Dozin’ at the Knick, 391
“Dream Weaver,” 127
drug busts, 139, 140–41, 244, 335–36
drug culture, 317
drug use, 44–45, 53, 77, 78, 139, 229, 289, 293, 294, 303, 306, 307, 309, 313, 320–23, 329–36, 337–39, 344, 406–9, 410–11, 418, 424–25, 430, 432, 439, 446, 454, 464. See also Acid Tests; alcohol use; amphetamines; CIA drug experiments; cocaine; heroin; Kesey, Ken; LSD; marijuana; methadone; Persian opium; peyote; psychedelics; Stanley, Owsley
Drumming at the Edge of Magic (1990), 137
Dufficy, Judge Michael, 470–71
“Dupree’s Diamond Blues,” 158, 163
Dylan, Bob, 344, 345, 365–66, 367–68, 447, 457
early family life, 7–27
“Easy Wind,” 179
“Eep Hour,” 216
Egypt, 297, 298–302
el-Din, Hamza, 301, 364
electric guitar, 75
“The Eleven,” 148
Ellington, Duke, 233
Ellis, Dave, 471
Emergency Crew, 84–85
envelope filter, 283, 284, 291
environmental movement, 379–80
“Estimated Prophet,” 283
eulogies, 458–61
“Eyes of the World,” 238–39
The Family Dog, 88–89
Farm Aid, 345
father’s death, 10–11
“Feel Like a Stranger,” 308
“Festival Express,” 192–93
festivals, 168–69
Fierro, Martin, 245, 269
Fillmore Auditorium, 87, 109, 117, 118, 119, 372
Fillmore East, 151, 216, 219
Fillmore West, 151, 216
financial demands, 429, 439. See also Grateful Dead, financial state
finger amputated, 9
fingerpicking, 26
“Fire on the Mountain,” 284
Flatt and Scruggs, 46
folk music, 37–38
Folsom Field (Boulder), 309
“Foolish Heart,” 377–78
Fox, Rev. Matthew, 458–59
Franken, Al, 310–11
Franks, Stan, 472
Freiberg, David, 204
“Friend of the Devil,” 183
funeral, 457–60
Furthur festivals, 468, 471–72
Gaelic Park (Bronx), 217
gang involvement, 19–20
Gans, David, 461, 466
Garcia (first album), 211–16, 227
Garcia (second album; later Compliments), 246–47, 251–52
Garcia, Annabelle, 180, 198, 212, 332, 349, 365, 370, 376, 389, 419, 440–41, 458, 461, 469, 477
Garcia, Carolyn. See Mountain Girl
Garcia, Daniel, 13, 14, 17–18, 24, 28
Garcia, Deborah. See Koons, Deborah
Garcia, Heather (later Heather Katz), 59–60, 199, 349, 402–3, 428, 469, 477
Garcia, Joe (Jose), 4–11
Garcia, Keelin Noel, 374, 389, 390, 399, 417, 419, 429, 439, 469, 477
Garcia, Ruth (née Ruth Marie Clifford), 5–12, 15, 22, 23, 28, 126, 198–200
Garcia, Theresa (Trixie), 259, 365, 370, 376, 389, 469, 477
Garcia, Tiff (Clifford Ramon), 7, 8, 12, 21, 24, 28, 199, 469
Gast, Leon, 257–58, 260
George, Lowell, 294–96
Giants Stadium (New Jersey), 300, 447
Gillespie, Dizzy, 121
Gleason, Ralph, 120–21, 175
Go Ahead, 352
Godchaux, Donna, 221–22, 227, 261, 269, 271, 292–93, 304
Godchaux, Keith, 221–22, 226, 244, 251, 261, 269, 271, 291, 293, 304
“The Golden Road” 123
“Good Morning Little Schoolgirl,” 124
Gore, Al and Tipper, 415, 426
Go to Heaven, 307–9
Graham, Bill, 87, 103, 114, 118, 150–51, 169, 216, 243, 262, 278, 309, 372, 409–10, 411
Grant, Laird, 19, 22, 25, 29, 44, 129, 212
Grateful Dead, 91, 213, 214; acoustic sets, 311–12; after Garcia’s death, 465–66; anniversaries, 309, 311, 340–42, 391, 437; at 710 Ashbury, 111–12, 127; “Band of the Year” (1970), 206; booking and travel agencies, 236; broadcast concerts, 225–26, 268, 277, 342–43, 374–75; changes in audience, 366–67; concert incidents, 362, 377, 382, 446–47, 449; country, 166; Dance of Death Ball, 115; disbands, 466; drugs, 139–40, 180, 253–56; East Coast appeal, 184; Fillmore West, 151; financial state, 181, 274, 438–39; first show, 87; Great Tour of Europe (1972), 228–32; group concept, 108–9; Halloween telecast (1980), 311–13; influence of psychedelics, 105–6; KMPX broadcast, 147; last recording, 435, 443; Los Angeles, 99–102; Marin County, 151, 153; media, 340–41, 361, 368; musical development, 141–42, 149–50, 163, 305, 314, 385–86; musical influences, 106–8; New York, 128–30; Novato, 104–5; origin of name, 85; police, 362; politics, 119–20, 190–91, 380; post-Dead bands, 467–69; religion, 319–20; return to San Francisco, 103; Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame, 430; spirituality, 474–75; telecast concerts, 310, 374–75; touring, 160–62; United Artists Records, 269, 278; vendors, 361–62, 468; video monitors at shows, 436; videos, 339, 343–44, 359, 360–61, 364, 366, 369, 387; violence at concerts, 377, 382; Wall of Sound, 247–48, 256; Warner Bros., 116–17, 189–90, 217, 229, 232–33, 245
The Grateful Dead Almanac, 220
Grateful Dead from the Mars Hotel, 251
Grateful Dead Hour (radio program), 466
Grateful Dead Records, 244, 278
Grateful Dead (“Skull and Roses”), 217–18
The Grateful Dead, 122–25
The Grateful Dead (movie), 257, 260, 266, 268–69, 273–74, 275, 282, 285–86
Grateful Dead tours: 1968–69, 160–62; 1968, 147; 1969, 168; 1970, 179–80, 192–93, 202–4; 1971, 207–8, 216, 224; 1972, 228–32, 235; 1973, 237–46; 1974, 248–51, 253; 1976, 272, 276–78; 1977, 285; 1978–79, 303–4; 1978, 294; 1979, 305; 1983, 330; 1984, 333–34; 1985, 342–43; 1986, 343; 1987, 344–45, 361–62, 366; 1988, 377–80; 1989, 381–82, 384–87; 1990, 391–93, 397–99; 1991, 405–10, 411; 1992, 411–13, 415, 417; 1993, 424–26, 428–29; 1994, 432, 434–36; 1995, 440, 441–42, 443–46, 446–51; Egypt (1978), 298–302
Great American String Band, 252
Greek Theater (Berkeley), 323, 340–42
Greene, Richard, 240–41
Griffin, Rick, 341
Grisman, David, 65, 202, 212–13, 240–42, 400–401, 411, 427–28
Grogan, Emmet, 175
guitar, first, 20–21
Gutierrez, Gary, 274, 366, 387
Hagar, Sammy, 469
Haggard, Merle, 210
Haight-Ashbury, 103–4, 119–20, 151–52
Hampton Coliseum (Virginia), 386–87
A Hard Day’s Night (movie), 67
Harrington Street (1995), 12, 442–43
Hart, Lenny, 162, 180, 181–82, 207–8, 230
Hart, Mickey, 137–39, 142, 148, 153, 182, 207, 258, 271, 274, 276, 282–83, 284, 287, 305, 319, 352, 444, 461, 464–65, 468, 471
Hassinger, Dave, 122, 125, 136, 144–45, 146–47
Hawaii, 376–77, 419, 430
health problems, vii-viii, 14–15, 304, 329–36, 339, 345–52, 371, 406–7, 415–17, 430, 432–36, 439, 440, 442, 450–51, 452–53, 454, 463
Healy, Dan, 145, 247, 273, 277–78, 282, 399–400, 404
Heavy Turbulence, 227
Hedrick, Wally, 22, 40
Heider, Wally, 196, 212
Hell’s Angels, 121, 173, 175, 253, 257, 457
Hell’s Angels Forever (movie), 275
Helms, Chet, 372
“Help on the Way,” 264
Hendrix, Jimi, 133, 134
“Here Comes Sunshine,” 237–38, 417
heroin, 139, 289–90, 293, 303, 306, 320–23, 332–33, 344, 406–7, 424, 439, 446, 454, 464. See also drug use
“He’s Gone,” 230
“High Time,” 166
hippies: anti-hippie backlash, 289; counterculture, viii; de
cline of, 316; philosophy, 44, 119–20, 131–32; police harassment, 139. See also counterculture
Hodgman, Bradley, 81–82
Hog Farm, 372
Hooteroll?, 228
Hopkins, Nicky, 269–71
Hornsby, Bruce, 394–95, 398, 402, 405–6, 408, 412–13, 429, 447, 468, 471
hospitalized, 346
Human Be-In, 120–22
Hunter, George, 212
Hunter, Maureen, 419
Hunter, Robert, 34–37, 40, 43, 53, 54–55, 59–60, 72, 134–35, 162, 175–78, 203, 219–20, 252, 262, 321, 334, 352, 370, 419, 453–54, 458–59, 467, 471
Hunter, Robert, songs co-written, 135–36, 147, 154, 155, 158, 164–65, 183, 189–90, 193–98, 208–10, 215, 222–24, 230–34, 237–38, 249–50, 264–65, 270, 279–82, 284, 290–91, 296, 300, 307–8, 327–28, 358–59, 377–78, 380, 381–82, 421–24, 465
Hypnocracy, 220
Ice Stadium (Stockholm), 399
If I Could Only Remember My Name, 206
“If I Had a World to Give,” 295–96
“I Know You Rider,” 84–85, 211, 444
“Iko Iko,” 285
In Concert (ABC music series), 406
infidelity, 259, 266–68, 418–19
influences, 21
In the Dark, 359–60, 362, 364, 366, 369, 381
Ireland, 427
Irwin, Doug, 248–49, 469
“It Must Have Been the Roses,” 250
“Jack-A-Roe,” 285
Jackson, Rex, 255, 287
Jagger, Mick, 172, 173, 175
Jefferson Airplane, 88, 95, 116
Jerry Garcia Band, 404
Jerry Garcia Band (JGB), 269–71, 290–93, 321, 353–55, 372–74, 388–89, 399–400, 403, 404, 410, 415–16, 433, 437–38, 442
Jerry Garcia—David Grisman, 401
Jerry Garcia and Friends, 262–63
J. Garcia: Paintings, Drawings and Sketches (1992), 414
Johnson, Dwight, 17
Joplin, Janis, 138, 201, 210
jug bands, 64–65
Kahn, John, 186–88, 247, 292, 293, 301, 302, 321–22, 325–26, 328, 334, 353, 372, 373, 410, 433–34, 454, 457, 458, 469, 470
Kantner, Paul, 116, 185, 456
Kaplan, Karen, 30
Karan, Mark, 472
Kaukonen, Jorma, 50, 61, 88, 468, 469
“Keep Your Day Job,” 327–28
Keith, Bill, 58
Keith and Donna, 261, 269
Kent State University, 191–92
Kentucky Colonels, 47, 63, 75–76
Kepler, Roy, 30
Kepler’s, 30, 31, 34, 37, 38, 39
Kesey, Ken, 77–81, 83, 86, 91, 92, 96–98, 112–15, 170, 410, 456, 458
Kesey, Sunshine, 112, 212, 469
KFOG, 354
Kimock, Steve, 472–73
King, Freddy, 66
KMPX, 124, 147
“Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door,” 375
Koons, Deborah (later Deborah Koons Garcia), 259–60, 266, 272, 287–88, 293–94, 424–26, 427, 430–31, 434, 439–40, 442–43, 446, 452, 454, 457, 460–61, 469, 470–71
Kosek, Kenny, 373
KPFA, 41, 45–46
Kreutzmann, Bill, 68, 108, 138, 142, 153, 207–8, 214, 215, 222, 283, 300–301, 305, 352, 457, 461, 466, 471
Kreutzmann, Justin, 403
Kweskin, Jim, 64
La Coruña, 1
“Lady with a Fan,” 279–81, 360
Lagin, Ned, 262
last recording session, 451–52
“Late for Supper,” 216
Latvala, Dick, 250–51, 405, 461
Law, Eileen, 218
“Lazy River Road,” 421
Leary, Timothy, 120
Legate, Willy, 30–31
Legion of Mary, 252–53, 263, 269
Leicester, Marshall, 38, 40, 42, 45, 47, 49
Lennon, John, 253
Lesh, Phil, 31, 43–44, 45, 73–75, 76, 108, 128, 134, 142, 153, 155–56, 157, 184, 197–98, 222, 262, 299, 315, 353, 357, 390–91, 404, 441, 461, 470, 472
lessons, first, 8
“Let It Grow,” 244–45
Letterman, David, 325
Lewis, Huey, 429
Liberty, 370
“Liberty,” 421–22
“Like a Road,” 479
Little Feat, 294–95
Live at Keystone, 252
Live Dead, 181, 203
Live Dead! (TV special), 310
Living with the Dead (1995), 255
Lloyd, Charles, 126, 127
“Loose Lucy,” 237
Loren, Richard, 213, 278, 298, 299
“Loser,” 208–9
Los Lobos, 468
“Lost Sailor,” 308
“Love in the Afternoon,” 291
Lovin’ Spoonful, 88
LSD, 31, 71–73, 77, 91, 113; criminalized, 105; and music, 88. See also drug use
Lucas, George, 381
Lunt-Fontanne Theater (Broadway), 372–73
Lyons, Gary, 307
McDougal, Dr. John, 416
McGee, Rosie (née Florence Nathan), 100, 153
McIntire, Jon, 334, 350
McKernan, Ronald C. See Pigpen
McLean, Scott, 441
Madison Square Garden, 378–79, 398, 429
marijuana, 21–22, 77. See also drug use
marriage: first, 55–57, 98, 101; second, 324–25; third, 430
Marsalis, Branford, 391, 456
Matheson, Manasha, 363–65, 374, 389, 390, 399, 402, 407, 416, 417, 418, 419, 429, 439, 457, 469
Matrix club, 95, 117, 138, 186, 201
Matthews, Bob, 154, 196, 214, 261
Matusiewicz, Wadislof “Wally,” 15–16, 18–19
May 4th Movement, 192–93
Mayer, Mary Ann, 218
media, 348, 362–63, 455–56, 463, 471–72; and counterculture, 131–32. See also Grateful Dead, media
Medicine Ball Caravan, 196
Meier, Barbara, vii, 32, 40–41, 42, 53–54, 418–20, 424, 425, 429, 439, 457, 469, 475
Melton, Barry, 119–20
Merry Pranksters, 80–81, 83, 86, 89, 92, 100, 101, 112–15, 169, 170
methadone, 407. See also drug use
Mickey and the Hartbeats, 156
MIDI technology, 383–84, 387
The Midnight Special (radio program), 45
Miller, Steve, 415
“Mindbender,” 84
Mingus, Charles, 129
“Mission in the Rain,” 270
“Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodleoo,” 233–34
Molo, John, 472
money. See financial demands; Grateful Dead, financial state
Monroe, Bill, 46, 61, 63–64, 66
Monterey Folk Festival, 57–58
Morgan, Dana, 47, 48
Morgan, Dana, Jr., 68–69, 76
“Morning Dew,” 121–22
Mother McCree’s Uptown Jug Champions, 64, 65–66, 68
mother’s death, 198–200
Mountain Girl (M.G.) (née Carolyn Adams), 81–83, 96, 112–13, 118, 141, 153, 170, 181, 198, 199, 204, 212, 259, 266–68, 288, 302–3, 324, 346, 350, 364, 365, 370–71, 376, 389, 419, 429, 439, 446, 457, 460, 469, 470, 471
“Mountains of the Moon,” 158, 163
Mouse, Stanley, 470
MTV, 366, 387
Muldaur, Maria, 292–93, 456
Murray, David, 429
musical development, 205–6
Music from Big Pink, 163–64
Mydland, Brent, 304–5, 352, 383, 390, 391–93, 407
Mystery Box, 468
Mystery Box, 464–65
neckties, 414–15
Nelson, David, 39, 184, 372, 373, 467
Nelson, Willie, 345
New Lost City Ramblers, 38–39
New Riders of the Purple Sage, 167–68, 171, 183–84, 211–12, 224
newsletter, 220
“New Speedway Boogie,” 175–76, 401
new wave, 289, 316
> “Night of the Living Dead,” 352
Nordine, Ken, 403–4
Not Fade Away: The On-line World Remembers Jerry Garcia (1995), 466
Not for Kids Only, 427–28
Oakland Auditorium (Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center), 337
Oakland Coliseum Arena, 342, 356, 374, 401, 421
“An Odd Little Place,” 216
Olatunji, Babatunde, 460
Old and in the Way, 240–42, 262
Old and in the Way, 262
Olivier, Barry, 45
Olsen, Keith, 282–83, 285, 287, 295, 296
One from the Vault, 404–5
“The Only Time Is Now,” 84
Other Ones, 472–74
“The Other One,” 142–43
Owens, Buck, 165, 167
Palo Alto, 28–32
Parish, Steve, 424, 452, 458, 461, 470
Parker, Bonnie, 181–82
Parker, Dave, 181–82, 246
Paul Butterfield Blues Band, 106–7
Payne, Sonny, 138
Pearl, Ed, 46–47
pedal steel guitar, 167, 184–85, 368
Peninsula Peace Center, 30
Persian opium (heroin), 289–90, 293, 303, 304, 331, 406. See also drug use
Petty, Tom, and the Heartbreakers, 344, 345
peyote, 78. See also drug use
Phil and Friends, 472
Phillips, “Papa” John, 133
Phish, 467
Pigpen (Ronald C. McKernan), viii, 50–51, 64, 65, 66, 67, 69, 84, 110–11, 127, 134, 142, 148–49, 155–56, 162–63, 179, 197, 207, 221, 224, 226, 230, 231–32, 239–40
Planet Drum, 471
Planet Earth Rock ‘n’ Roll Orchestra, 206
“Playing in the Band,” 360
police, first encounters, 14
politics, 191–92
Powerglide, 225
psychedelics, 72–73, 82–83, 139, 317; and music, 106, 155, 318–19. See also drug use
punk, 289, 316
Quicksilver Messenger Service, 119, 147
Radio City Music Hall, 310
“Rain,” 292
Rainforest Band, 467
Rakha, Alla, 148
Rakow, Ron, 147, 232–33, 245–46, 247, 257, 274–76, 289
“Ramble On Rose,” 222
Ratdog, 467–68, 471
Reconstruction, 306–7
recovery, 351–52, 355
Red Rocks Amphitheater (Denver), 294, 299
Redwood Canyon Ramblers, 45, 46
Reflections, 270, 371
rehabilitation, 337–38, 343, 451–53
Reister, Jonathan, 153, 162
religion, 8–9, 62, 355, 363
Relix (newsletter, formerly Dead Relix), 277
“Reuben and Cherise,” 290–91
RFK Stadium (Washington, D.C.), 429
“Rhapsody in Red,” 291–92
Rich, Don, 167
Richfield Coliseum (Cleveland), 397
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