lsd was not an illegal drug. when kesey held these acid tests as they were known, they d have two vats, one was punch and one was punch with lsd. the acid tests were like a party. the scene is a lot of light shows and music and people dancing. when the dead were playing, it was a way to feel that acid in waves. and i looked down, and i saw kids in front of me moving to the music. they looked up at me and i said, yeah. the drug culture really took hold, and that s where artists whether it was the grateful dead or jefferson airplane were able to embrace it and put it in their music. the counterculture in california is born because more and more people then want to try to experience what kesey experienced, and he became kind
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wherever he goes the people all complain lsd was not an illegal drug. when kesey held these acid tests, as they were known, they d have two vats, one was punch and one was punch with lsd. the acid tests were like a party. the scene is a lot of light shows and music and people dancing. and when the dead were playing, it was a way to feel that acid in waves. and i looked down and i saw kids in front of me moving to the music. they looked up at me and i said, yeah. the drug culture really took hold. and that s where artists, whether it was the grateful dead