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From: abh6509@ritcv.UUCP (A. Hudson)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re: Tripping and the Dead
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Date: Mon, 1-Apr-85 00:04:38 EST
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Posted: Mon Apr  1 00:04:38 1985
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> decvax!ittvax!dcdwest!sdcsvax!sdcc3!sdcc12!nm34
> Subject: The Dead Experience & Tripping
> Posted: Tue Mar 26 08:27:57 1985
> 
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> >     One unique thing about Grateful Dead concerts is that approximately
> >30-50% of the attendees are tripping.  This may
> >not be interesting to those of you out there who haven't experienced the
> >alternate reality of these 'magical' substances, but those of you who
> >have, and haven't been to a Dead concert, you should try it.           
> 
> I believe that this is a misconception that reflects badly on the
> Dead and Deadheads. I would say that at most 10% of the people are 
> actually tripping, if you define tripping as being under the influence
> of hallucinogens. This type of statement perpetrates the myths 
> that a) all Deadheads are stoned out freaks and 2) You need drugs to 
> enjoy the Grateful Dead's music. It's nice to have a buzz on at a
> Dead show, as with any rock concert, but it's certainly not a requirement.
> 
> The Dead's music is so powerful that it induces a feeling of
> "tripping" in and of itself. "Magical" substances simply enhance
> that feeling (albeit by orders of magnitude). I myself have managed to
> thoroughly enjoy upwards of 90 Dead shows without the benefit of
> hallucinogens.
> __
> 
> "We used to play for silver, now we play for life..."
> 
> 				Seth Jackson

Give me a break!!!!!!!!!

Of all the unwarranted sterotypes, drugged out deadheadism is Certainly
NOT in those.  Drugs permeate the deadhead way and always have!!
I suggest you read the Electric Koolaid Acid Test by Ken Kesey.
For god's sake, if anything, then deadhead => drugs.

Having known many deadheads, the only true deadheads (ranked by thier
peers) have always had excessive recreational tendencies.
Granted that many different kinds of music induce states of mind,
but there is no way to escape the Dead's associations with drugs.