Sound architect and Lysergic Acid pioneer Augustus “Bear’” Owsley Stanley died this week in his adopted home of Australia. The sixties counterculture fixture (see: Ken Kesey, the Grateful Dead, the Acid Tests, Tom Wolfe, […]
Category: Grateful Dead
Diversions :: Dawes on the Grateful Dead
( Diversions , a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, catches up with our favorite artists as they wax on subjects other than recording and performing.) The Grateful Dead are misunderstood — […]
The New York Times on The Grateful Dead
Last week the New York Times ran a piece dissecting the appreciation/levels/fandom of the Grateful Dead . Excerpt: …I asked when he thought the Dead reached its peak, game to try out a […]
Grateful Dead :: Egypt 1978 (New Compilation)
Last month, my inner deadhead reared its head when I read that an official compilation was being released featuring a smattering tracks from the Dead’s 1978 three-night run in Egypt. If […]
Playboy After Dark :: Grateful Dead (January 1969)
Back in the late sixties CBS used to broadcast Playboy After Dark , Hugh Hefner’s swinging variety show featuring artists, actors, beat poets, comics and, of particular interest, great musical guest performances from […]
Live Upload Series IX: Grateful Dead, Cornell University, 5-8-77
Having amassed a quite ridiculous amount of Grateful Dead bootlegs over the years, choosing a show for their first appearance on the AD’s Live Upload Series was no small feat. […]