Wow! Great story! I first saw The Dead at the coliseum in P-town in 1974. My ticket cost $3.50. Yes, three dollars and fifty cents. They played for three and a half hours! Of course I was hooked after that.......
Yeah, I’m 76 years old now and the Grateful Dead’s music 🎶 keep me going to this day.☮️😊 Now my grandchildren love to dance too their music 🎼 ❤ P.S. My first Grateful Dead concert ticket was the dollar’s. Yeah I still have it.☮️ R.I.P. those gone.💔
After many years I can easily say some of the best hours of my life were spent going to, and experiencing the Grateful Dead playing live. I owe a great debt of gratitude to those who made the pilgramage like I did, because us dead heads were the sixth or seventh members of the band, and we brought incredible energry to the shows.
Miss Pig pen & his spirit! His blues voice & will forever appreciate Donna’s harmonies!!! Jerry & Phil will be FOREVER MISSED DEEPLY!!! Long Live the GRATEFUL DEAD❤🙌🏻🌹🙏🥰😘
You forgot the all important summer of 1987 where they came to the Big Island and we scuba dived for 3 1/2 weeks. It was right after In The Dark was released and no pills or powders and family all around. Super happy times for all.
Brent Mydland I think was the best addition to the band outside of the original line-up. I could never figure out why so many heads had a problem with him, other than most of his songs sounding too poppy.
Yeah, Brent was great! But a lot of heads saw shows from '73-'79 when Keith & Donna were there. And just like Vince Welnick couldn't be Brent Mydland. Brent Mydland couldn't be Keith Godshaw! And those were the real issues! What it was is not what it is NOW, kinda thing.
his vocals were preeety far away from poppy in concert .that guy sounded like a white Howlin Wolf .Jerry loved playin with him , or it appeared that way on stage . Bring Back The New Guy ! ! !
No one can replace JERRY GARCIA! He was the best improvisational guitarist/ musician to ever live! To him, music had & made you feel emotional. And Jerry could transfer emotions from his instrument to the listeners like no other musician I've ever seen. And I have seen A LOT OF DIFFERENT shows/bands in my life!!! And recordings didn't transfer those emotions like the live concerts did & I believe that is why Jerry loved playing live so much. Even when the Dead wasn't touring he would tour with García Band! And notice.. Jerry died NOT FROM AN OVERDOSE but from trying to get clean. He had a heart attack from complications from withdrawals. Anyone NOT in very good health can die from the complications of opiate withdrawals! People don't realize just how bad opiate withdrawals are on a person's body! It is a very traumatic situation and it's not an easy thing to go thru!
The Dead would go on to play some Pig Pen songs later on. So that is one part of the video that doesnt make sense. Remember in the 80s Bobby singing Lovelight ? Anyone.? hehe. I got to play with T.C., Vince Welnick, Donna Jean, Melvin Seals, Buddy Cage and many others. Was always a privilege to perform with these musicians.
A few inaccuracies here. Kreutzman didn’t meet Jerry at a music store when Jerry was buying a banjo, Jerry went to Kreutzman’s house because Billy’s father was selling the banjo. Also, Bobby was not a student of Jerry’s. Bobby was also teaching guitar at the same music store Jerry was.
Dead Alive Forever True Fan- -DeadHeads Jam- Exploring Body Mind Soul- in 1966 me hitchhiked to Eagles Auditorium in Seattle- thee Band would play for hours- they had a Flatbed Truck- Sound System with Generators to Play in the Streets for Protests of Vietnam- then Outside Venues Blossomed- 1968 Lighter Than Air Festival on a Berry Farm- Many Fond Times Exploring the West Coast- Thanks To Those Who Keep Thy Music Alive- Truckin
Throwing up a photo of bill walton in a discussion of sports figures pulled into dead fandom after the band’s huge popularization from 87 onward is not accurate because Bill was a dead freak from the early70s, went to Egypt with the band in 78 etc, totally different earlier eras for the band and fans.
@ajbianchi85 they owe their entire careers on his guitar playing... they sure as fuck made him keep going in the 90s so they could get paid. Bobby and the Midnites/Kingfish were dogshit compared to JGB. Jerry didn't need them, they needed him
Brent was the best one to join the band + to me in the 80 s they were the best ! I loved all of them + met them all too plus Me + Jerry fell inlove at 1 st sight ! ❤️🐇🐰💀☠️⚡️🌍😘🥰😍🕊️🪽☮️their is nothing like a Dead concert plus I was backstage ! Me + my niece weren’t allowed to go out into the crowd so I had to have a guy go with me to c Dan Healy !
Mickey's father Lenny Hart, who was their financial manager,embezzling the band's money causing Mickey to temporarily leave the Dead and the additions of band members Tom Constantine and Bruce Hornsby weren't mentioned in the documentary. Pigpen was STILL performing with the Dead when the Godchauxs joined the band, contrary to the documentary. The _Dick's Picks_ series started in 1993, not in 1996...
Kris Kristopherson was given a script & paid to read it for the documentary. The people that wrote it didn't have any LOVE for the band or Jerry! They are in the "business" of music & making $$ off of music! However they can make it. Notice the commercials you have to "skip" to keep watching? I ain't saying Kris Kristopherson didn't like the Dead. But I'm sure he got paid for reading the script!
rolling stone mag . .!! i know i know ! , reported that in 88 the GD were the top band in AMERICA FOR SALES AT THE BOX OFFICE . sPRINGSTEEN WAS #2 . Also.
Also among other things, neither Tom Constanten nor Bruce Hornsby were mentioned. Nor was Mickey Hart's leaving from early 1971 until halfway through their last show in 1974. That said, this was still an okay history of the band.
Thank you! I was saying those EXACT same thing! In addition to the Micky and Lenny Hart, TC and Bruce, Pigpen was STILL performing with the Dead when the Godchauxs joined the band, contrary to the documentary. The _Dick's Picks_ series started in 1993, not in 1996... 😎👍
I've a Rare Promo Sampler LP from '75 on UA 'FOR DEAD HEADS'. On the back, there's an asterisk & a clear explanation of what a 'Dead Head' was/is: *A TERM USED TO DESCRIBE MORE THAN 75,000 MEMBERS OF THE DEAD'S FAN CLUB WHO LOVE FEELING GOOD." Btw- I don't think Lowell George stuck around for the majority of Shakedown Street as he said 'They didn't need me to Produce that Album; Jerry Garcia was perfectly capable of Producing that Album.' It might've been in the opposite order of the 2 parts of that statement- I don't recall but Lowell saw other things to do that were worthy of his Talents & Interests like Waiting For Columbus' Tours that gave birth to that Album .
Actually, Bill Kreutzmann was not part of Mother McCree's. He was a drummer for a rock-and-roll/R & B band called the Zodiacs, which Pigpen and sometimes Garcia also participated in.
Once Brent died, things were not just exactly perfect. I don’t think they ever full recovered. I was surprised that they did not take a 1975 sabbatical to rest, relax and regroup. They earned it but they didn’t. I assume contracts were signed to perform and they had no choice. The entire business model necessitated that the show keeps going down the road. I graduated college in May 1990 which coincided a few months later with the death of Brent. Also, the Dead started playing my hometown of Chicago regularly. So I could still see 4 or 5 concerts per year without much touring. Frankly my priorities changed- graduate college in 4 years and start something resembling a career and go to graduate school. So I missed a lot of 1991-1995 tours. But I still saw 4-6 concerts a year. I was growing up and trying too hard to do so too fast for my own good. (I didn’t know no one was going to take me seriously until I had 6 years of working experience along with increased education- degrees and certifications.) That said, I’m not sure I heard an epic Grateful Dead post 1990. I heard a lot of good shows because they had gotten very good at what they did. Also, in the early 1990’s there was a rebirth or renaissance in rock music. So there were other bands I was enjoying for the first time in a long time. I saw the last 2 Grateful Dead concerts ever in Chicago. By that time the scene had become overrun by non-deadheads (drunken frat boys) showing up for the party. Real deadheads were there for the music. Everything else was subordinate. The Dead had to play stadiums and there were still large overflow crowds causing trouble. I never enjoyed seeing them in a stadium. Smaller indoor venues and outdoor music theaters were always preferable. The first night a Soldier Field, something was very off. Jerry’s singing had suffered and I think he flubbed the lyrics to every single song. These were the only 2 Dead concerts that I struggled to hear Jerry’s guitar, the lead instrument. The second night and final show the band was playing well but it seemed Jerry was AWOL. He looked bad. He had no color, he was totally pale white and he looked like he was in his mid-70’s in spite of being 52. I walked out of that show underwhelming and actually said “If this is what it’s down to, I’m never seeing them again.” Be careful what you wish for. A month later he died. While I was shocked I was not surprised but I cried like a close friend had died. In hindsight, he should not have been on tour. Also he should not have been admitted to a drug rehab. He needed to be in intensive care and that’s where they should have sent him. I’ve been told he was in clear cardiac distress. As I understand it he was phobic of doctors and hospitals but he knew he was a candidate for cardiac bypass. (BTW, when my grandmother was in her late 80’s she had 2 cardiac valves replaced a much more invasive and dangerous surgery than a bypass. She survived the surgery lived to be 98.) I guess between phobias and all of the stresses and lifestyle changes (no smoking, no drugs, etc.) required to prep for cardiac surgery we’re all too much. I know there are psychological and psychiatric treatments, therapies and medications that could have gotten him through all of it. If there is a lesson, ultimately one cannot make another person do something they don’t want to do.
Not even a single mention of Bruce Hornsby, even though he filled in when Brent passed, so the band might finish their tour and avoid litigation for breach of contract
they didn’t like show business? I would consider PLAYBOY AFTERDARK VERY SHOWBIZ. I would consider countless interviews all over talk shows, show business.
@@reverendbarker650 not accurate retelling, did Hugh drink coffee from the crew’s pot? Don’t think so& maybe Hugh did LSD freely on his own, the shit was pretty heavily promoted mainstream. The Acid Parties were not secret. Plus, all these people are a part in the Octopus of Intelligence. Either straight up yawn CIA or DIA, Military employees.
They liked to have fun for the most part. If you listen to Garcia’s interviews, he talks abt how he hated the spotlight and elevated status with fans. He loved music first.
Just cause they had to doesn’t mean they liked it. Even when they still had to play something like playboy after dark they still gave their middle finger by dosing the coffee lol
I attended the Cornell University concert in Ithaca NY in 1977, my one and only live Grateful Dead concert.
Wow! Great story! I first saw The Dead at the coliseum in P-town in 1974. My ticket cost $3.50. Yes, three dollars and fifty cents. They played for three and a half hours! Of course I was hooked after that.......
Yeah, I’m 76 years old now and the Grateful Dead’s music 🎶 keep me going to this day.☮️😊
Now my grandchildren love to dance too their music 🎼 ❤
P.S. My first Grateful Dead concert ticket was
the dollar’s. Yeah I still have it.☮️
R.I.P. those gone.💔
After many years I can easily say some of the best hours of my life were spent going to, and experiencing the Grateful Dead playing live. I owe a great debt of gratitude to those who made the pilgramage like I did, because us dead heads were the sixth or seventh members of the band, and we brought incredible energry to the shows.
what a time to be alive!! and thank god for all the tapers! imagine a world without any GD shows to listen to.....
Miss Pig pen & his spirit! His blues voice & will forever appreciate Donna’s harmonies!!! Jerry & Phil will be FOREVER MISSED DEEPLY!!! Long Live the GRATEFUL DEAD❤🙌🏻🌹🙏🥰😘
Thanks a lot! He sure is missed!!! Got to keep on trucking as best as we can!!xx
Bobby and Billy were at every single show since the beginning.
crazy to think about!
You forgot the all important summer of 1987 where they came to the Big Island and we scuba dived for 3 1/2 weeks. It was right after In The Dark was released and no pills or powders and family all around. Super happy times for all.
Brent Mydland I think was the best addition to the band outside of the original line-up. I could never figure out why so many heads had a problem with him, other than most of his songs sounding too poppy.
He was amazing!
Yeah, Brent was great! But a lot of heads saw shows from '73-'79 when Keith & Donna were there. And just like Vince Welnick couldn't be Brent Mydland. Brent Mydland couldn't be Keith Godshaw! And those were the real issues! What it was is not what it is NOW, kinda thing.
Brent❤
his vocals were preeety far away from poppy in concert .that guy sounded like a white Howlin Wolf .Jerry loved playin with him , or it appeared that way on stage . Bring Back The New Guy ! ! !
@@patswayze7359 He played his first gig at SJ Spartan stadium
❤we all miss you Jerry ❤
The extended Dead at H.J. Kaiser in the 80's was just amazing!
No one can replace JERRY GARCIA! He was the best improvisational guitarist/ musician to ever live! To him, music had & made you feel emotional. And Jerry could transfer emotions from his instrument to the listeners like no other musician I've ever seen. And I have seen A LOT OF DIFFERENT shows/bands in my life!!! And recordings didn't transfer those emotions like the live concerts did & I believe that is why Jerry loved playing live so much. Even when the Dead wasn't touring he would tour with García Band!
And notice.. Jerry died NOT FROM AN OVERDOSE but from trying to get clean. He had a heart attack from complications from withdrawals. Anyone NOT in very good health can die from the complications of opiate withdrawals! People don't realize just how bad opiate withdrawals are on a person's body! It is a very traumatic situation and it's not an easy thing to go thru!
Obviously you have an opinion, even though it’s WAY off base. The greatest improviser?? Gimme a break.🙄
The Dead would go on to play some Pig Pen songs later on. So that is one part of the video that doesnt make sense. Remember in the 80s Bobby singing Lovelight ? Anyone.? hehe. I got to play with T.C., Vince Welnick, Donna Jean, Melvin Seals, Buddy Cage and many others. Was always a privilege to perform with these musicians.
A few inaccuracies here. Kreutzman didn’t meet Jerry at a music store when Jerry was buying a banjo, Jerry went to Kreutzman’s house because Billy’s father was selling the banjo. Also, Bobby was not a student of Jerry’s. Bobby was also teaching guitar at the same music store Jerry was.
Dead Alive Forever True Fan- -DeadHeads Jam- Exploring Body Mind Soul- in 1966 me hitchhiked to Eagles Auditorium in Seattle- thee Band would play for hours- they had a Flatbed Truck- Sound System with Generators to Play in the Streets for Protests of Vietnam- then Outside Venues Blossomed- 1968 Lighter Than Air Festival on a Berry Farm- Many Fond Times Exploring the West Coast- Thanks To Those Who Keep Thy Music Alive- Truckin
I envy you my friend!!!!❤
Grateful Dead will LIVE ON FOREVER ❤❤❤❤❤
This was my time in the late 60 s but started to go the concerts in the 70 s then I met Phil + Bobby in 1978 @ Springfield Mass.
Throwing up a photo of bill walton in a discussion of sports figures pulled into dead fandom after the band’s huge popularization from 87 onward is not accurate because Bill was a dead freak from the early70s, went to Egypt with the band in 78 etc, totally different earlier eras for the band and fans.
Watching this the day before Hookahville. Feel like it's the same vibe
GREATEST 30 YEAR RUN EVER !!!!.....
It is important to note Merl Saunders helped Jerry to relearn how to play guitar. None of his band mates helped
Where can someone read more about this claim? I wouldn't be shocked whatsoever, but that's the first I've heard that
You are full of it. By it I mean crap. You're full of crap. You don't know.
The entire band tried to help him get off drugs since the late 70s, why would you help someone who wouldn’t help themselves
@ajbianchi85 they owe their entire careers on his guitar playing... they sure as fuck made him keep going in the 90s so they could get paid. Bobby and the Midnites/Kingfish were dogshit compared to JGB. Jerry didn't need them, they needed him
@@criticman123thats just enabling a drug addict. I love Jerry and his guitar playing more than most but he never took ownership of his life.
2024 … 59 years 😮
Brent was the best one to join the band + to me in the 80 s they were the best ! I loved all of them + met them all too plus Me + Jerry fell inlove at 1 st sight ! ❤️🐇🐰💀☠️⚡️🌍😘🥰😍🕊️🪽☮️their is nothing like a Dead concert plus I was backstage ! Me + my niece weren’t allowed to go out into the crowd so I had to have a guy go with me to c Dan Healy !
Mickey's father Lenny Hart, who was their financial manager,embezzling the band's money causing Mickey to temporarily leave the Dead and the additions of band members Tom Constantine and Bruce Hornsby weren't mentioned in the documentary. Pigpen was STILL performing with the Dead when the Godchauxs joined the band, contrary to the documentary. The _Dick's Picks_ series started in 1993, not in 1996...
This just some AI generated video I think.
Kris Kristopherson was given a script & paid to read it for the documentary. The people that wrote it didn't have any LOVE for the band or Jerry! They are in the "business" of music & making $$ off of music! However they can make it. Notice the commercials you have to "skip" to keep watching? I ain't saying Kris Kristopherson didn't like the Dead. But I'm sure he got paid for reading the script!
rolling stone mag . .!! i know i know ! , reported that in 88 the GD were the top band in AMERICA FOR SALES AT THE BOX OFFICE . sPRINGSTEEN WAS #2 . Also.
@@kennethdeanmiller7324 damn i knew i knew that voice .
Hearing that ad for John and Yoko is crazy stuff
I missed that. Where is it?
Also among other things, neither Tom Constanten nor Bruce Hornsby were mentioned. Nor was Mickey Hart's leaving from early 1971 until halfway through their last show in 1974. That said, this was still an okay history of the band.
No Hornsby mention, but they gave a shout out to Ornette Coleman. Love Ornette, but come on! Bruce was basically a member of the band
Hard to get it all into a 40 minute tv slot
Thank you! I was saying those EXACT same thing! In addition to the Micky and Lenny Hart, TC and Bruce, Pigpen was STILL performing with the Dead when the Godchauxs joined the band, contrary to the documentary. The _Dick's Picks_ series started in 1993, not in 1996... 😎👍
I thought Kieth and Donna were married for a long time but recently found out they’re brother and sister.
nice...thanks man ☮
I think Kris should narrate everything
Either him or Morgan Freeman😂😂
I've never heard "20 minutes of feedback" from these boys.
I think he just used the name "Feedback" as a general term as oppose to the _Feedback_ title of what the Dead called for their version...
and if u did it was the Best 20 min. of feedback that u ever heard ! rite . but generally speaking yur right .
And Pigpen was the original front man!
Dead were about many things- but certainly fun was in the mix. Yet so many here- are complainers . 🤔 oh well. Wave the flag❤
They where everything that nobody else could be fuck I miss Jerry garcia 🙏✨️🇺🇲
1065
play his music . jgb
Gawd I love the Dead.
truck those blues away
Friend of the devil🤘
This is Ok..Some timelines and pics don't jive.
Sure miss Jerry Bear 👌🎅🌹💀🤘🤓
I've a Rare Promo Sampler LP from '75 on UA 'FOR DEAD HEADS'. On the back, there's an asterisk & a clear explanation of what a 'Dead Head' was/is:
*A TERM USED TO DESCRIBE MORE THAN 75,000 MEMBERS OF THE DEAD'S FAN CLUB WHO LOVE FEELING GOOD."
Btw- I don't think Lowell George stuck around for the majority of Shakedown Street as he said 'They didn't need me to Produce that Album; Jerry Garcia was perfectly capable of Producing that Album.' It might've been in the opposite order of the 2 parts of that statement- I don't recall but Lowell saw other things to do that were worthy of his Talents & Interests like Waiting For Columbus' Tours that gave birth to that Album .
I'd like to say something special about Jerry, but as it was the day he died... I'm speechless ❤
Actually, Bill Kreutzmann was not part of Mother McCree's. He was a drummer for a rock-and-roll/R & B band called the Zodiacs, which Pigpen and sometimes Garcia also participated in.
The Dead is not dead, for they are the Dead...
Doing cocaine is like having a cup of tea
Pave the way for all this silly bands we listen now a days
9201
not all of us bud .
Once Brent died, things were not just exactly perfect. I don’t think they ever full recovered. I was surprised that they did not take a 1975 sabbatical to rest, relax and regroup. They earned it but they didn’t. I assume contracts were signed to perform and they had no choice. The entire business model necessitated that the show keeps going down the road. I graduated college in May 1990 which coincided a few months later with the death of Brent. Also, the Dead started playing my hometown of Chicago regularly. So I could still see 4 or 5 concerts per year without much touring. Frankly my priorities changed- graduate college in 4 years and start something resembling a career and go to graduate school. So I missed a lot of 1991-1995 tours. But I still saw 4-6 concerts a year. I was growing up and trying too hard to do so too fast for my own good. (I didn’t know no one was going to take me seriously until I had 6 years of working experience along with increased education- degrees and certifications.) That said, I’m not sure I heard an epic Grateful Dead post 1990. I heard a lot of good shows because they had gotten very good at what they did. Also, in the early 1990’s there was a rebirth or renaissance in rock music. So there were other bands I was enjoying for the first time in a long time. I saw the last 2 Grateful Dead concerts ever in Chicago. By that time the scene had become overrun by non-deadheads (drunken frat boys) showing up for the party. Real deadheads were there for the music. Everything else was subordinate. The Dead had to play stadiums and there were still large overflow crowds causing trouble. I never enjoyed seeing them in a stadium. Smaller indoor venues and outdoor music theaters were always preferable. The first night a Soldier Field, something was very off. Jerry’s singing had suffered and I think he flubbed the lyrics to every single song. These were the only 2 Dead concerts that I struggled to hear Jerry’s guitar, the lead instrument. The second night and final show the band was playing well but it seemed Jerry was AWOL. He looked bad. He had no color, he was totally pale white and he looked like he was in his mid-70’s in spite of being 52. I walked out of that show underwhelming and actually said “If this is what it’s down to, I’m never seeing them again.” Be careful what you wish for. A month later he died. While I was shocked I was not surprised but I cried like a close friend had died. In hindsight, he should not have been on tour. Also he should not have been admitted to a drug rehab. He needed to be in intensive care and that’s where they should have sent him. I’ve been told he was in clear cardiac distress. As I understand it he was phobic of doctors and hospitals but he knew he was a candidate for cardiac bypass. (BTW, when my grandmother was in her late 80’s she had 2 cardiac valves replaced a much more invasive and dangerous surgery than a bypass. She survived the surgery lived to be 98.) I guess between phobias and all of the stresses and lifestyle changes (no smoking, no drugs, etc.) required to prep for cardiac surgery we’re all too much. I know there are psychological and psychiatric treatments, therapies and medications that could have gotten him through all of it. If there is a lesson, ultimately one cannot make another person do something they don’t want to do.
who is the narrator, Kris Kristoferson?
Yep!
Are you Kris Kristoferson? Cuz I’m piss pisstofferson
@@jwavada That's incredible that they got him to do it..Wow!
41:50
Kinda sounds like Kris…😅
The hippies were right
make Love Not war . ☮
Not even a single mention of Bruce Hornsby, even though he filled in when Brent passed, so the band might finish their tour and avoid litigation for breach of contract
The narrator keeps talking about guitars while everyone is playing banjoes
The narrator is Chris christopherson rip
So damn sad
I don’t know about that, they made me deliriously happy. Don’t be a buzz kill.
are u kind . nuthin left to do but smile smile smile .
Kinda weird how the history of the grateful dead ended about thirty years ago. Now who did I see in vegas a week ago?
Elvis...😮
Salami
The Other Ones
@@smartluck100 "A Couple of The Other Ones".
Some cover band
8 times AWOL in 9 months no way!!!
Nobody but Merl could play like Jerry + he only knew the notes ! His best friend who was very much a gentleman ! ❤️🐇🐰☮️🕊️🪽💀☠️⚡️
D s explain czrs😅
Merle and Jerry helped each other stay away from drugs alcohol
Such wonderful friends ❤️ 🎉
Are you sure this was 1996? The video of "Don't Ease Me" in didn't come out until 2004 with Festival Express
I recorded it on VHS in 1996 on my 1995 Jerry Tape. They probably had access to that footage before we got it in 2004
@@cptsolo That makes sense. Thanks for posting this. I remember the day Jerry died. I was 26 and pretty torn up.
Pretty sure it was 1995.
Kris Kristofferson narrating? Sounds like him.
Yes
Yes
Yep. Levon Helm did The Who's and ended it by saying "oh, the glorious noise".
super spook Kris K
💀🌹⚡👉😁
It sounds 3:28 exactly like Kris.Hes been doing docs for some time now😂
He wrote the song _Me And Bobby McGee._ In which the Dead often performed...
I like everything about them.
Except the music. 🤮👎
Foolish person !!!🎉
they didn’t like show business? I would consider PLAYBOY AFTERDARK VERY SHOWBIZ.
I would consider countless interviews all over talk shows, show business.
they dosed Heffner, THATS NOT showbusiness.
@@reverendbarker650 not accurate retelling, did Hugh drink coffee from the crew’s pot? Don’t think so& maybe Hugh did LSD freely on his own, the shit was pretty heavily promoted mainstream.
The Acid Parties were not secret. Plus, all these people are a part in the Octopus of Intelligence. Either straight up yawn CIA or DIA, Military employees.
They liked to have fun for the most part. If you listen to Garcia’s interviews, he talks abt how he hated the spotlight and elevated status with fans. He loved music first.
Does it mean they liked it 🤔
Just cause they had to doesn’t mean they liked it. Even when they still had to play something like playboy after dark they still gave their middle finger by dosing the coffee lol
2024 … 59 years 😮