Grateful Dead Sleep Stories | The Summer New York Gave the Dead a Key Made of Flowers and more

Tonight, the early summer of the Grateful Dead's first record, when the band stepped off a plane in New York for the very first time. A parade down St. Mark's Place, a key to the East Village made of white carnations, a free show in Tompkins Square Park, and two weeks in a low brick room on Bleecker Street. San Francisco gets the credit for that summer, but New York had its own version, older and louder and a good deal more nervous. A long, calm story for a long night. CHAPTERS 0:00 Settle in 1:33 Off the plane in New York 6:28 The St. Mark's Place parade 12:00 Tompkins Square Park 17:16 Rock Scully and the police captain 22:31 Cafe au Go Go on Bleecker Street 27:38 Mountain Girl at the Chelsea Hotel 32:51 The Cheetah club 38:08 A free show in Central Park 43:17 Millbrook and Timothy Leary 48:38 Stony Brook, Long Island 53:44 Peace Eye Bookstore 59:15 Garcia's bluegrass trip east 1:04:32 The Diggers and free food 1:09:49 Pigpen and Lovelight 1:15:10 Viola Lee Blues 1:20:17 Morning Dew and the first album 1:25:31 Recording in Los Angeles 1:30:49 Monterey Pop 1:36:02 Bill Kreutzmann's New York 1:41:17 The Village Theater 1:46:32 Greenwich Village folk 1:51:51 The Capitol Theatre in Passaic 1:57:07 East Coast Deadheads 2:02:03 710 Ashbury in the fog 2:07:07 Drifting off The Shakedown Archives Sleep Stories are long, calm, spoken-word journeys through the real history of the Grateful Dead, made to help you fall asleep and stay asleep. No jarring music, no ads breaking the spell, no bright screen. Just a quiet voice and two hours of true stories from the band, the scene, and the people who lived it. Perfect for insomnia, winding down, long nights, travel, or anyone who loves the Dead and wants to drift off inside the history. Dim the lights, get comfortable, and let it carry you off. If this helped you sleep, following the show is the one thing that keeps them coming. Sweet dreams. TAGS: grateful dead new york 1967, summer of love, st marks place, tompkins square park, east village, cafe au go go, bleecker street, central park, millbrook, timothy leary, peace eye bookstore, ed sanders, monterey pop, pigpen, mountain girl, rock scully, grateful dead sleep story, sleep story, sleep stories for adults, history for sleep, fall asleep fast, bedtime story for grown ups, boring history for sleep, calm history narration, long sleep story, stories to fall asleep to, insomnia sleep story, grateful dead history, deadhead