So Many Roads (78 page)

Smith, Patti,
247–248
,
330

Snyder, Tom,
101

So Far
(Grateful Dead film of performance clips),
334
,
352

Social media,
xii
,
442

Soldier Field (venue in Chicago, Illinois),
419

Sonny and Cher,
104

Sound City (music studio in Van Nuys, California),
250–251

Spartan Stadium (venue in San Jose, California),
278

Spectrum (venue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania),
361

Speed,
70
,
92
,
108
,
137

Speedballing,
281
,
378

Speegle, Paul,
37
,
49

Springfield Creamery (Veneta, Oregan dairy),
296

Springsteen, Bruce,
xi
,
353
,
359

St. Michael's Alley, (
28
,
37
,
46
,
59
,
84

Stanford University,
29
,
35–36
,
38
,
57–58
,
67
,
81–82
,
84
,
86
,
95
,
364

Stanley, Owsley (“Bear”),
17
,
91–93
,
97
,
99
,
101
,
105
,
125
,
148
,
153
,
159–161
,
177–178
,
193–195
,
201
,
214
,
217–221
,
389

      
See also
Alembic
;
Wall of Sound

Stepanian, Michael,
128
,
133

Stephens, Sue,
270
,
274
,
332

Steppenwolf (band),
295

Stevenson, Adlai,
26–27

Sting,
386

STP,
152
,
159

Straight Theater (venue in San Francisco, California, formerly the Haight Theater),
122
,
124–125

Strauss, Richard,
13–14

Strawberry Alarm Clock (band),
130

Students Need Athletics, Culture, and Kicks (SNACK),
238
,
243

      
See also
Graham, Bill

Summer of Love,
130–131

Sundsten, Paula (aka “Gretchen Fetchin'”),
94

      
See also
Merry Pranksters

Swanson, Sue,
12
,
54–55
,
60
,
66–71
,
75
,
77
,
82
,
89
,
99
,
107
,
118–121
,
126–129
,
133
,
140–142
,
172
,
174
,
176
,
188
,
198–199
,
210
,
224
,
229
,
234
,
236
,
308
,
328
,
352
,
414
,
432

Sweetwater (venue in Mill Valley, CA),
353
,
424
,
441

Tamalpais Research Institute (TRI) (recording studio in San Rafael, California),
441

Taylor, Derek,
142

Taylor, James,
203

Taylor, Robbie,
340

Technology,
xii
,
194
,
290
,
326
,
355
,
409

Temple University,
17

“Ten Commandments of Rock 'n' Roll, The,”
180

Terrapin Crossroads (venue in San Rafael, California),
441

Terrapin Flyer
(Deadhead zine),
343

There and Back Again
(album),
433

      
See also
Lesh & Friends

“This Darkness Got to Give” (letter by the band),
418

      
See also
Deer Creek

Thomas, Bob,
160

Thomas, William “Superspade,”
130–131

Three Rivers Stadium (venue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania),
360

Thunder Mountain Tub Thumpers (band),
39

Time
(magazine),
5
,
204

Tinley Park (venue in Illinois),
377

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (band),
320

Top of the Tangent (venue in Palo Alto, California),
57–59
,
64
,
66
,
68
,
78
,
84
,
86

Torbert, Dave,
171

“Touch of Grey” music video,
312 (photo)
,
313-337

Toussaint, Allen,
184

Tricycle: The Buddhist Review
(magazine),
396

Trips Festival,
100
,
117
,
129
,
155

Trist, Alan,
29
,
37
,
270

Trucks, Derek,
433

Tubes, the (band),
382

Turner, Rick,
196

Tutt, Ron,
268

Twilight Zone. the
(TV show),
88
,
328

Uncalled Four (band),
59

United Artists Records,
228–229
,
235
,
245–246

University of California–Berkeley,
46–47
,
106
,
129
,
364

Uptown Theatre (venue in Chicago, Illinois),
351

van Maastricht, Norm,
40–41
,
56–57

Van Raam, Gerrit “Jerry,”
119

Vietnam,
81
,
196
,
211
,
290
,
346

View, The
(TV show),
424

Viola, Ken,
341
,
394

Vipers, the (band),
93

Wainwright, Loudon III,
247

Walas, Chris,
325

Walas, Mark,
325

Wales, Howard,
203
,
214

Wall of Sound,
124
,
192 (photo)
,
195–196
,
200–201
,
210
,
216
,
218
,
223–224
,
238
,
245
,
286
,
381
,
417

      
See also
Stanley, Owsley

Wally Heider (studio in San Francisco, California),
170
,
183
,
246

Wanger, Michael,
42
,
59
,
126

War Resistors League,
26

Warfield (venue in San Francisco, California),
266
,
273–274
,
283–285
,
300–301
,
306
,
365
,
437

Warlocks, the (previous band name of the Grateful Dead),
5
,
52 (photo)
,
54–55
,
61
,
65–83
,
86–91
,
93
,
96
,
99
,
126
,
137
,
156
,
196
,
308
,
395

Washington Post
(newspaper),
374

Wasserman, Rob,
410
,
432

Watkins Glen Festival (New York),
262
,
351

Watrous, Peter,
398

Wavy Gravy,
100

Weidenheimer, Troy,
68

Weir, Eleanor,
42

Weir, Frankie.
See
Hart, Frankie

Weir, Frederick,
42

Weir, Robert Hall “Bob” (Grateful Dead rhythm guitar player),
xii
,
xiv (photo)
,
3–4
,
10
,
17–20
,
52 (photo)
,
54–55
,
62–64
,
66–67
,
69
,
79–80
,
82
,
87–89
,
94
,
102 (photo)
,
105
,
107
,
111
,
118–121
,
126
,
128
,
133
,
143–147
,
150–152
,
160–161
,
168–169
,
181
,
196
,
199–200
,
205
,
207
,
211
,
217–218
,
221
,
223
,
227–221
,
236–239
,
244–245
,
248
,
253
,
259
,
261–268
,
273
,
277
,
279
,
288 (photo)
,
289–293
,
297–298
,
300
,
303
,
305
,
308–310
,
313
,
320
,
327–328
,
331
,
333
,
335
,
340–341
,
345–346
,
348
,
350
,
353–354
,
356–357
,
360
,
372
,
377–378
,
382
,
385
,
388
,
399
,
401–402
,
406
,
410
,
414
,
417
,
423–425
,
428–429
,
431–434
,
437–442

      
“Blob Weird,”
60

      
“firing” from the Grateful Dead,
148–149

      
first meeting Jerry Garcia,
18
,
59–60

      
friendship and working relationship with John Perry Barlow,
42–44
,
59
,
108
,
115
,
149
,
183
,
243
,
249
,
269
,
290
,
371

      
physical appearance,
3
,
42–43
,
89
,
108
,
150
,
200–201
,
293

      
reaction to Garcia's death,
439

      
“Rukka Rukka” ranch,
7

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

      
solo albums,
183
,
185–186
,
216
,
252
,
276
,
284
,
358

      
solo songs,
183–184
,
254

      
See also
Ace's
;
Bobby and the Midnites
;
Bob Weir Band
;
Kingfish
;
Tamalpais Research Institute (TRI)

Weir, Thomas,
160

Weir, Wendy,
60

Weiss, Chubby,
236

WELL (Whole Earth ‘Lectronic Link) (Deadhead chat room),
363
,
430
,
442

Welnick, Vince (Grateful Dead keyboard player),
369
,
382–385
,
394
,
398–399
,
403
,
410
,
428

      
joining the Grateful Dead,
369
,
382–383

      
reaction to Garcia's death,
439

      
See also
the Tubes

Wembley Arena (venue in London),
178–179

Wembley Empire Pool.
See
Wembley Arena

Wenner, Jann S.,
21
,
101
,
129
,
133
,
197

Wesleyan University,
115
,
196

White, Tony Joe,
184

Who, the (band),
xi
,
109
,
299
,
359
,
399