“Stanley’s LSD and the Grateful Dead and the Merry Pranksters were at the center of the “Acid Tests” that are immortalized in Tom Wolfe’s The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test.”
Might want to add Ken Kesey, and perhaps Neal Cassidy, to that troupe.
Might want to add Ken Kesey, and perhaps Neal Cassidy, to that troupe.Yep.
Neal Cassady surely took the stage with the Dead at a number of Acid Tests and other early dates, including a July 23, 1967 show at the Straight Theater when he rapped while the band noodled behind him.
https://gratefuldeadoftheday.com/guest/neal-cassady