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San Francisco band The Warlocks debut under their new name, The Grateful Dead, at the Fillmore Auditorium for the second San Francisco Mime Troupe Appeal Party, San Francisco, California, USA. The Great Society, The Mystery Trend, The John Handy Quintet and Sam Thomas And The Gentlemen's Band also appear.Full article:
Jerry Garcia (guitarist, Greatful Dead) : Back in the days of the Acid Tests, we were looking for a name. We'd abandoned The Warlocks, it didn't fit anymore. One day we were all over at Phil's house smoking DMT. He had a big Oxford dictionary, opened it, and there was "Grateful Dead," those words juxtaposed.
It was one of those moments, y'know, like everything else on the page went blank, diffused, just sorta oozed away, and there was Grateful Dead, big black letters edged all around in gold, man, blasting out at me, such a stunning combination. So I said, "How about Grateful Dead?" and that was it.
Mickey Hart (drummer, Grateful Dead] : San Francisco's a creative city. I get the chills just thinking about it. I'm alive there. It's like sticking your musical self into tJerry Garcia (guitarist, Greatful Dead) : Back in the days of the Acid Tests, we were looking for a name. We'd abandoned The Warlocks, it didn't fit anymore. One day we were all over at Phil's house smoking DMT. He had a big Oxford dictionary, opened it, and there was "Grateful Dead," those words juxtaposed.
It was one of those moments, y'know, like everything else on the page went blank, diffused, just sorta oozed away, and there was Grateful Dead, big black letters edged all around in gold, man, blasting out at me, such a stunning combination. So I said, "How about Grateful Dead?" and that was it.
Mickey Hart (drummer, Grateful Dead] : San Francisco's a creative city. I get the chills just thinking about it. I'm alive there. It's like sticking your musical self into this great plug.
his great plug.
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It was one of those moments, y'know, like everything else on the page went blank, diffused, just sorta oozed away, and there was Grateful Dead, big black letters edged all around in gold, man, blasting out at me, such a stunning combination. So I said, "How about Grateful Dead?" and that was it.
Mickey Hart (drummer, Grateful Dead] : San Francisco's a creative city. I get the chills just thinking about it. I'm alive there. It's like sticking your musical self into tJerry Garcia (guitarist, Greatful Dead) : Back in the days of the Acid Tests, we were looking for a name. We'd abandoned The Warlocks, it didn't fit anymore. One day we were all over at Phil's house smoking DMT. He had a big Oxford dictionary, opened it, and there was "Grateful Dead," those words juxtaposed.
It was one of those moments, y'know, like everything else on the page went blank, diffused, just sorta oozed away, and there was Grateful Dead, big black letters edged all around in gold, man, blasting out at me, such a stunning combination. So I said, "How about Grateful Dead?" and that was it.
Mickey Hart (drummer, Grateful Dead] : San Francisco's a creative city. I get the chills just thinking about it. I'm alive there. It's like sticking your musical self into this great plug.
his great plug.
(Source : not known)