I am sure I was as high and loving it like never before, but soon to follow as Jimi said, "Are you Experienced?" Yes, I am, thank you Mr. ![]() So, our tribe was in force some of them helping make, sew and fly the tiedye banners behind them. Really, the Unitarians are liberal, but their kids were in control of our conferences. I had just arrived in the NW on motorcycle from Alabama on the recommendation of friends attending the Evergreen State College after a conference by our church youth group LRY which had Federations, locals and factions named LSD, TOAK, MDA and Sunshine. Not bragging, truly shocked that I was able to be at this family, community, spiritual and miserable event. Oh, my lord Jesus Christ have mercy on my miserable soul, I have no idea why I have been so blessed to have been at this show and a couple hundred more. "getting on the bus was the best decision I ever made!" The wonderful moments after the show when you realized what a drop dead gorgeous experience it had all just been. The joy we shared with my room mates Ron and Marty who were also there. The shit eatin' grin on my girlfriend Carol's face. The huge watermelon someone had soaked overnight in brandy and then shared with dozens of new friends. The ease at which we soon knew all of our immediate neighbors. The smaller size of the crowds, no stress, no worries. The bikers that were allowed to simply ride in and park their rides right up against the rail (obviously this was pre-touch of grey days!) The two "jack straw" naked dudes that threw straw from bales of hay into the air whenever the joy of the moment overtook them. The leopard skin lady and her magic basket of goodies. I remember a lot of imagery from that show, like: She loved it as much as I did! Wooo Hooo! If there was any doubt I had picked the right woman to marry, they were dispelled as I watched her reaction to the band and the fans and the scene. What a wonderful show! This was my soon to be wife's first Dead show, and it was 2 weeks to the day before our wedding. Thank you for reading a little bit of hipstory, and be kind to each other, Love Strider So student's this lifetimes assignment is to read all of the work's of Ken Kesey and Jack Kerouac, add in Gary Snyder, Allen Ginsburg and Nanao Sakaki (any of the beat writers) also "Ringolevio" by Emmett Grogan. And the other day was 50th years since the publication of Jack Kerouac's "On The Road" Remember the passage in "The Dharma Bums" " I in-vision a day when 1000s of dharma bums will hitch-hike with backpacks around the country" 1957. As Studs Terkel said in an interview with Jerry Garcia "Dead Heads have experience's like a modern day "Canterberry Tales" True ,True, all True. ![]() (read "Last Go Round") Will we see "Place of Dead Roadies"?. Remember that several of the Dead's roadies were raised in Pendelton. Backpacked into Cascade Head, camped out,(that snag looked like a giant trident ala Neptune) then up the coast, then back inland, home to Montana, Spent the fall working as a "bottom" hand on cattle round-up on the "rez". Then I hitchhiked out to the Oregon coast. I visited old friends in Eugene (Wayne A.) We went to Bannister Creek. The day or two after, Turbo and Verna drove back home to Blackfeet country. Two other acts not mentioned on this site, The Spoon Man (after the Dead!) and "Sometimes A Great Jugband") It poured rain that night at the site. Other impressions, dust, the Tibetans, Ken Kesey and Babbs addressing the crowd. ![]() I have photographs somewhere, when I find them will upload to this site. Drove with Turbo and Verna from Blackfeet Rez. All in all a real special event in my life, truly unforgettable.ฤก0 years later. What more could you ask for? Of course there were some problems as the big stage bounced so much it made Jerry's reverb springs give him grief he got real grumpy about it afterwards. I looked up at Jerry and said "Bertha" he looked at me and nodded. I remember sitting on the Hay bales directly in front of the big stage as the band took the stage. The two stage set up was odd as Robert Cray and the other acts used the lower stage to the left and Peter Rowan and the Grateful Dead used the big stage. We finally get the last of the still wet flats up about 6am on show day. Up rolls the ASP, a Hog Farm bus and we have enough willing hands to burn a couple of all nighters to complete the job. We had the designs laid out and it looked as though we may not complete our task. David Lundquist providing the artists hand while I the theatrical structure for the flats. It was ten days spent out at Chuck Kesey's Creamery building and painting the flats for the proscenium.
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