“The joke,” ibid.
“word was,” ibid.
“something funny,” ibid.
“in his,” ibid.
“Publius,” ibid.
“completely changed,” Browne, So Many Roads.
“The scene,” Barlow interview, 3/3/2007.
“The thing,” Bear interview, 12/4/1995.
“three really,” Lesh, Searching for the Sound.
“the supremo,” ibid.
“the wild-eyed,” ibid.
“each of,” ibid.
“there was,” Weir interview, 2/27/2007.
“I found,” Bear e-mail, 4/1/2007.
“I’m used,” McNally, A Long Strange Trip.
“I said,” Bear interview, 1/31/2007.
“here’s a,” ibid.
“He wanted,” McNally interview, 2/28/2007.
15. Wall of Sound
“Bear had,” Barlow interview, 3/3/2007.
“I was,” Greenfield, Dark Star.
“I had,’” Bear interview, 1/31/2007.
“kept shifting,” Bear interview, 12/4/1995.
“a single,” ibid.
“not merely,” McNally, A Long Strange Trip.
“piloting a,” ibid.
“as flat,” Kreutzmann with Eisen, Deal.
“Owsley’s brain,” ibid.
“impossible to,” ibid.
“The Wall,” Bear interview, 12/4/1995.
“The Wall,” Weir interview, 2/27/2007.
“had no,” Bear interview, 12/4/1995.
16. Growing Weed
“better gigs,” McNally, A Long Strange Trip.
“Egypt or,” ibid.
“There’s,” Graham and Greenfield, Bill Graham Presents.
“When they,” Bear interview, 1/31/2007.
“I got,” ibid.
“They were,” ibid.
“Sure enough,” ibid.
“who was,” ibid.
“I did,” ibid.
“One of,” ibid.
“So here,” ibid.
“When you,” ibid.
“We armed,” ibid.
“But there,” ibid.
“I have,” ibid.
17. Bear’s Dream
“I was,” McNally interview, 2/28/2007.
“as if,” Bear interview, 9/28/1989.
“weird dream,” ibid.
“I said,” ibid.
“Then I,” ibid.
“Noaa is,” ibid.
“I got,” ibid.
“When you,” ibid.
“When this,” ibid.
“on an airplane,” Barlow interview, 3/3/2007.
“a ninety,” Gans, Conversations with the Dead.
18. The Land Down Under
“a reticulated,” Bear interview, 1/31/2007.
“I told,” ibid.
“I said,” ibid.
“a sort of,” Weir interview, 2/27/2007.
“looking like,” Bear interview, 1/31/2007.
“He was,” Barlow interview, 3/3/2007.
“The way,” conversation with John Perry Barlow, 1/26/16.
“I always,” Bear interview, 1/31/2007.
“He was,” author interview, 2007.
“He had,” ibid.
“I don’t,” ibid.
“Hey, Bear,” ibid.
“Bobby, you,” ibid.
“Get your,” ibid.
“I’ve had,” Bear interview, 1/31/2007.
19. Real Love
“He was,” Sheilah Manning Stanley interview, 3/14/2015.
“Spencer Dryden,” Graham and Greenfield, Bill Graham Presents.
“seemed very,” Sheilah Manning Stanley interview, 3/14/2015.
“came upon,” ibid.
“Not particularly,” ibid.
“In Australia,” ibid.
“Bear came,” Ibid.
“The party,” Bear interview, 1/31/2007.
“Redbird was,” Sheilah Manning Stanley interview, 3/14/2015.
“What happened,” Bear interview, 12/4/1995.
“Sheilah is,” Bear e-mail, 4/2/2007.
20. Old and in the Way
“a blockage,” Bear interview, 1/31/2007.
“the best,” ibid.
“They did,” ibid.
“I now,” ibid.
“Bear would,” Barlow interview, 3/3/2007.
“It was,” Gissen Stanley with Davis, Owsley and Me.
“already read,” ibid.
“If you’re,” ibid.
“If you,” ibid.
“and a,” ibid.
“a Pegasus,” ibid.
“the family,” ibid.
“You’re a,” ibid.
“a perfect,” Ibid.
“Both Starfinder,” Bear interview, 1/31/2007.
“stage four,” Bear interview, ibid.
“Normally within,” ibid.
“What they,” ibid.
“Half my,” ibid.
“All the,” Sheilah Manning Stanley interview, 3/14/2015.
“like you,” Bear interview, 1/31/2007.
“with a,” ibid.
“Every one,” ibid.
“By the,” ibid.
“Do you,” ibid.
“I think,” ibid.
“no clue,” ibid.
“I didn’t,” ibid.
21. A Visit from Bear
“I’ve learned,” Sheilah Manning Stanley, 5/31/2007.
“But, hey,” Bear, 5/31/2007.
“Stress,” Sheilah Manning Stanley, 5/31/2007.
“Anytime,” Selvin, “For the Unrepentant Patriarch.”
“there is,” Bear interview, 1/31/2007.
“everything exists,” ibid.
22. On the Way Home
“open discussion,” www.entheogenesis.org.
“Bear did,” Sheilah Manning Stanley interview, 3/14/2015.
“I was,” ibid.
“You know,” ibid.
“Hold on,” ibid.
“I want,” ibid.
“There was,” ibid.
“pandemonium at,” ibid.
“No, no,” ibid.
“Well, that’s,” ibid.
“Suddenly after,” ibid.
“‘Do you,’” ibid.
“Was there,” Hunter, “An Anthem for the Bear,” www.reddit.com/r/gratefuldead.
Epilogue: More Anthems for the Bear
“Acid King,” John Perry Barlow via Twitter, 3/13/2011.
“He is,” Barlow interview, 3/3/2007.
“Bear, for,” Phil Lesh, www.furthur.net.boards.
“I never,” Browne, “Dead Recall the Colorful Life.”
“I tend,” Bear interview, 1/31/2007.
“a profound,” Markoff, What the Dormouse Said.
“one of,” ibid.
Appendix: Bear’s Choice—a Selected Discography
“enough money,” Sheilah Manning Stanley interview, 3/14/2015.
“rare recordings,” www.owsleystanleyfoundation.org.
“for the,” ibid.
“extra nice,” www.thebear.org.
“always secondary,” ibid.
“The demands,” ibid.
“had no,” ibid.
“The performance,” ibid.
“one I,” ibid.
“None of,” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steal_Your_Face.
“wonderful opportunity,” www.thebear.org.
“capture a,” ibid.
“It was,” ibid.
“I didn’t,” ibid.
“the two,” ibid.
“just in,” ibid.
“And yes,” ibid.
“This concert,” ibid.
“I have,” ibid.
“about 40%,” ibid.
“was able,” ibid.
“1969 was,” ibid.
“For me,” ibid.
“1972 saw,” ibid.
“Dick’s Picks,” liner notes, Dick’s Picks, Volume 36.
“a complete,” www.the
bear.org.
“taken from,” ibid.
“to ‘make,’” ibid.
“they must,” ibid.
“a small,” ibid.
“be hailed,” ibid.
“The sound,” ibid.
“This is,” liner notes, Live at the Carousel Ballroom 1968.
“I have,” www.thebear.org.
Bibliography
Interviews
John Perry Barlow—3/3/2007.
Bear (Augustus Owsley Stanley III)—9/28/1989, 12/4/1995, 3/18/1997, 1/31/2007.
Dennis McNally—2/28/2007.
Rock Scully—3/2/2007.
Sheilah Manning Stanley—3/14/2015.
Ron Wickersham—3/2/2007.
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Garcia: An American Life, Blair Jackson, New York: Viking Press, 1999.
Garcia: The Rolling Stone Interview, Charles Reich and Jann Wenner, San Francisco: Straight Arrow Books, 1972.
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The Haight-Ashbury: A History, Charles Perry, New York: Wenner Books, 2005.
Hell’s Angels: The Strange and Terrible Saga of the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs, Hunter Thompson, New York: Random House, 1967.
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LSD—My Problem Child, Albert Hofmann, New York: McGraw-Hill, 1980.
No Simple Highway: A Cultural History of the Grateful Dead, Peter Richardson, New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2015.
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Articles
“A. O. Stanley, Jr. to Run for Senate,” Lexington (Ky.) Herald, 3/28/1968.
“The Dead Recall the Colorful Life of LSD Pioneer Owsley Stanley,” David Browne, Rolling Stone, 3/30/2011.
“For the Unrepentant Patriarch of LSD, Long, Strange Trip Winds Back to Bay Area,” Joel Selvin, San Francisco Chronicle, 7/12/2007.
“Good Old Grateful Dead,” Michael Lydon, Rolling Stone, 8/23/1969.
“The Greying of the Groovers,” Andrew Brown, Guardian, 5/28/1997.
“Haight-Ashbury Era’s Owsley Stanley Finds Serenity in Sculpture, Sound,” John Rogers, Associated Press, 5/24/1996.
“LSD ‘Tycoon’ Held After Orinda Raid,” San Francisco Chronicle, 12/21/1967.
“‘Mr. LSD’ Makes Million Without Breaking the Law—Young Drug Manufacturer Wins ‘Acid Head’ Set’s Applause After Following Checkered Career,” George Reasons, Los Angeles Times, 10/3/1966.
“Owsley: A Danger to the Community,” Rolling Stone, 4/16/1970.
“Owsley and Me,” Charles Perry, Rolling Stone, 11/25/1982.
“Owsley Guilty: 67½ Righteous Grams,” Rolling Stone, 11/15/1969.
“Owsley Stanley Serves Time,” Rolling Stone, 9/17/1970.
“Police in the Big Easy Giving Bands a Hard Time,” Rolling Stone, 3/7/1970.
“Researchers Dispute Ezra Pound’s ‘Insanity,’” Herbert Mitgang, New York Times, 10/3/1981.
“Rock Musicians, ‘King of Acid’ Arrested,” New Orleans Times-Picayune, 1/31/1970.
“The Story of the Acid Profiteers,” Mary Jo Worth, Village Voice, 8/22/1974.
Web Sites
“Augustus Owsley Stanley,” McKenzie Martin, http://explorekyhistory.ky.gov.
“Interview with an Alchemist: Bear Owsley Interview,” Bruce Eisner, May 17, 1998, http://www.bruceeisner.
www.entheogenesis.org.
www.furthur.net.boards.
www.hark.com/clips/.
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www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/.
www.owsleystanleyfoundation.org.
www.reddit.com/r/gratefuldead.
www.thebear.org.
E-mails
Bear (Augustus Owsley Stanley III)—1/31/2007, 3/27/2007, 4/1/2007, 4/2/2007, 4/6/2007, 4/13/2007, 4/16/2007, 4/21/2007, 4/27/2007, 7/1/2007.
Melissa Cargill—2/14/2007, 2/15/2007, 2/28/2007, 3/17/2007.
Charles Perry—106/3/2015, 6/4/2015, 6/6/2015, 6/7/2015, 6/8/2015, 6/12/2015, 10/16/2015, 10/27/2015, 11/6/2015, 11/18/2015, 12/16/2015.
Index
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acid. See LSD
Acid Tests
Fillmore Acid
Muir Beach
Pico
Sound City
Sunset
Unitarian Church
Youth Opportunities Center
Adams, Carolyn (“Mountain Girl”)
alchemy
alcohol
Alembic
“Alice D. Millionaire”
Allman Brothers
Alpert, Richard (“Ram Dass”)
Alpine Valley Music Theatre
Altamont Speedway
Altec Lansing Voice of the Theatre system
America in Legend: Folklore from the Colonial Period to the Present (Dorson)
American Beauty
Ampex
amplifiers
analog tapes
angina
“An Anthem for the Bear”
Anti- Saloon League
Aoxomoxoa
Apocalypse Now
Arctic Monkeys
arrests
art. See also belt buckles; jewelry
astrology
Atherton
Atkinson, William Walker
atmosphere
attacks
“Attics of My Life”
attire
Australia
Australia property
Bufo marinus toads on
buildings in
drinking water for
energy supply for
fence in
finances and
gala party on
improvement of
kitchens of
Manning visit to
squatting in
tent on
value assessment of
The Australian
Avalon Ballroom
Babbs, Ken
Babcock, Vickie
backstage passes
Baffin Bay
Balin, Marty
ballet
Baltimore Civic Center
Barlow, John Perry
Battle of the Coral Sea
“The Bear Dance”
Bear Research Group
thebear.org
Bear’s Choice
the Beatles
“A Beautiful Mind”
belt buckles
Berkeley
cottage in
Troll House in
Berkeley Community Theatre
Bible
Bicycle Day
Big Brother and the Holding Company
Big Brother Live at the Carousel Ballroom 1968
birthday
“Black Peter”
Blue Cheer
Boarding House
Bolshoi Ballet
Booker T. and the M.G.’s
bounced checks
boxing coach
brain
Brand, Stewart
Breakdown
Breckinridge, John C.
breeding plants
briefcase
Brown Shoe
Browne, David
Bufo marinus toads
Bureau of Drug Abuse Control
busts. See arrests
Cafe au Go Go
Caffe Mediterraneum
cancer
Cannabis sativa
Cantor-Jackson, Betty
car
car accident
Cargill, Melissa Diane
childhood of
daughter with
education of
with Garcia
lover of
on LSD
pseudonym of