Garcia: An American Life

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by Blair Jackson


  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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