Acid Tests
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The Acid Tests were a series of parties held by author Ken Kesey primarily in the San Francisco Bay Area during the mid-1960s, centered on the use of and advocacy for the psychedelic drug LSD, commonl
An Acid Test handbill
Sign for the Acid Test on November 27, 1965, by Ken Kesey, from the National Museum of American History, collection item #1992.0413.01
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Jerry Garcia
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Jerome John Garcia was an American musician who was the lead guitarist and a vocalist with the rock band Grateful Dead, which he co-founded and which came to prominence during the counterculture of th
Acid Tests
…at the first Test not to play, but just to feel it out, and we hadn't brought any instruments or gear." Most likely Lesh was joined by Bob Weir and Jerry Garcia at the party. 4 December; San Jose, California: This time, the newly renamed Grateful Dead did play, the first performance of their long career…
Garcia performing in 1977
The corner of Haight and Ashbury, center of the San Francisco neighborhood where the Grateful Dead shared a house at 710 Ashbury from fall 1966 to spring 1968.
Garcia and drummer Hart in 1987 at Red Rocks Amphitheatre. His guitar "Tiger" and a McIntosh MC2300 can clearly be seen
Garcia in 1978 at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum with guitar "Wolf"