So Many Roads (76 page)

Matrix Club (venue in San Francisco, California),
213

Matthews, Bob “Knobs,”
18
,
21
,
58–59
,
62–63
,
77
,
88
,
119–121
,
133
,
145
,
153–157
,
177
,
183
,
187–188
,
194

“Matty Groves” (traditional English folk song),
46–47

Mayer, Milton,
90

McCauley, Rich,
59

McGee, Rosie (née Florence Nathan),
83
,
96–100
,
102 (photo)
,
106–107
,
116
,
120–121
,
126
,
140
,
156–157
,
175
,
303

McIntire, Jon,
xiv (photo)
,
16
,
157
,
162
,
175
,
189
,
198
,
204–208
,
217
,
224
,
229
,
247
,
333–334
,
340

McKenzie, Scott,
109

McKernan, Carol,
61
,
173
,
197–198

McKernan, Phil,
62
,
173
,
199

McKernan, Ron (aka “Pigpen”) (Grateful Dead singer, harmonica, and keyboard player),
x
,
xiv (photo)
,
3
,
5
,
20
,
52 (photo)
,
63–69
,
78–80
,
82
,
88–89
,
93–94
,
97
,
99
,
106–107
,
109
,
111–114
,
19–120
,
122
,
124–125
,
139
,
133
,
140–141
,
145–146
,
150–152
,
155
,
164 (photo)
,
168
,
202
,
206
,
216
,
219
,
224
,
226
,
252
,
269
,
379
,
385

      
and alcohol,
77
,
127
,
189

      
death,
197–200

      
declining health,
169
,
172–175
,
189–190

      
“firing” from the Grateful Dead,
148–149

      
first meeting Jerry Garcia,
62

      
physical appearance,
4
,
61–62
,
77–78
,
89
,
202

      
relationship with Veronica “Vee” Barnard,
10
,
117
,
121
,
133
,
197

      
710 Ashbury,
103–140
,
144
,
147
,
159
,
169
,
210
,
325

McLaughlin, John,
54
,
67–68
,
411

McNally, Dennis,
32
,
82
,
141
,
148
,
246
,
305–306
,
319
,
322
,
325
,
328
,
331
,
339
,
342–346
,
361–365
,
375
,
378
,
383
,
387
,
394
,
406–408
,
417–418
,
428

Meier, Barbara,
25–30
,
35–41
,
47–50
,
56–57
,
396–397
,
401
,
407–409
,
412

Menlo Park,
25–27
,
32–39
,
53
,
60
,
69
,
72
,
82

      
Chateau,
25–29
,
35–41
,
44–46
,
56–57
,
69–70
,
81
,
396

      
Menlo School for Boys (Menlo, California),
43
,
59
,
126

Meriwether Post Pavilion (venue in Maryland),
364

Merry Pranksters,
76
,
81–89
,
94–95
,
98–101
,
103–104
,
116
,
158
,
270
,
296

      
See also
Kesey, Ken

Mescaline,
40
,
90
,
152

Methadone,
385

Michaels, Lorne,
273

      
See also
Saturday Night Live

Mickey and the Hartbeats (band),
149

Miles, Buddy,
251

Mills College (Oakland, California),
48
,
70

Misfits, the (band),
346

Moby Grape (band),
149

Modica, Yvonne,
83

Mojo Men (band),
87

Molo, John,
433

Monkees, the (band),
332

Monroe, Bill,
65
,
212

Monroe, Marilyn,
213

Monterey Jazz Festival,
90
,
112

Monterey Pop Festival,
109
,
142
,
160
,
271

Moore, Don,
424

Morgan, Dana Jr.,
41
,
55
,
58–59
,
62–68
,
72–73
,
77
,
151
,
237

Mosley, Bob,
149

Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions (band),
64–68
,
78
,
86
,
89
,
113
,
152

Mothers of Invention (band),
115

Mountain Girl (née Carolyn Adams),
ix
,
xii
,
16
,
20
,
35
,
83
,
92
,
98–100
,
103–104
,
107
,
113–115
,
118
,
121–122
,
125–130
,
142
,
150
,
169–171
,
174
,
176
,
181
,
198
,
218
,
259
,
270
,
318
,
323
,
335–336
,
429–430

      
origin of Merry Pranksters' nickname,
85

      
relationship with Jerry Garcia,
9–11
,
17
,
86
,
89
,
110
,
116–117
,
140
,
148
,
183
,
188
,
213
,
230–232
,
294
,
321–322
,
352
,
401
,
405

      
relationship with Ken Kesey,
9
,
84–86
,
116
,
183
,
188

Mouse, Stanley,
152

MTV,
303
,
314
,
324
,
330
,
334
,
342–343
,
348
,
360
,
365
,
388

Muenter, Natascha,
406

Muldaur, Maria,
268
,
275

Muni, Scott,
345

Murray, Bill,
273

      
See also
Saturday Night Live

Mydland, Brent (Grateful Dead keyboardist),
264 (photo)
,
276–280
,
284
,
292
,
297–299
,
305
,
315
,
324–325
,
329
,
341
,
345–346
,
356–358
,
369–70
,
372–380
,
382
,
385
,
401–403

      
death,
379
,
380
,
398
,
402

      
overdose,
375–378

Mydland, Lisa,
375

Mystery Box (band and album),
432

Naropa Institute,
396

Nassau Coliseum (venue in Long Island, New York),
376

Nathan, Florence.
See
Rosie McGee

Nelson, David,
28
,
39
,
41
,
57
,
63–64
,
166
,
171
,
325

Network
(film),
294

New Orleans,
2
,
4
,
17
,
170
,
176
,
217
,
254
,
269
,
299
,
346
,
441

      
drug bust,
4
,
17
,
170
,
176
,
217

New Riders of the Purple Sage (band),
20
,
166
,
171
,
186
,
190
,
216
,
248
,
261

New wave music,
302
,
332

New York Times
,
The
(newspaper),
6
,
397

Nitrous oxide,
13–14
,
18
,
20
,
117
,
151–152
,
170
,
221
,
331
,
385
,
402–403
,
408

Nixon, Richard,
211

Norman, Jeffrey,
378

Nosferatu
(film),
400

O'Connor, Matthew,
119
,
126

O'Neill, Tip,
349

O'Reilly, Bill,
425

Oakland Coliseum (venue in Oakland, California),
294
,
325–326
,
344
,
353
,
376

Obama, Barack,
437

Odd Bodkins
(comic),
177

Ohrbach, Caryl,
405

Olbermann, Keith,
425

Old and in the Way (band),
xi
,
212–215
,
296–297
,
326
,
427

Olsen, Keith,
246–254
,
268
,
272–273
,
278
,
297
,
307

On the Beach
(book),
69

Orlovsky, Peter,
82

Orpheum Theater (venue in Boston, Massachusets),
215

Orwell, George,
49

Other Ones, the (band),
432–434

Ouija board,
106
,
303
,
419

Pacific High studio,
1–2
,
6
,
9
,
18
,
62
,
153
,
393

Pacific Recording,
153

Pakhala, Ruth,
55
,
70–72

Palace (venue in Auburn Hills, Michigan),
399

Palladium (venue in New York City),
254–255

Palo Alto (California),
2
,
10
,
13
,
26–27
,
35–40
,
42
,
46
,
48
,
57
,
61–63
,
65–72
,
75–76
,
80
,
83–84
,
90–92
,
95
,
99
,
101
,
105
,
110
,
166
,
169
,
173
,
197
,
238
,
302
,
308
,
321
,
411

Parber, John,
42

Parish, Steve (crew member),
167
,
177–180
,
195
,
201
,
217–218
,
236
,
242
,
251–259
,
272–273
,
307–309
,
315–316
,
334
,
340
,
353
,
370
,
375
,
390–391
,
401
,
427

Parker, David,
60
,
63
,
198