The Dead would have had to be more libertarian though -- they were definitely into the freedom to choose drugs. I saw them in Louisville in 88 or 89 (?) and you could buy anything you wanted on the parking lot. The size of the bogey that went down the row I was sitting in woulda made Willie Nelson's eyes bug out. It's a whole different world. I'm glad I went and saw what it was like, just so I know, but man was it odd!!
Yeah, there were definitley some weird people that followed the Dead. And there were a lot of drugs. At least the Dead kept their politics to themselves, unlike a lot of others..