when I was younger I spent two summers during college break following the grateful dead for about 20 shows. It was a crazy and super exciting time in my life.
Was this in 1965 when the band was formed?
 No when the band was formed in 65 they were known as the warlocks. They basically played shows in San Francisco for the Ken Kesey acid parties in the early years. No this was the late 80s.
I see. Were you a hippie?
I guess I was. I had a lot of friends that went with us. It was a carnival like atmosphere. And a lot of fun.
Mexico City Alebrije Parade
The Mexico City Alebrije Parade is an annual event to honor Mexican handcrafts and folk art, especially a hard kind of papier-mâché called “cartonería” and the creation of fantastic figures with it called “alebrijes.” Alebrijes are chimera-like creatures credited to artisan Pedro Linares painted in bright colors. The alebrijes for the parade are larger than anything Linares created, up to four meters in height and three meters in width. The parade begins on midday on a Saturday in late October in the
in December the plan was postponed for two and a half years, during which time Bogert and Appice formed Cactus. Beck later remarked on the 1960s period of his life: "Everyone thinks of the 1960s as something they really weren't. It was the frustration period of my life. The electronic equipment just wasn't up to the sounds I had in my head."
Career 1970s.
In 1970, when Beck had regained his health, he set about forming a band with drummer Cozy Powell. Beck, Powell