>What I love about that video, which I didn't even know existed, is it was recorded in 1968. They were a local band on the cusp of stardom. That's a story that never gets old.
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>As the great philosopher Eric Cartman (from South Park) would say, "it's all a bunch of tree-hugging hippie crap"

I do not count tree hugging among my many faults. Do you not like the Dead? I will be happy to burn you a couple of CDs.

They weren't really a hippie band, although coming from San Francisco in the 1960s it's easy to see why they might be perceived that way. They were a great band with great lyrics who practically invented the art of concert jams. Fans literally followed them around from show to show. That was unknown as well. The word Deadheads didn't come out of the ether.

"Later that evening when the dealing got rough
She was too pat to open and too cool to bluff"

-- "Scarlet Begonias"

If you have listened to them and don't like them, that's one thing. I think you are speaking from a lack of knowledge. I defy anyone to listen to their music and not like them.