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By Andy Kahn May 22, 2015 • 9:12 am PDT


An absolutely essential resource for Grateful Dead History -particularly the band’s formative years – memorabilia, artifacts, ephemera, posters, flyers, photos, recordings, videos, news articles and more are regularly pushed on the Heads News feed.
A newly scanned photo of baby Jerry Garcia, mid-1940s, from his cousin. https://t.co/8qxRgHr1xk via @stevesilberman pic.twitter.com/r0ATi5e6ms
— Heads News (@HeadsNews) April 29, 2015
Today in 1969: The Grateful Dead & Jefferson Airplane at Winterland. Poster by Randy Tuten. http://t.co/J3DXDUnZAn pic.twitter.com/FcXdPj5rM8
— Heads News (@HeadsNews) May 2, 2015
Today in 1970: Acoustic & electric sets at a classic Grateful Dead show in Binghamton. Audio: https://t.co/ZjUHn0ksX2 pic.twitter.com/nWI3MdxbTI
— Heads News (@HeadsNews) May 2, 2015
Today in 1972: Telegram received by the Grateful Dead following their Paris debut. http://t.co/kXAydmUKzu pic.twitter.com/AvcY0qqZ8x
— Heads News (@HeadsNews) May 4, 2015
50 years ago today: The Grateful Dead publicly debut as The Warlocks at Magoo’s Pizza. http://t.co/9yTfg99JH7 pic.twitter.com/07J029JTUq
— Heads News (@HeadsNews) May 5, 2015
Today in 1966: The “Greatful” Dead, Great Society, & more at Peace Rock 3. http://t.co/XpaP2aUivJ pic.twitter.com/n9o191TRLp
— Heads News (@HeadsNews) May 7, 2015
Today in 1969: The Dead & the Airplane in Golden Gate Park. Photo by Baron Wolman. Listen: https://t.co/jhqewqOzNi pic.twitter.com/2RgMFaE2mP
— Heads News (@HeadsNews) May 7, 2015
Today in 1972: Grateful Dead at Bickershaw Festival. Audio: https://t.co/vScZdB5ZSF Video: https://t.co/gefCPx4TZH pic.twitter.com/RrjKJbLM57
— Heads News (@HeadsNews) May 7, 2015
Today in 1969: The Grateful Dead in San Diego. Short video: http://t.co/L9dYlA6d4y pic.twitter.com/amYcqvHG7H
— Heads News (@HeadsNews) May 10, 2015
Today in 1967: The Grateful Dead debut in Fresno. Poster by Johns. http://t.co/WALb2ngT7Y pic.twitter.com/NfdMIXGZYz
— Heads News (@HeadsNews) May 12, 2015
Today in 1968: The Grateful Dead debut in Virginia. http://t.co/XofId6ho8u pic.twitter.com/R28pE6E4VW
— Heads News (@HeadsNews) May 12, 2015
Today in 1974: The Grateful Dead’s Wall of Sound hits the road. Photo by R. Pechner. Listen: https://t.co/Vxb7f62bQY pic.twitter.com/q0APiDxAxU
— Heads News (@HeadsNews) May 12, 2015
Today in 1972: The Grateful Dead for free in France. Photos by Michel Wannenmacher. Listen: https://t.co/qMzXUaqqq0 pic.twitter.com/KgFPPSxmjl
— Heads News (@HeadsNews) May 13, 2015
Today in 1968: The Grateful Dead (& many others) in Santa Clara. Tape by @JormaKaukonen: https://t.co/zI1mmLXxJg pic.twitter.com/t5KGZmTEq0
— Heads News (@HeadsNews) May 18, 2015
Today in 1973: The Grateful Dead in Santa Barbara. Photo by Bruce Polansky. Listen: https://t.co/cx4CkYFSoe pic.twitter.com/ruoNM0VzPB
— Heads News (@HeadsNews) May 20, 2015
Today in 1968: $1 jam at the Grateful Dead/Jefferson Airplane-run Carousel Ballroom. Listen: https://t.co/kKM2zq6V0T pic.twitter.com/1rRWviL1a1
— Heads News (@HeadsNews) May 21, 2015
Today in 1974: In Seattle, the Grateful Dead’s longest ever “Playing in the Band.” Listen: https://t.co/pQ1cCPBjkz pic.twitter.com/4y1l4Oja6j
— Heads News (@HeadsNews) May 21, 2015
In addition to the Twitter account’s strong focus on the history of the Grateful Dead, it also shares information on other musicians who had an impact on 1960s psychedlic rock. Videos, audio streams, images and other memorabilia from the era is often the substance of a tweet.
Promoter Bill Graham vs. the Up Against the Wall Motherfuckers, Rat Subterranean News, 1969. http://t.co/yu9K24Nf3l pic.twitter.com/rEm9DC5LfJ
— Heads News (@HeadsNews) April 27, 2015
Photos from the UK’s Windsor Free Festival, 1973, by Alun Anderson. http://t.co/IRm2HPiERA via @AndrewMaleMojo pic.twitter.com/LW6pAXdYHS
— Heads News (@HeadsNews) April 28, 2015
Radical 67th birthday wishes to MC5 guitarist Wayne Kramer. Photo by Leni Sinclair, 1968. http://t.co/YoCSZt5eKF pic.twitter.com/wM2Weg9oTo
— Heads News (@HeadsNews) April 30, 2015
“Wanted: Hip Cops” poster, distributed in Berkeley, 1969. http://t.co/U2aL5nN8RX pic.twitter.com/z4Qb4jPILY
— Heads News (@HeadsNews) April 30, 2015
A guide to live recordings by Austin psychedelic pioneers 13th Floor Elevators, by @tywilc. http://t.co/2yAWeKpkKD pic.twitter.com/5STuegC2rZ
— Heads News (@HeadsNews) May 7, 2015
Two ’60s poster collections go to auction for the first time. http://t.co/mjw2SB7eeB via @PsychedelicArt pic.twitter.com/ycCzoaQZfm
— Heads News (@HeadsNews) May 7, 2015
“How LSD Cemented Willie Nelson’s Relationship With Pot,” via @willienelson‘s new memoir. http://t.co/eksmpCULDj pic.twitter.com/41CxoJrfth
— Heads News (@HeadsNews) May 7, 2015
New: 13th Floor Elevators’ Tommy Hall on Brotherhood of Eternal Love & more. http://t.co/92dC7iHQFT ht @TimothyLeary8 pic.twitter.com/vDaQGldXjf
— Heads News (@HeadsNews) May 10, 2015
Happy 69th birthday to Donovan Leitch. “Sunshine Superman,” 1966. http://t.co/DvFGRpwx6s pic.twitter.com/OLxqz9PP09
— Heads News (@HeadsNews) May 10, 2015
New print-only @blackclockmag features “fifty essential works of psychedelic popular culture” http://t.co/3lpeKYfytL pic.twitter.com/Fi7uNuwwE4
— Heads News (@HeadsNews) May 11, 2015
The reunited 13th Floor Elevators perform “Levitation” at @AUSTINPSYCHFEST. https://t.co/24RgJc3RAy via @jaywbabcock pic.twitter.com/5Rzsh1I0yn
— Heads News (@HeadsNews) May 12, 2015
Photographs of Haight-Ashbury, 1967. http://t.co/sSi5snO3sq pic.twitter.com/5NG2tcJSyv
— Heads News (@HeadsNews) May 13, 2015
Today in 1967: Brian Wilson cancels session, ending The Beach Boys’ “Smile.” https://t.co/Vi60LczMKd via @rocking_bob pic.twitter.com/Dy0r5fIs3x
— Heads News (@HeadsNews) May 19, 2015
Complete “It Happened at Woodstock” romance comic, 1971. https://t.co/rKm8uWQS7h via @emilypostpunk pic.twitter.com/XLKZ5usvO0
— Heads News (@HeadsNews) May 21, 2015
Heads News is a premiere source for all things having to do with psychedelic drugs. Whether it’s research on new medical uses for LSD, an experiment with mushrooms or the attempt to legalize certain mind-altering substances, if it has to do with dropping out, Heads News will tweet it.
“Is LSD about to return to polite society?”, a profile of Amanda Feilding & @BeckleyResearch. http://t.co/vtqVts3GhG pic.twitter.com/qo73J18V0J
— Heads News (@HeadsNews) April 26, 2015
“Popping with the Gods: The Use of Religious Hindu Iconography in LSD Blotter Art” https://t.co/zlJv6aTgLX pic.twitter.com/JkBy8HF8bu
— Heads News (@HeadsNews) April 26, 2015
“In the Magic Land of Mescaline,” Fate Magazine, 1956. http://t.co/shyoVQJkVY pic.twitter.com/YcQGsO6XFL
— Heads News (@HeadsNews) April 30, 2015
Rapper @asvpxrocky sings about LSD on new album, says acid “helps me cope with life” http://t.co/zmjffBmTcA pic.twitter.com/58cUfwDSLT
— Heads News (@HeadsNews) May 2, 2015
“An Uphill Campaign in Norway to Promote LSD as a Human Right” with @PO_Johansen & @TeriKrebs. http://t.co/RLAFgJyKED pic.twitter.com/MqnIJIpbK8
— Heads News (@HeadsNews) May 4, 2015
Demystifying the legendary story of Francis Crick, DNA, & LSD. http://t.co/wh1P7rkBqr via @PsypressUK pic.twitter.com/PBr7DbcyaC
— Heads News (@HeadsNews) May 5, 2015
The story of the Ludlow-Santo Domingo (LSD) Library on psychoactive drugs, now at Harvard. http://t.co/R9w9bBvDIm pic.twitter.com/jOdW2xmDWC
— Heads News (@HeadsNews) May 7, 2015
Psychedelic Traveler suggests destinations to explore while tripping. http://t.co/xDCOaugTfH via @erik_davis pic.twitter.com/IDbBp2mzP4
— Heads News (@HeadsNews) May 7, 2015
Alleged DMT lab busted in Marin County, California. http://t.co/4fxVv8mzKS pic.twitter.com/aS7e8rAbEi
— Heads News (@HeadsNews) May 10, 2015
Interview with mushroom explorer @jameswjesso about psilocybin & ayahuasca, by @BentonRooks. http://t.co/HEnESokcl2 pic.twitter.com/7zdfeCRsvL
— Heads News (@HeadsNews) May 11, 2015
New Zealand comedian says he will perform on mushrooms, ala Bill Hicks. http://t.co/iV3TyYIBSW pic.twitter.com/WZmy12xZRs
— Heads News (@HeadsNews) May 13, 2015
LSD-related jailbreak foiled in Goa. https://t.co/wXjTseqsZc pic.twitter.com/EwHkBHa6oJ
— Heads News (@HeadsNews) May 17, 2015
“Bonkers Fake Viral Story About LSD Scientist Lifts Photo from Equally Bonkers but Real Story” http://t.co/UHpccZCN5x pic.twitter.com/RHa9M8ZifJ
— Heads News (@HeadsNews) May 22, 2015
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