This guy is the coolest dude around, always with a nice attitude and still looks so young for someone who played 50 years of 3+ hour shows mostly. One of the most talented rock drummers of all time, some dead jams are absolutely mindblowing especially when you listen to how well Bill can go with Jerry's flow, can't wait to read his book
10FootMan Yeah I agree. Personally I thought Mickey was great before he left. The two drummer thing really worked then. But when Bill was the sole drummer from 71 to 74, for me at least, the Grateful Dead were at their peak. That was the "turn on a dime" Grateful Dead when the music flowed like silvery wine in a spaceship, gravity all nonsense now.
@@Darrylizer1 I saw Billy’s first show after Jerry died, at the Warfield with Phil in July ‘99 and it was great to hear him just on his own, the sound and vibe was kinda late 80s/90s Dead but with the swinging looseness of the 71-74 era. What a treat, I’ll never forget those two glorious nights!
There's a cool story about Ram Das giving a hiiiigh dose to a guru or whatever and absolutely nothing happened. He was already there. Ram went on to say, "because when you live in Detroit you don't need to take a bus to Detroit."
been there, done that, trust me, more than you, the 70's were a wonderful time...but let's not make acid legal again. Anything that cheap that gets you that high cost you something and that is from Ken Kesey, he knew something about LSD...
@@ArbitraryLifestyle You’re out of your damn mind. Conan is easily the best of the late night hosts. You’re probably just some butthurt conservative who calls everything he doesn’t like “woke.” 😂
Just finished his book. One of the best reads I've ever had. Even if you aren't a fan of the band they have an amazing story and Bill K. really lays it all out.
Of the Grateful Dead books, "Living With the Dead" by Rock Scully is the best. "Fare Thee Well," by Joel Selvin reveals what an ass Phil Lesh and his wife are/were. Phil Lesh's, "Searching for the Sound," isn't worth reading. Same with Bill K.'s book, really reveals him to be a person you wouldn't want around.
Met Billy in Austin in 2011. He was was playing and recording with 7 Walkers. Great man and very kind and sweet person. It was an honor to meet him. He is probably the most underrated drummer in rock and roll...... And quite possibly the most humble person I have ever met.
I'd definitely agree that Bill Kreutzman is one of the most underrated drummers, of any style. He is best when he gets into a trance and just dances behind the set. He is truly amazing.
Same, had terrible depression for years took a hit of acid (not sure of the dosage) and it allowed me to know true happiness again. Which in turn allowed me to pull myself out of depression.
"The Grateful Dead taught me why people took acid." Umm I'll be honest with you man; that makes close to no sense whatsoever. Are you sure it's not the other way around lol?
The .Reaper No...what the second person said which is basically "Acid taught me why people listen to the grateful dead." How would simply listening to the Grateful Dead make you understand why people took acid? That kind of really undersells acid because it's an amazing enlightening experience that you could not even begin to understand or imagine if you have never done it. Also the Grateful Dead's music (Estimated Prophet) makes a lot more sense after dropping acid. No kind of song or band could ever teach you "why people take acid". Acid teaches you why people take acid and that's it.
I remember being on LSD and listening to the 'Anthem Of The Sun' with Judy Collins' kid sister, on her stereo. Yes, Judy "I've look at life from both sides now" Collins. This was in 1971. The same year my brother appeared on Playboy After Dark as a guitarist in The Buddy Miles Band. "Well, my mind is going through them changes." About seven years later, when the 'Shakedown Street' album was released, my brother and I were sitting with Artie Resnick and Herbie Worthington one day: Herbie was the photographer for Fleetwood Mac and Stevie Nicks; Artie was a songwriter, including of the song 'Good Lovin'. I asked Artie what was his favorite version of his songs, and he said-'The Grateful Dead'. I then asked Artie what was his least favorite version of one of his songs, and he said-"The Stones' version of 'Under The Boardwalk' (from 1964). He said-'after listening to that I thought "those guys will never last". About 15 years after that, my brother found himself spending the night together with Keith Richards at his house. Among other things, they would talk about music, and Mr. Richards expressed the opinion that he didn't like The Grateful Dead. I told my brother that Keith shouldn't knock The Dead. He said-'why not?' I said-'because they may comeback to haunt him.' A few years ago, I heard a radio clip of The Dead And Company playing The Stones' "The Last Time"; and just a few weeks ago, I rediscovered The Jerry Garcia Band's version of "Let's Spend The Night Together" (not too shabby, imho). Now, imagine if Jerry Garcia cameback from the dead at Keith Richards' house; I mean, all those acid flashbacks must be good for something, right?!
Great rare live performance of Mountains of the Moon. Best part was when Hef, in his tuxedo with a cocktail and a playmate in his arm was interviewing Jerry, who was wearing a big fuzzy poncho. Hef: “Well I noticed that, with your own group, you’ve got kind of a stereo effect going on here with drums - two complete sets of drums and two drummers. Um… obviously for a purpose.” Jerry: “Right. Mutual annihilation.” Hef: “I see. In other words, the guys kind of compete with one another?” Jerry: “Wellll, they more chase each other around. It’s like the serpent that eats its own tail, you know, and” (moving index finger in a circular motion) “it goes round and round like that and if you, if you can stand in between ‘em, uh, they, they make figure eights on their sides in your head.” Hef: “I don’t think I’m gonna stand between ‘em…” Jerry: “Take your pick” (giggle) Hef: “But I noticed that the guys are near their instruments here and the kids have kind of settled down and I wonder if we could get you to, um, do a number for us.” Jerry: “Absolutely not!”
When you're tripping, it sounds like your friend's voice is echoing across a vast immense deep canyon. Then you realize he's sitting just across the kitchen table from you.
The music never stopped is what got me so curious to know about these guys. And I started looking everywhere in internet to know more. And it doesn't matter to me much because I'm too lazy to research the whole history. One song is enough for me to love and admire these guys. I want my loved ones to play uncle johns band in my funeral. But I have too less people who love me apart from my mom and dad and sister. I just want to say that I fell in love with that song.
2016 is full of special snowflakes who fight for more rights when they already have equal rights, useless popstars with no talent that get worshipped like gods, pill poppers, and heavy drinkers who claim they are against drugs even though vodka is worse for you than LSD, shrooms, DMT, weed, mescaline and even some other more dangerous drugs. The 60s was full of alot of dangerous drugs too but atleast more people did safe stuff like pot and LSD.
Well, these artists around Palo Alto were very unique especially when they connected with Jack Kerouac, Neal Cassady, Allen Ginsberg, Ken Kesey, and others
When leave a computer at a library I always leave it with a paused view of most of the band from "Mountains of the Moon" from that "Playboy After Dark" show! I remember seeing that show myself, although I can't say for sure if I saw that episode I very well may have but maybe not I was only 9 years old at the time! Augy, San Diego
Actually, acid became illegal in October '66, not '67. So the band could have gotten in alot of trouble as Owseley's brew was amazingly strong. Gave you ESP.
You're right about acid officially illegal in 66. I'm not sure when the playboy thing was recorded. Owsley was known for making very pure acid with no impurities. Other chemists did not always produce equal product. Owsley purchased something like a gallon of lysergic acid from Sandoz labs. That made it easier to produce LSD.
That's true. I was a few years younger than Bill but was living in LA when the Band was down there trying to get a record deal summer '66 so there was alot of acid going around. Sandoz was the standard. There was even a little poem; "S-A-N-D-O-S, Sandoz makes the very best". I got to sample some Owsley "White Lightening" and later in early summer '67 his "Purple Owsely". Both were very potent to say the least Crazy times.
Imagine drinking that coffee, trying to do your job and suddenly hearing tribal sounds, all kind of thought patterns and voices, and you hear the speaker sound morphing and echoing in the room...Staring at the soundboard like a cat.
@geezusispan psychadelics do not cause you to hear voices. They cause ringing, buzzing, audio distortions but not full blown hallucinations. You don't see purple elephants, and you can't hear the voice of Charles Manson telling you to thigh slap the lady at the laundromat
LSD helped and changed my life forever! Quit smoking and it really helped understand the relationship with my dad and other important people in my life.
The reason the Dead chose their new name was because The Velvet Underground were also The Warlocks. So both bands chose new names in mythic stories (Garcia the former, Tony Conrad influenced the latter), and then a new band called The Warlocks surfaced in the early 21st century. Don't knock the Warlocks. They have a rich history. :)
Not true! VU had nothing to do with it. The Dead changed their name because Phil Lesh found a single in a record store by another band called The Warlocks. The VU never recorded under that name.
It was 1969, not 1967. The Dead and their compatriots were infamous for dosing people. This certainly wasn't the only time stuff like that happened. In this case, they were tryign to dose Hugh Hefner, but as it turned out, Hef was kept away from the crafts tables by his handlers, and only drank Pepsis (or Cokes, depending on who's telling the story), that were opened and handed to him by Shel "Where The Sidewalk Ends" Silverstein (he was Hef's assistant at the time).
I don't believe for a second that by 1969 (which is when the Playboy After Dark program was taped) Hugh Hefner hadn't dropped acid at least a few times and probably very good acid at that. Oh, well--classic stories grow with the telling.
Little fun fact, the Grateful Dead changed their name to Grateful Dead after learning of another band that had already been using the name The Warlocks. That band is now known as The Velvet Underground.
No it wasn't. Phil Lesh was thumbing through the singles in a record store one day, and found a single by a band called The Warlocks. The VU never released anything as The Warlocks. But that's why the Dead changed their name, because there was another band by the same name who already had a record out. Or so they thought, as Phil admitted about 20 years later, he never saw the record again and no one seemed to know anything about else about them, saying he later came to believe maybe he hallucinated it.
Love Bill. philly fall 88 met him backstage. actually he was on the loading dock bullshitting w crew. we were told to enter there. staff member said no, can't enter here. Billy recognized my friend stu and said "let them in" and we hung w bk for a half hour before going in to show. he was super friendly. fun times.
Naw. I've read all that stuff too. They just played their music but the CIA basically spawned the psychedelic movement as they were dosing people under MK ULTRA. The Dead were never part of what the CIA did though. They just played the acid tests which were like raves. None of the members were freemasons or any of that either.
You can see this Playboy After Dark episode at: vimeo.com/10535211 Skip to 02:25 to skip some BS. I love, love, love this video! Mountains of the Moon into St. Stephen. They are all so young and Pigpen is there!
BTW, don't click on the 02:25, that will just take you back into the Conan show. Click on the Vimeo link. FYI, Bill was on Conan to promote his book "Deal" which I highly recommend.
Hey thanks for posting the link but the titles says 1969 and bill says that lsd was still legal around '67 so this can't be the same episode right? Everyone looks pretty sober :P
Bill said the wrong year. The Dead played Playboy After Dark in 69 and acid was ILLEGAL. He made a mistake. Yes those people in the video were tripping.
I had heard from someone I knew in the yard crew That Bill Kreutzmann was once a Railroad conductor ? Is there any truth in this? I was told this in 1980 and the only way I will know if it is true is by bill himself???
Well, Bill said he joined the Warlocks when he was 18, so I wouldn't think he could have worked for a railroad long enough to become a conductor. I'm pretty sure that was a sought after gig that required seniority.
Good old bill,he is a cool cat awesome drummer,founding member.When they got micky,he meet his partner in crime.Best drummers ever,god bless them.Haha heffner triping bad,good stuff.This band where the best,the only ones who dun what they dun.If that makes sense?Anyway such is life
WOULDN'T IT BE AMAZING IF A HUGE CONCERT WAS CREATED WHERE THE AUDIENCE COULD TRIP (THOSE WHO CAN HANDLE IT) FOR HOURS AT THE CONCERT UNDER ONE CONDITION...EVERYONE'S CAR KEYS ARE HELD BY THE CONCERT STAFF FOR THE NIGHT...AND THE PARTIERS COULD STAY IN THEIR TENTS UNTIL THEY'RE SOBER. IT'S JUST A THOUGHT...
Billy must have some cool stories! Here's a write-up I did about this: zumic.com/2015/05/22/bill-kreutzmann-talks-grateful-dead-deal-and-playboy-after-dark-in-conan-interview-on-may-20-2015-youtube-official-video/
You obviously know nothing about LSD you cant get addicted to it. It also cant hurt you. EVen if someone tried to get addicted to it the tolerance is so heavy that you cant even do it more than once every 1-2 weeks.
They're incredible song writers. They're just etched in that patchouli wearing, granola eating, tie dye archetype forever. That's what people can't stand mostly. I love the Dead.
If you have a certain mindset, that's funny. If you are sane, someone dosing the coffee pot with LSD is abhorrent behavior and Conan was right about it being criminal.
Yes. I've acted shaman to many a mushroom experience for others and while I personally wouldn't mind if it happened to me, doing it to most other people without their knowledge is careless and unthinking.
This guy is the coolest dude around, always with a nice attitude and still looks so young for someone who played 50 years of 3+ hour shows mostly. One of the most talented rock drummers of all time, some dead jams are absolutely mindblowing especially when you listen to how well Bill can go with Jerry's flow, can't wait to read his book
Fishman > Kreutzman + Hart
10FootMan Yeah I agree. Personally I thought Mickey was great before he left. The two drummer thing really worked then. But when Bill was the sole drummer from 71 to 74, for me at least, the Grateful Dead were at their peak. That was the "turn on a dime" Grateful Dead when the music flowed like silvery wine in a spaceship, gravity all nonsense now.
@enuma elish I love that period too, anything with Pigpen is pretty killer.
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@@Darrylizer1 I saw Billy’s first show after Jerry died, at the Warfield with Phil in July ‘99 and it was great to hear him just on his own, the sound and vibe was kinda late 80s/90s Dead but with the swinging looseness of the 71-74 era. What a treat, I’ll never forget those two glorious nights!
The way bill looked at Conan after he’s like “it doesn’t work on me” says it all. Bill knows things Conan can’t understand.
It's a "... Ha ha ha, suuuure..."
There's a cool story about Ram Das giving a hiiiigh dose to a guru or whatever and absolutely nothing happened. He was already there.
Ram went on to say, "because when you live in Detroit you don't need to take a bus to Detroit."
Conan has tripped. He just didn't want to say so on national TV.
make LSD legal again
Sierra Hawk agreed
Eh, they'll prob never do that
@@exacthobosoup1231 "they" is changing.
@@exacthobosoup1231 it's being used now to treat depression....
been there, done that, trust me, more than you, the 70's were a wonderful time...but let's not make acid legal again.
Anything that cheap that gets you that high cost you something and that is from Ken Kesey, he knew something about LSD...
The Playboy After Dark version of Mountains Of The Moon is amazing
Riley Hughes yesssss so good! Classic dead.
My favorite
As is Jerry's story about buck knives.
Yeah it is!
I here ya,first time i ever heard it,best version ever man.
It's been 38 yrs. I've been listening to the Dead and I can't say that I recall ever hearing Billy speak. The rest of the band yes.
Hey Uncle Sam, how is it hiding out in a rocknroll band ?
You've been hoodwinking people for decades...
What other show would have on Bill Kreutzmann? Yet another reason why Conan is freaking awesome!
I bet Graham Norton would!! Conan ain't that great.
@@ArbitraryLifestyle Conan is that great. I went to a taping of his show in '96 and it was the most fun I ever had.
Uh, Tom Snyder did it many years ago!
@@ArbitraryLifestyle Think Graham Norton has even heard of the Grateful Dead?
@@ArbitraryLifestyle
You’re out of your damn mind. Conan is easily the best of the late night hosts. You’re probably just some butthurt conservative who calls everything he doesn’t like “woke.” 😂
Everyone should take a dose of LSD at least once in their life.
👍👍👍
True dat brother
Schizophrenics should probably abstain from that one.
Jerry? Is that you?
Too anxious, sorry
Just finished his book. One of the best reads I've ever had. Even if you aren't a fan of the band they have an amazing story and Bill K. really lays it all out.
Also Phil Lesh's book
Agreed. Loved that read!
Of the Grateful Dead books, "Living With the Dead" by Rock Scully is the best. "Fare Thee Well," by Joel Selvin reveals what an ass Phil Lesh and his wife are/were. Phil Lesh's, "Searching for the Sound," isn't worth reading. Same with Bill K.'s book, really reveals him to be a person you wouldn't want around.
Billy is the heart of the band. Mickey added the colors but Billy drove the bud, as any drummer should.
Met Billy in Austin in 2011. He was was playing and recording with 7 Walkers. Great man and very kind and sweet person. It was an honor to meet him. He is probably the most underrated drummer in rock and roll...... And quite possibly the most humble person I have ever met.
I'd definitely agree that Bill Kreutzman is one of the most underrated drummers, of any style. He is best when he gets into a trance and just dances behind the set. He is truly amazing.
LSD CHANGED MY LIFE FOR THE BETTER
me too. ✨
Same, had terrible depression for years took a hit of acid (not sure of the dosage) and it allowed me to know true happiness again. Which in turn allowed me to pull myself out of depression.
#legalizeitall
Same with me!
This was awesome. The Grateful dead are my favorite band. Always love hearing stories about them and when they do tv appearances.
mumbojumbo123456789 Going to Chicago Bro?
CamboMaka I am! Are you?
All 3 nights on the Floor. Flying in from Maui. YES!
CamboMaka Nice I have all three days, but upper section. Not coming as far as you but I am coming from Canada, see ya there!
RIGHT ON!
My father's a huge Dead Head. I'm getting that book for Father's Day tomorrow.
The Grateful Dead taught me why people took acid.
Acid taught me why people listen to The Grateful Dead
Ryan Marshall My ears did that for me
"The Grateful Dead taught me why people took acid."
Umm I'll be honest with you man; that makes close to no sense whatsoever. Are you sure it's not the other way around lol?
Ryan Marshall That's what he means
The .Reaper No...what the second person said which is basically "Acid taught me why people listen to the grateful dead."
How would simply listening to the Grateful Dead make you understand why people took acid? That kind of really undersells acid because it's an amazing enlightening experience that you could not even begin to understand or imagine if you have never done it. Also the Grateful Dead's music (Estimated Prophet) makes a lot more sense after dropping acid. No kind of song or band could ever teach you "why people take acid". Acid teaches you why people take acid and that's it.
One of the greatest drummers of all time.
He was really good in the 70's.
DnD references is the best references.
im not even a dnd fan and that cracked me up
Hey rab
I remember being on LSD and listening to the 'Anthem Of The Sun' with Judy Collins' kid sister, on her stereo. Yes, Judy "I've look at life from both sides now" Collins. This was in 1971. The same year my brother appeared on Playboy After Dark as a guitarist in The Buddy Miles Band. "Well, my mind is going through them changes." About seven years later, when the 'Shakedown Street' album was released, my brother and I were sitting with Artie Resnick and Herbie Worthington one day: Herbie was the photographer for Fleetwood Mac and Stevie Nicks; Artie was a songwriter, including of the song 'Good Lovin'. I asked Artie what was his favorite version of his songs, and he said-'The Grateful Dead'. I then asked Artie what was his least favorite version of one of his songs, and he said-"The Stones' version of 'Under The Boardwalk' (from 1964). He said-'after listening to that I thought "those guys will never last". About 15 years after that, my brother found himself spending the night together with Keith Richards at his house. Among other things, they would talk about music, and Mr. Richards expressed the opinion that he didn't like The Grateful Dead. I told my brother that Keith shouldn't knock The Dead. He said-'why not?' I said-'because they may comeback to haunt him.' A few years ago, I heard a radio clip of The Dead And Company playing The Stones' "The Last Time"; and just a few weeks ago, I rediscovered The Jerry Garcia Band's version of "Let's Spend The Night Together" (not too shabby, imho). Now, imagine if Jerry Garcia cameback from the dead at Keith Richards' house; I mean, all those acid flashbacks must be good for something, right?!
Can't imagine The Stones doing "Under the Boardwalk". Did they release a record of it?
@@johnsilva9139 It's on their "12x5" album from 1964.
Can you imagine tripping with Conan? His hair would take on a life of its own.
What a long geek trip that would be...
Nuts. I didn’t realize he was a senior in high school when he joined.
GD coming out with a 20 CD set as soon as they decide what 3 songs to use.
Great rare live performance of Mountains of the Moon. Best part was when Hef, in his tuxedo with a cocktail and a playmate in his arm was interviewing Jerry, who was wearing a big fuzzy poncho.
Hef: “Well I noticed that, with your own group, you’ve got kind of a stereo effect going on here with drums - two complete sets of drums and two drummers. Um… obviously for a purpose.”
Jerry: “Right. Mutual annihilation.”
Hef: “I see. In other words, the guys kind of compete with one another?”
Jerry: “Wellll, they more chase each other around. It’s like the serpent that eats its own tail, you know, and” (moving index finger in a circular motion) “it goes round and round like that and if you, if you can stand in between ‘em, uh, they, they make figure eights on their sides in your head.”
Hef: “I don’t think I’m gonna stand between ‘em…”
Jerry: “Take your pick” (giggle)
Hef: “But I noticed that the guys are near their instruments here and the kids have kind of settled down and I wonder if we could get you to, um, do a number for us.”
Jerry: “Absolutely not!”
When you're tripping, it sounds like your friend's voice is echoing across a vast immense deep canyon. Then you realize he's sitting just across the kitchen table from you.
Love you Billy! Thanks man!
High green chilly winds and windy vinesinloops
Bill's book (audio book version) is outstanding.
The music never stopped is what got me so curious to know about these guys. And I started looking everywhere in internet to know more. And it doesn't matter to me much because I'm too lazy to research the whole history. One song is enough for me to love and admire these guys. I want my loved ones to play uncle johns band in my funeral. But I have too less people who love me apart from my mom and dad and sister. I just want to say that I fell in love with that song.
It's a great song! I like the electric live versions.
I know this is 4 years old but he looks fantastic.
The 60s sound fun.
The 60s sucked. 2016 is way more active and a party.
2016 is full of special snowflakes who fight for more rights when they already have equal rights, useless popstars with no talent that get worshipped like gods, pill poppers, and heavy drinkers who claim they are against drugs even though vodka is worse for you than LSD, shrooms, DMT, weed, mescaline and even some other more dangerous drugs. The 60s was full of alot of dangerous drugs too but atleast more people did safe stuff like pot and LSD.
FrostBite You haven’t dosed in awhile have you?
Vietnam ruined much of the fun😞
Well, these artists around Palo Alto were very unique especially when they connected with Jack Kerouac, Neal Cassady, Allen Ginsberg, Ken Kesey, and others
Id like to know more about Bill, pity he doesn't do as many interviews as the rest of the guys.
The book he is plugging in this clip is actually very good!
Bill's looking good!!
just got done reading his book for a few hours, a really good read great man
danny aprahamian what’s the booked called
"Deal."
In the movie men who stare at goats... "But we're drinking the water...." "Yeah!😃"
When leave a computer at a library I always leave it with a paused view of most of the band from "Mountains of the Moon" from that "Playboy After Dark" show! I remember seeing that show myself, although I can't say for sure if I saw that episode I very well may have but maybe not I was only 9 years old at the time!
Augy,
San Diego
Bill is so great. ⚡💙⚡
Actually, acid became illegal in October '66, not '67. So the band could have gotten in alot of trouble as Owseley's brew was amazingly strong. Gave you ESP.
You're right about acid officially illegal in 66. I'm not sure when the playboy thing was recorded. Owsley was known for making very pure acid with no impurities. Other chemists did not always produce equal product. Owsley purchased something like a gallon of lysergic acid from Sandoz labs. That made it easier to produce LSD.
That's true. I was a few years younger than Bill but was living in LA when the Band was down there trying to get a record deal summer '66 so there was alot of acid going around. Sandoz was the standard. There was even a little poem; "S-A-N-D-O-S, Sandoz makes the very best". I got to sample some Owsley "White Lightening" and later in early summer '67 his "Purple Owsely". Both were very potent to say the least Crazy times.
flumester -the playboy show was recorded in January 1969
Junkies are heroin addicts..
Even better. It gave you ESPN.
The Mountains of the Moon on that show is stellar
I like the 4th level.. Its much more smoother. Must have been talking about psychedelics
Level 3 for me!
Not like that level 5 ego-death spiral
Imagine drinking that coffee, trying to do your job and suddenly hearing tribal sounds, all kind of thought patterns and voices, and you hear the speaker sound morphing and echoing in the room...Staring at the soundboard like a cat.
If you hear voices on LSD, you should stay away from LSD
@geezusispan psychadelics do not cause you to hear voices. They cause ringing, buzzing, audio distortions but not full blown hallucinations. You don't see purple elephants, and you can't hear the voice of Charles Manson telling you to thigh slap the lady at the laundromat
LSD helped and changed my life forever! Quit smoking and it really helped understand the relationship with my dad and other important people in my life.
The reason the Dead chose their new name was because The Velvet Underground were also The Warlocks. So both bands chose new names in mythic stories (Garcia the former, Tony Conrad influenced the latter), and then a new band called The Warlocks surfaced in the early 21st century. Don't knock the Warlocks. They have a rich history. :)
Not true! VU had nothing to do with it. The Dead changed their name because Phil Lesh found a single in a record store by another band called The Warlocks. The VU never recorded under that name.
It was 1969, not 1967. The Dead and their compatriots were infamous for dosing people. This certainly wasn't the only time stuff like that happened. In this case, they were tryign to dose Hugh Hefner, but as it turned out, Hef was kept away from the crafts tables by his handlers, and only drank Pepsis (or Cokes, depending on who's telling the story), that were opened and handed to him by Shel "Where The Sidewalk Ends" Silverstein (he was Hef's assistant at the time).
Nice Hefner impression.
It looked for a second that Bill might have taken Conan's "doesn't work on me..." as a personal challenge!
The performance of St. Stephen was great
Love the bit of "Lovelight" at the very end. And the dancers really poppin (thanks Owsley?) :)
I'll always be Gratefully Deadicated. Thanks to: Bill, Jerry, Phil, Bobby, Mickey, Brent, Keith, Donna. Joan, Tom, Vince, AND Pigpen.
Nice. Same here.
Hunter?
he is so awesome
I don't believe for a second that by 1969 (which is when the Playboy After Dark program was taped) Hugh Hefner hadn't dropped acid at least a few times and probably very good acid at that. Oh, well--classic stories grow with the telling.
Love Billy and his stories and his personality!!
I never saw the dead live but i did see Further @ the allgood festival back in 2013.
Little fun fact, the Grateful Dead changed their name to Grateful Dead after learning of another band that had already been using the name The Warlocks. That band is now known as The Velvet Underground.
No it wasn't. Phil Lesh was thumbing through the singles in a record store one day, and found a single by a band called The Warlocks. The VU never released anything as The Warlocks. But that's why the Dead changed their name, because there was another band by the same name who already had a record out. Or so they thought, as Phil admitted about 20 years later, he never saw the record again and no one seemed to know anything about else about them, saying he later came to believe maybe he hallucinated it.
@@Kohntarkosz Interesting… would love to know more about that single Phil saw, if it even exists…
Bill K. he's cool....💙💙💙
Bill Kreutzmann looks like Mike Love.
Brian Jones Right!
Love Bill. philly fall 88 met him backstage. actually he was on the loading dock bullshitting w crew. we were told to enter there. staff member said no, can't enter here. Billy recognized my friend stu and said "let them in" and we hung w bk for a half hour before going in to show. he was super friendly. fun times.
Guys actually in great shape
another video that fits in my current personal celebration of the 50 years of the Summer of Love
2:57 lol "better times" indeed my friend
Aught to dose every water system with the great ego-killer, Conan you could use a dose of insight.
Press 5 and 6 for laser sounds.
Usmodlover 4 and 5 are the most fun to watch.
lol
i spent some time at his house. he's a pretty weird dude. fun to chill with.
Hold My Cock And Watch This Cum nope, what rip off.
was gonna ask the same thing
How much bud did you guys end up smoking?
How kind of Conan to invite Patton Oswalt on the same show as a Grateful Dead member.
Shel Silverstien said that episode was the closest thing to real party that Hugh Hefner ever had.
OMG I died laughing "Thank you guys"
It was illegal in 67, and 66 in CA.
ahhhh the good old days
I read in the book "Living with The Dead" by one of their roadies, either Steve Parish or Ramrod, that Owsley wasn't successful in dosing Hefner.
I don't think he was dosed. Bill was just adding dramatic effect.
There are inconsistencies in the story. I suspect that dosing people with LSD may be part urban legend and a huge in-joke.
Conan is the best
Bill isn’t too bad
Evidently Uncle Sam was hiding out in a rocknroll band. *:-(*
Things are not as they appear...
Naw. I've read all that stuff too. They just played their music but the CIA basically spawned the psychedelic movement as they were dosing people under MK ULTRA. The Dead were never part of what the CIA did though. They just played the acid tests which were like raves. None of the members were freemasons or any of that either.
The two songs were great versions of St. Stephen and Mountains of the Moon.
They also did Lovelight.
Hell ya, it was a great clip .
LSD was illegal by the time the Dead did that Playboy after dark show. It was made illegal by late 1966
A really bad flashback is watching Conan reruns.
Wrong. Phil Lesh came up with the name Grateful Dead from that English folktales book. Check it out.
Bill Murray tells of the time he looked into the dark pools of Billy K's eyes.
Really? I'll have to find that. I know in a lot of 60s footage his eyes were damn near rolling back in his head.
This was great on 1/2 speed
You can see this Playboy After Dark episode at: vimeo.com/10535211 Skip to 02:25 to skip some BS.
I love, love, love this video! Mountains of the Moon into St. Stephen.
They are all so young and Pigpen is there!
BTW, don't click on the 02:25, that will just take you back into the Conan show. Click on the Vimeo link.
FYI, Bill was on Conan to promote his book "Deal" which I highly recommend.
Hey thanks for posting the link but the titles says 1969 and bill says that lsd was still legal around '67 so this can't be the same episode right? Everyone looks pretty sober :P
Not quite sure what your point is.
Even when it became illegal, people like Owlsley stepped in to fill the gap.
so they're tripping in the video you posted?
Bill said the wrong year. The Dead played Playboy After Dark in 69 and acid was ILLEGAL. He made a mistake. Yes those people in the video were tripping.
read Bills book "Deal" it is fantastic !!!
I had heard from someone I knew in the yard crew That Bill Kreutzmann was once a Railroad conductor ? Is there any truth in this? I was told this in 1980 and the only way I will know if it is true is by bill himself???
Well, Bill said he joined the Warlocks when he was 18, so I wouldn't think he could have worked for a railroad long enough to become a conductor. I'm pretty sure that was a sought after gig that required seniority.
Good old bill,he is a cool cat awesome drummer,founding member.When they got micky,he meet his partner in crime.Best drummers ever,god bless them.Haha heffner triping bad,good stuff.This band where the best,the only ones who dun what they dun.If that makes sense?Anyway such is life
LSD would probably make Conan short circuit. 😂
Well, I was thinking that was a pretty great clip...until Conehead told me that it was.
Yeah..."subscribe to my RUclips Channel...for an endless supply of ME!"...thanks Conehead
Bill is the best lmao
Love you
Press *7* for "Wait a Minute".
how would he suddenly stop in the dictionary at "greatful dead".. Does he mean he did ot twice
He's so red !!
Owsley was who the Steely Dan song Kid Charlemagne is about
I’ve been frozen up against the wall before, but I called puddled
If only Owsley could have been Drumpf's coffee boy.
'69 not '67. LSD was outlawed after June of '67.
Turn on, tune in, drop out
Bet Heffner lost that big fat ego that night.
whittle4u love this lol
He was the only one that didn't drink the coffee that night.
He didnt partake
Kept his Pepsi real gaurded
I think Bill was just adding dramatic effect.
Forgot who it was, but didn't a major league pitcher throw a no hitter on LSD once?
Was it Bill Lee?
They had to change their name because another band was using it. That other band later changed their name to The Velvet Underground.
Are the fifty people who gave this classic interview the thumbs down the camera crew from Playboy After Dark?
Lmao they probably actually had a dandy old time. At least i hope they did.
8th level wizard would be a good band name
Yes
WOULDN'T IT BE AMAZING IF A HUGE CONCERT WAS CREATED WHERE THE AUDIENCE COULD TRIP (THOSE WHO CAN HANDLE IT) FOR HOURS AT THE CONCERT UNDER ONE CONDITION...EVERYONE'S CAR KEYS ARE HELD BY THE CONCERT STAFF FOR THE NIGHT...AND THE PARTIERS COULD STAY IN THEIR TENTS UNTIL THEY'RE SOBER. IT'S JUST A THOUGHT...
Yes. No way anything can go wrong with that.
Billy must have some cool stories! Here's a write-up I did about this: zumic.com/2015/05/22/bill-kreutzmann-talks-grateful-dead-deal-and-playboy-after-dark-in-conan-interview-on-may-20-2015-youtube-official-video/
Wouldn't mind a sip of that coffee
Drug addict
You obviously know nothing about LSD you cant get addicted to it. It also cant hurt you. EVen if someone tried to get addicted to it the tolerance is so heavy that you cant even do it more than once every 1-2 weeks.
'Just a cup of old coffee'. 😎
My nephew gave me a button that said: I'LL BE GRATEFUL WHEN THEY'RE DEAD!
They're incredible song writers. They're just etched in that patchouli wearing, granola eating, tie dye archetype forever. That's what people can't stand mostly. I love the Dead.
If you have a certain mindset, that's funny. If you are sane, someone dosing the coffee pot with LSD is abhorrent behavior and Conan was right about it being criminal.
I agree and i'm a long time Deadhead.
Yes but the dead didnt dose people. It was the pranksters around them. The band was often dosed without their consent as well
Yes. I've acted shaman to many a mushroom experience for others and while I personally wouldn't mind if it happened to me, doing it to most other people without their knowledge is careless and unthinking.
THAT'S Bill ?
I would not have recognized him.
TacomaPaul I know! Looks so different. Must be the facial hair?
TacomaPaul IT is called getting old!!
MERRYJERRYL Well, sure. But i think it's the lack of the big dark moustache. It really changes his look a great deal.