, 372, 377–378, 382, 385, 388, 399, 401–402, 406, 410, 414, 417, 423–425, 428–429, 431–434, 437–442
“Blob Weird,” 60
“firing” from the Grateful Dead, 148–149
first meeting Jerry Garcia, 18, 59–60
friendship and working relationship with John Perry Barlow, 42–44, 59, 108, 115, 149, 183, 243, 249, 269, 290, 371
physical appearance, 3, 42–43, 89, 108, 150, 200–201, 293
reaction to Garcia’s death, 439
“Rukka Rukka” ranch, 7
710 Ashbury, 103–140, 144, 147, 159, 169, 210, 325
solo albums, 183, 185–186, 216, 252, 276, 284, 358
solo songs, 183–184, 254
See also Ace’s; Bobby and the Midnites; Bob Weir Band; Kingfish; Tamalpais Research Institute (TRI)
Weir, Thomas, 160
Weir, Wendy, 60
Weiss, Chubby, 236
WELL (Whole Earth ‘Lectronic Link) (Deadhead chat room), 363, 430, 442
Welnick, Vince (Grateful Dead keyboard player), 369, 382–385, 394, 398–399, 403, 410, 428
joining the Grateful Dead, 369, 382–383
reaction to Garcia’s death, 439
See also the Tubes
Wembley Arena (venue in London), 178–179
Wembley Empire Pool. See Wembley Arena
Wenner, Jann S., 21, 101, 129, 133, 197
Wesleyan University, 115, 196
White, Tony Joe, 184
Who, the (band), xi, 109, 299, 359, 399
Wickersham, Ron, 153, 196
Wildwood Boys, the (band), 56, 58, 65
Winslow, Joe, 177
Winter, John “the Cool,” 46
Winterland (venue in San Francisco, California), 2, 159, 174, 201, 224, 226, 230, 234, 245, 257, 277, 292, 315
Winwood, Steve, 332
WNEW-FM (radio station in New York City), 345
Wolfe, Tom, 74 (photo), 85, 206
Wolman, Baron, 129, 132–133
Woodstock, 14, 142, 160, 242, 262, 271–272, 441
World War II, 26, 35, 53, 90, 155, 184
Yale Bowl (venue in New Haven, Connecticut), 209
Yoakam, Dwight, 388
Young, Neil, 12, 170, 203, 235, 239
Youngman, Henny, 367
Ziegfield Theatre (venue in New York City), 257
Zodiac Killer, 1–2
Zodiacs, the (band), 62, 68
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