(NP) "Any time the music on the radio starts to sound like rubbish, it's time to take some LSD" - Owsley

[Robin Landseadel]

On Mar 13, 2009, at 8:45 AM, David Gentle wrote:

>> A friend of mine claimed to have taken some LSD - vintage  
>> mid-60's,  preserved in deep freeze - at Ken Kesey's estate in the  
>> Eugene, OR  area when he met the author years ago. This article  
>> makes me wonder  whether Owsley could have been the progenitor of  
>> said acid... Great  article, I bet Owsley has some mind-blowing  
>> tales!
> Assuming he can actually remember them.
>
> David Gentle

If the Bear can't, Steely Dan can:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylr2D4Pwn58

Hard to believe how many people I've known who knew Owsley, top of the  
list being:

http://blog.stereophile.com/ces2006/010806curl/

John Curl is a circuit designer, famous in high-end audio circles,   
whose work in amplifier design and system co-ordination was a central  
element of the Grateful Dead's famous/infamous Wall of Sound. He also  
had a hand in designing and modifying recording gear for Greateful  
Dead's "Workingman's Dead" and "American Beauty" albums.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_of_Sound_(Grateful_Dead)