... Jerry Garcia, Bill Kreutzmann, Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Mickey Hart, and Ron McKernan. The band formed in the late sixties in San Fransico and when they were introduced to author Ken Kesey they became his house band, providing musical entertainment for guests of Kesey's acid tests. The drug, LSD also known as acid, became a staple of the band's diet and guests of ... known as the acid tests. During the acid tests, music would be played and people would party while tripping on acid. The alchemical experiments performed at Kesey's farm and in the studio where the band would drop acid and reco...

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... that promise, the deceased person then becomes the grateful dead. Gaining some local respect and somewhat of an underground fan scene, they began playing acid tests organized by the Kesey brothers or just Ken Kesey and the Marry Pranksters. In 1969 The last acid test the Dead played left a warehouse trashed, a band with a reputation and over 500 people and 10 cops tripping there ... ...

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... Francisco. This part of town was known for its social dissidents and hippies. The band became friends with a writer named Ken Kesey who took part in the LSD acid tests of the early 1960's. Members of the Dead attended parties with Kesey where marijuana and LSD where the main course. They also became friends with an infamous bus driver named Neal Cassidy who ... ...

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