1. 8 Miles High Released by the Byrds in April 66
Was banned by the Gavin Report
The song was dropped by radio stations

2. Ken Kesey and The Merry Pranksters
A student at Stanford
Famous author
Began the Acid test
Toured around CA.
With the Grateful Dead

3. San Francisco The home of the psychedelic scene
Many psychedelic bands formed
The center was at Haight St. and Ashbury St.

4. Janis Joplin A blues singer from Texas A social outcast at home
Joins a local SF band Big Brother and the Holding Co.
One of the first know psychedelic artist

5. The Beatles Stop touring in 8/66 Begin trying new things
George Harrison studies sitar with Ravi Shankar
Release Tomorrow Never Knows, first major artists to record psychedelic music

6. The Gathering of the Tribe
The Human be in
1/67 Golden Gate Park S.F.
20,000 fans attend
The hippies wanted to stop the war
A national event
The record companies now take notice

7. The Jefferson Airplane
The first psychedelic band with a national hit
Lead singer Grace Slick
College educated bored white kids

8. 1967 The Summer of Love The Beatles release Sgt. Pepper
Drug law are being enforced
Many of the early musicians begin to leave S.F.
Albums sales top singles
Many young people head to the West Coast

9. WoodStock 3 days in August of 1969
Organizers wanted to make money to open a recording studio in up state NY
Mike Lang, Artie Kornfeld,John Roberts, and Joel Rosenmann
Woodstock was based on many untruths
Organiziers lost millions of dollars

10. Woodstock Arts and Music Festival
Bethel New York Aug.1969
Held on Max Yasgur dairy farm
The Organizers hoped to earn enough porfit from the festival to open up a recording studio in upstate NY

11. Woodstock Ventures Inc
Was formed by 4 partners
Mike Lang & Artie Kornfeld had the music connections
Jon Roberts & Joel Rosenman had the $
Because of poor management Woodstock Ventures lost a lot of money
But the music worked!
One of the highlights of the 60’s

12. Altamont Billed as Woodstock on the West Coast
First planned for Golden Gate Park SF
The city said no after the information about the concert was released
A the last minute an old race track was found a host, Altamont Speedway
The Hells Angel provided security, they beat some fans and one person was killed

13. End of an Era Altamont marked the end of the Peace/Love generation
Many early performers had died, or fried their brains because of drug use
Musician wanted to move on and get better at their music
New styles begin to develop