A Long Strange Trip (86 page)

Chapter 25. “But I know this . . . voice began”: B.B. King in Lydon, p. 6. “Every night when . . . to discover”: BW in Sutherland, “Acid Daze.” “[Playing is] like being”: JG in Mark Rowland, “Bring Me.” “The jams are . . . the leader”: BW in Alson, “Bob Weir.” “For me, a real important”: JG in Gans,
Conversations,
p. 66. “Eventually, if I have . . . by any means”: JG. “America’s longest-running . . . verbal sense”: PL in Gans,
Conversations,
p. 166. “So I like to play”: PL in ZigZag. “I’ve gone through”: JG in Gans, Conversations, pp. 58–59. “Intimacy, by the way”: BW on WMMR, 3/28/76. “occurs in a mediumistic . . . too well”: JG in Haas. “We used to believe . . . ‘it’ ”: PL in Gans,
Conversations,
p. 164. “We’ve chosen . . . play music”: JG to Alderson.

Chapter 26. “I can touch that . . . subconscious”: RH in Gilbert. “a road for travel- ing”: Whitman, p. 157. “After all these years . . . is what”: Scully and Dalton, p. 168. CSN at the Ranch: David Crosby, MH. “Well, you do . . . own method”: BW. The Band: see Helm and Davis. “We didn’t know if he . . . couldn’t tell”: Robbie Robertson in Marcus,
Invisible,
p. xvi. “pretty good musical picture . . . singsongy thing”: JG on WFMT, 9/78. Scientology benefit: TC, BW. “with a spirit . . . atmosphere”: Truscott,
Village Voice.
“proceeded to turn . . . better word”:
Variety,
6/25/69. Wild West Festival: Ron Polte, Bert Kanegson, Barry Olivier, RS, Bill Thompson, Joel Selvin, MH; see also Selvin,
Summer.
“No one’s talking . . . revolution”: Basic Notes from Breakfast Discussion of Music Festival at Airplane House, 3/12/69, in
Bill Graham
Scrapbooks.
“This used to be . . . scares them”:
Easy Rider.
“There must be good . . . the spirit”: Music Council Notes,
Bill Graham Scrapbooks.
“Nobody talked to me . . . their weight”: Wasserman, “Sick and Tired.” “You guys have lost . . . I guess”: Bill Belmont. “I’m fucking sick . . . to my choice”: Wasserman, “Sick and Tired.” “Bill, we’ve heard . . . it was better”: JG. “I find it difficult . . . set them up”: Selvin,
Summer of Love,
p. 239. “Apparently there is no”: Gleason, “The Cancellation.”

Chapter 27. “tunneling from one vacuum”: Dalton,
Janis,
p. 28. “Thousands of tie-dyed . . . and dice”: Rense, “Dead Dance.” “A shoe store . . . sell shoes”: Sue Klein. “I had a cat”: RH in Gans,
Conversations,
p. 24. “I can almost . . . I sign”: Blumenfeld, “Dead Mystique.”

Chapter 28. Woodstock: band, Jon McIntire, OS, Bert Kanegson, Paul Williams, Bill Belmont; see also Spitz and Santelli. “It’s nice to know”: JM. “You wanna good movie”: Wavy Gravy. “No one honks . . . unnatural”: Gail Sheehy,
New York.
“Wow, man . . . my butt”: JG in Dallas Taylor, p. 16. “Guess what . . . Take over”: Wavy Gravy in Lynda Obst, p. 274. “Hog Farm politics”: Hoffman,
Nation,
p. 132. “Sly is not ready . . . Bill Graham”: Bill Belmont. “little more sanity . . . astonishingly well”: “Nightmare In the Catskills,”
New York Times,
8/18/69. “I think you people . . . for it”: Max Yasgur, Woodstock record. Logo: OS, Bob Thomas. New Orleans Pop: see Santelli. “I wish we had . . . on trial”: Rubin,
Everywhere,
p. 14. Warner Bros. contract: Joe Smith. Rock Scully bust: RS, Nicki Scully, Chesley Mil- likin. “Up against the wall”: Paul Kantner, “We Can Be Together.” “explains why the Dead . . . or two”: Lenny Kaye,
Rolling Stone,
2/7/70. “Scully was wearing . . . convincing”: Booth,
True Adventures,
p. 284. “an opportunist without”: BG in Graham and Greenfield, p. 293. “I love the Grateful”: Gail Turner Helland. Belli:
Gimme Shelter.

Chapter 29. “Yeah, it’s possible”: Sam Cutler. “We don’t police . . . we like beer”: William Fritsch in Coyote, pp. 120–21. “Charlie Manson Memorial”: Ron Wickersham. “passing joints”: Leary, p. 283. “the weirdos too . . . medieval, or millennial”: Lydon,
Folk,
pp. 193–94. “I didn’t go . . . of the word”: Sonny Barger in
Gimme Shelter.
“During our set . . . whole time”: Carlos Santana in
Rolling Stone,
1/21/70. “I’d like to mention”: Paul Kantner in
Gimme Shelter.
“You talkin’ to me”: Sonny Barger, ibid. “there’s no con- trol”: Booth,
True Adventures,
p. 258. “burst of water”: Lydon,
Folk,
p. 195. “Many in the audience . . . the violence”: op. cit, p. 260. Show dialogue:
Gimme Shelter.
“black hat, black”: Booth,
True Adventures,
p. 506. “We believed
. . . organize it”:
Mick Jagger in Gilmore, p. 88. “Altamont was the”: JG in Reich, p. 116. “I wanted to stand back . . . con- scious decision”: RH in Gilmore, p. 368. “an overreaction . . . little bit dire”: JG in Reich, p. 82. “If a musical experience . . . no one”: JG in Lydon, “An Evening.” “I recognized how smoothly . . . and jaded”: Christgau,
Any Old,
p. 221. Ian Stewart’s flight: Bill Belmont. “Pig, this guy . . . don’t worry”: JM. T.C. departure: TC, PL, RH. “Those guys are plainclothes”: MH. Bust: band, JM. “Hey, you—buddy”: JG. Jim Garrison: Joe Smith. “and we have some things . . . anytime soon”: Joe Smith.

Chapter 30. “My relationship . . . see him”: JG in Rheingold. “We’re all siblings . . . neglect”: BW, ibid. “GD music has been”: BW to Steve Morse,
Boston Globe,
5/8/80. “Being around . . . that vulnerable”: JG to Sue Klein.

Chapter 31. Recording
Workingman’s:
band, Bob Matthews, Sam Cutler. “kind of the Workingman’s”: RH. End of Lenny management: band, RR, RS, JM, Gail Turner, MG. “It’s him or me . . . do without him”: JG. “Everything turned black . . . suicidal”: MH to Joel Selvin. “Karma’ll get him”: Gail Turner Helland. “a good old band”: JG in Reich, p. 95. New structure: band, RS, JM, Sam Cutler, Dave Parker. “I’m a direct descendant”: Alice Polesky. “Look, Hunter . . . a beat”: RH in Jackson, “Hunter/Garcia.” “I don’t ever want to hear . . . just heard”: PL in Platt,
Lode.
“didn’t have shit . . . blew them out”: Davis and Troupe, p. 301. “it was sorcery”: Gleason, S.F. Chronicle, 4/13/70. “They didn’t study it . . . Bill Evans”: Davis and Troupe, p. 302. “open playing . . . do play”: JG in Zimmer- man and Zimmerman, “Gavin.” “Lush Life”: JG. College demographics: Sale, p. 20. Wesleyan: band, John Barlow. Kent State: see Viorst, pp. 534–37; Peck. “one of the great musical”: Francis, “A Sunday.” “all of a sudden this jet plane”: PL in
Album Network.
“the hillside of people . . . their mu- sic”: Childs, “History.”
Workingman’s
cover: Alton Kelley. “I was a little frightened . . . sim- ple spite”: RH, “Dark Star.” “When we first . . . in the South”: JG in Rainier, “Interview.” Toronto: see Yorke, “G.D. Surprise.” “We demand . . . the community”: ibid. Great Train Ride: band, RH, Sam Cutler; see also Dalton,
Janis.
“cautious, almost morosely . . . birch trees”: Dalton,
Janis,
pp. 132, 135. “Daddy, daddy”: PL. “If I could remember”: Dalton,
Janis,
p. 137. “I got the Dead drunk . . . Your Honor”: ibid., p. 118.

Chapter 32. Death of Bobbie Garcia: JG, MG, Clifford Garcia. “every vocal nuance”: RH,
Box of Rain,
p. 26. “heated the lyrics”: RH in Gans,
Conversations,
p. 70. “You can’t do . . . my song”: BW. “Hey, man, I got”: David Grisman. “Good . . . our record”: Ned La- gin in Skidmore, “Ned Lagin.” “impact on the audience”:
Cashbox,
10/3/70. “I never saw him”: JG in Fedele, “Fuck No.” “Comfort is made of . . . everyday life”: Dalton,
Janis,
p. 40. College tour: band, Ron Rainey, Sam Cutler. “they were afraid . . . taken over”: Charles Klein, Queens College newspaper, 10/12/70. “Last night was . . . of it all”: Schwartz, “Grateful Dead.” “Hey, man . . . shit in it”: show tape. Albany rip-off: see Wilcock, “Ungrateful.”
American Beauty:
band, Alton Kelley, JM, RH. “degree of talent . . . the happier he got”: David Crosby to Joel Selvin. Trist return: JG, AT, JM.

Chapter 33. “is a compilation . . . went before it”: Dan Hupert to author. “one of the most enlightened . . . it’s not music”: JB in Gilboa, “Getting Gray.” “No, that’s Sting . . . for the president”: Senator Patrick Leahy. “I just didn’t . . . Dionysian Festival”: Sam Keane. “magicians . . . accord”: Joseph Campbell to BW, MH, 1/1/87. “25,000 people . . . atom bomb”: Joseph Campbell. “The great thing about . . . really sensual”: unnamed student,
Boston University Terrier,
11/20/70, G.D. archives. “obnoxious religious”: Mark Saltveit in Gans,
Not Fade Away,
p. 45. “Dear Jerry . . . past December”: author deleted, G.D. archives. “The Grateful Dead represents . . . higher consciousness”: Jack Romanski to Jan Rasmussen (Bill Graham Presents), 10/20/80. “never experienced . . . their grace”: JG in
Playboy,
10/80. “Mickey, you’re responsible . . . so much”: MH.

Chapter 34. Dream Experiment: band, Stanley Krippner; see Krippner,
Song,
and Krippner, “An Experiment.” “You are about . . . my neck”: Krippner, “An Experiment.” Hart departure: MH, Stanley Krippner. Hunter and Weir: BW, RH, JB. Marina Maguire: see Polk, “Drug-Drenched Path.” “Barlow, you wrote . . . he’s yours”: JB. Panther benefit: Sam Cutler, BW. Crew: SP, Joe Winslow. “more like travel”: JG in Reich, p. 112. “there was room . . . anarchistic principles”: “Purple Lights.” “Sam, give it”: Eric Greenspan. “a great document . . . abusive press”: David Felton,
Rolling Stone,
8/5/71. JG outside band: JG, SP, John Kahn, Howard Wales, Merl Saunders, Freddie Her- rera. “John and I played . . . are we in”: JG in Sievert, “Jerry Garcia.” “Go out and bring”: SP. “I played big fat . . . conventional player”: JG in Sievert, “Jerry Garcia.” “You bored . . . this weekend”: BW. Hérouville: band, Rosie McGee, JM, Bob Matthews. “Monsieur,
look”:
Rosie McGee in Brandelius, p. 72. “He told us that . . . need much”: Coyote, p. 228.

Chapter 35: Stinson Beach: JG, MG, JM, AT, Richard Loren, David Grisman, Sue Stephens, Goldie Rush. “Being able to move . . . anything like that”: JG in Peacock, “Jerry Garcia.” Solo album: JG, RH, RS, RR, BK, Bob Matthews. “I just succumbed”: “GD Bust,”
Rolling Stone,
9/2/71. “The Lord has forgiven . . . big ones”: Joe Smith. “100 per- cent level . . . design”: AT, “Notes Toward Deadpatch,” G.D. archives. “the twelve princi- ples . . . give it a try”: JG in Reich, pp. 214, 222.
Skullfuck:
JG, PL, JM. “I didn’t like anybody . . . an attitude”: PL in Haas, “Drink.” “It’s not me, Joe . . . to you”: JM in Jack- son, “Jon McIntire.” “We’ve set up the tables . . . all prisoners”: Scully and Dalton, p. 209. “Oh, we wanted . . . our part”: JG in Hunt, “Jerry Garcia.” “not only great American . . . Dead fan”: Bangs, “Review.” “we spurred him toward”: BW to Gary Lambert. Keith Godchaux: Donna Jean God- chaux MacKay, JM, PL. “My husband and I . . . there’s this guy”: Donna Jean Godchaux MacKay. “It had to happen . . . a vision”: Keith Godchaux in G.D. program, 4/72. “I had a dream . . . only direction”: Donna Jean Godchaux, ibid. “Regulars greeted”: Christgau,
Any
Old,
p. 277.

Chapter 36. “Having been born . . . music heard”: Willy Legate,
Dead Head News-
letter.
“Rock Scully’s Ground . . . for them anyway”: G.D. archives. “almost-daily tele- phone . . . at a time”: Catherine Peters, “Dead Ahead.” “not merely as the manager”: Derek Sutton in Scherman, “Capitalism.” “very organized”: Clive Davis. “There is scarcely one . . . music field”: Dannen, p. 143. Hal Kant: Hal Kant.

Chapter 37.
Europe ’72
cover: Alton Kelley. Tour: band, MG, Jim Furman, Dennis Leonard, AT, RS, Sam Cutler. “Fuck it”: SP. “Look out . . . molecular”: Scully and Dalton, p. 216. “Y’know, a lot . . . interesting”: Candace Brightman. “my only vices”: Kent, Melody
Maker.
“There’s a sort of peak . . . hang out there”: JG in Peacock, “Jerry Garcia.” Record company rap in London: Peacock, “Jerry Garcia.” “held their madness”: AT in Wembley program. Geomancy: JG, PL, AT. “buses which came . . . raison d’etre”: Willy Legate es- say, liner notes,
Europe ’72.
“surrealism as metaphor”: Willy Legate to AT, 10/82. “Is hyp- nocracy not”: ibid. “it’s considered bad . . . fuck ups”: Charles Perry, “A New Life.” “Here ya are”: Jerry Hopkins, “The Beautiful Dead.” “Dead had offered safe”: Mark Cooper, “Dead but Unburied.” “Hey, you guys . . . rental car”: PL. “Those things run . . . running”: MG. “Hal, we have a problem . . . $15,000”: Hal Kant. “trying to pass themselves”: Elman, p. 12. “Alla Rakha”: Christgau,
Any Old,
p. 250. Roosevelt: Ron Rainey, John Scher. “Hey, Keith, d’ya”: Aronowitz, “Moon Jasmine.” Re- turn of Bear: OS, SP. “Sunshine Daydream”: Phil DeGuere. “Amnesty, Abortion”: Thomp- son,
Shark,
p. 259. “I’ll get elected . . . marijuana”: JG. “Which freezes first”: BW, BK. “Fuck you, pig”: BW. “In the realms of hip . . . separate ways”: Carr, “Real Good Ham- burger.” “Clive, are you sure . . . hear it right”: Michael Klenfner. “It was an incredible”: Clive Davis, p. 187.

Chapter 38: “I don’t want you around”: Veronica Barnard Grant. “Seems like there’s . . .”: Grateful Dead Archives. Pigpen’s death: DH, Dave Parker. “If there’s one thing”: BW. Old and in the Way: JG, David Grisman, Richard Loren. “We need a bass”: David Grisman. “Shit, why don’t . . . is fun”: JG in Grissim, “Garcia Returns.” “At this point . . . around then”: Joel Selvin, “Garcia Returns.” New Jersey arrest: JG, RH, Sam Cutler, John Scher. “You know I can’t let”: RH. “tired of working”: RH, “Not Necessarily,” p. 6. Forma- tion of record company: band, Hal Kant, AT, RS; see Charles Perry, “A New Life.” “maxi- mally enthused . . . events going on”: Ron Rakow in Greenfield, pp. 142, 144. “Ron is such a weak . . . think he could”: Hal Kant in Greenfield, p. 144. “It’s the most exciting . . . with us”: JG in Grissim, “Garcia Returns.” Out of Town Tours: Sam Cutler, Gail Turner, Rita Gentry. Record company: band, JM, RS, Steve Brown, Bob Seidemann, Chesley Millikin, Emily Craig, Eileen Law. “Don’t you understand”: DR. Sound system: Ron Wickersham, DH, OS, Bob Matthews, John Curl. Watkins Glen: band, Sam Cutler, JM, DR, Jim Koplik, Jim Furman; see Helm and Davis. “Who are you . . . work with the Grateful Dead”: Jim Koplik. “We have four or five . . . are great”: John Swenson, “The Sound.” “I remember that Jerry . . . we left”: Butch Trucks in Gilmore, p. 134. “And the sea gave up”: Revelation 20:13. “Right now, somehow . . . more interesting”: JG in Charles Perry, “A New Life.”