Bill Kreutzmann On The Grateful Dead’s Acid-Soaked Playboy Show | CONAN on TBS 

make LSD legal again

DnD references is the best references.

LSD helped and changed my life forever! Quit smoking and it really helped understand the relationship with my dad and other important people in my life.

LSD would probably make Conan short circuit. 😂

Everyone should take a dose of LSD at least once in their life.

This guy is the coolest dude around, always with a nice attitude and still looks so young for someone who played 50 years of 3+ hour shows mostly. One of the most talented rock drummers of all time, some dead jams are absolutely mindblowing especially when you listen to how well Bill can go with Jerry's flow, can't wait to read his book

The way bill looked at Conan after he’s like “it doesn’t work on me” says it all. Bill knows things Conan can’t understand.

The Playboy After Dark version of Mountains Of The Moon is amazing

What other show would have on Bill Kreutzmann? Yet another reason why Conan is freaking awesome!

LSD CHANGED MY LIFE FOR THE BETTER

The Grateful Dead taught me why people took acid.

My father's a huge Dead Head. I'm getting that book for Father's Day tomorrow.

It's been 38 yrs. I've been listening to the Dead and I can't say that I recall ever hearing Billy speak. The rest of the band yes.

Evidently Uncle Sam was hiding out in a rocknroll band. *:-(* Things are not as they appear...

Can you imagine tripping with Conan? His hair would take on a life of its own.

Billy is the heart of the band. Mickey added the colors but Billy drove the bud, as any drummer should.

GD coming out with a 20 CD set as soon as they decide what 3 songs to use.

Just finished his book. One of the best reads I've ever had. Even if you aren't a fan of the band they have an amazing story and Bill K. really lays it all out.

This was awesome. The Grateful dead are my favorite band. Always love hearing stories about them and when they do tv appearances.

i spent some time at his house. he's a pretty weird dude. fun to chill with.

One of the greatest drummers of all time.

Aught to dose every water system with the great ego-killer, Conan you could use a dose of insight.

Bet Heffner lost that big fat ego that night.

Actually, acid became illegal in October '66, not '67. So the band could have gotten in alot of trouble as Owseley's brew was amazingly strong. Gave you ESP.

Id like to know more about Bill, pity he doesn't do as many interviews as the rest of the guys.

When you're tripping, it sounds like your friend's voice is echoing across a vast immense deep canyon. Then you realize he's sitting just across the kitchen table from you.

I like the 4th level.. Its much more smoother. Must have been talking about psychedelics

The 60s sound fun.

Bill's looking good!!

Imagine drinking that coffee, trying to do your job and suddenly hearing tribal sounds, all kind of thought patterns and voices, and you hear the speaker sound morphing and echoing in the room...Staring at the soundboard like a cat.

Bill Kreutzmann looks like Mike Love.

Met Billy in Austin in 2011. He was was playing and recording with 7 Walkers. Great man and very kind and sweet person. It was an honor to meet him. He is probably the most underrated drummer in rock and roll...... And quite possibly the most humble person I have ever met.

Well, I was thinking that was a pretty great clip...until Conehead told me that it was.

In the movie men who stare at goats... "But we're drinking the water...." "Yeah!😃"

Nuts. I didn’t realize he was a senior in high school when he joined.

I know this is 4 years old but he looks fantastic.

Billy must have some cool stories! Here's a write-up I did about this: zumic.com/2015/05/22/bill-kreutzmann-talks-grateful-dead-deal-and-playboy-after-dark-in-conan-interview-on-may-20-2015-youtube-official-video/

I'll always be Gratefully Deadicated. Thanks to: Bill, Jerry, Phil, Bobby, Mickey, Brent, Keith, Donna. Joan, Tom, Vince, AND Pigpen.

The reason the Dead chose their new name was because The Velvet Underground were also The Warlocks. So both bands chose new names in mythic stories (Garcia the former, Tony Conrad influenced the latter), and then a new band called The Warlocks surfaced in the early 21st century. Don't knock the Warlocks. They have a rich history. :)

Shel Silverstien said that episode was the closest thing to real party that Hugh Hefner ever had.

Press 5 and 6 for laser sounds.

It was illegal in 67, and 66 in CA.

Get your tickets!! Last shows EVER in the next month. Also, check out "The Other One, Bob Weir" documentary on netflix.

LSD became illegal in 1966.

The performance of St. Stephen was great

Great rare live performance of Mountains of the Moon. Best part was when Hef, in his tuxedo with a cocktail and a playmate in his arm was interviewing Jerry, who was wearing a big fuzzy poncho. Hef: “Well I noticed that, with your own group, you’ve got kind of a stereo effect going on here with drums - two complete sets of drums and two drummers. Um… obviously for a purpose.” Jerry: “Right. Mutual annihilation.” Hef: “I see. In other words, the guys kind of compete with one another?” Jerry: “Wellll, they more chase each other around. It’s like the serpent that eats its own tail, you know, and” (moving index finger in a circular motion) “it goes round and round like that and if you, if you can stand in between ‘em, uh, they, they make figure eights on their sides in your head.” Hef: “I don’t think I’m gonna stand between ‘em…” Jerry: “Take your pick” (giggle) Hef: “But I noticed that the guys are near their instruments here and the kids have kind of settled down and I wonder if we could get you to, um, do a number for us.” Jerry: “Absolutely not!”

I don't believe for a second that by 1969 (which is when the Playboy After Dark program was taped) Hugh Hefner hadn't dropped acid at least a few times and probably very good acid at that. Oh, well--classic stories grow with the telling.

Wouldnt heat kill LSD? Its boiling...

Love you Billy! Thanks man! High green chilly winds and windy vinesinloops

Bill K. he's cool....💙💙💙

You can see this Playboy After Dark episode at: vimeo.com/10535211 Skip to 02:25 to skip some BS. I love, love, love this video! Mountains of the Moon into St. Stephen. They are all so young and Pigpen is there!

just got done reading his book for a few hours, a really good read great man

Bill's book (audio book version) is outstanding.

You mean it's not...?

how would he suddenly stop in the dictionary at "greatful dead".. Does he mean he did ot twice

jay leno commercial before the video ew

Little fun fact, the Grateful Dead changed their name to Grateful Dead after learning of another band that had already been using the name The Warlocks. That band is now known as The Velvet Underground.

Bill is so great. ⚡💙⚡

Wrong. Phil Lesh came up with the name Grateful Dead from that English folktales book. Check it out.

How kind of Conan to invite Patton Oswalt on the same show as a Grateful Dead member.

Bill Murray tells of the time he looked into the dark pools of Billy K's eyes.

lol hefner got dosed... hilarious... on another note dosing ppl who arent aware is kinda fucked up... You don't know how ppl will react.

I remember being on LSD and listening to the 'Anthem Of The Sun' with Judy Collins' kid sister, on her stereo. Yes, Judy "I've look at life from both sides now" Collins. This was in 1971. The same year my brother appeared on Playboy After Dark as a guitarist in The Buddy Miles Band. "Well, my mind is going through them changes." About seven years later, when the 'Shakedown Street' album was released, my brother and I were sitting with Artie Resnick and Herbie Worthington one day: Herbie was the photographer for Fleetwood Mac and Stevie Nicks; Artie was a songwriter, including of the song 'Good Lovin'. I asked Artie what was his favorite version of his songs, and he said-'The Grateful Dead'. I then asked Artie what was his least favorite version of one of his songs, and he said-"The Stones' version of 'Under The Boardwalk' (from 1964). He said-'after listening to that I thought "those guys will never last". About 15 years after that, my brother found himself spending the night together with Keith Richards at his house. Among other things, they would talk about music, and Mr. Richards expressed the opinion that he didn't like The Grateful Dead. I told my brother that Keith shouldn't knock The Dead. He said-'why not?' I said-'because they may comeback to haunt him.' A few years ago, I heard a radio clip of The Dead And Company playing The Stones' "The Last Time"; and just a few weeks ago, I rediscovered The Jerry Garcia Band's version of "Let's Spend The Night Together" (not too shabby, imho). Now, imagine if Jerry Garcia cameback from the dead at Keith Richards' house; I mean, all those acid flashbacks must be good for something, right?!

THAT'S Bill ? I would not have recognized him.

OMG I died laughing "Thank you guys"

Thank Heaven you return to reality, but considering the circus America is anyway . . .

I read in the book "Living with The Dead" by one of their roadies, either Steve Parish or Ramrod, that Owsley wasn't successful in dosing Hefner.

The two songs were great versions of St. Stephen and Mountains of the Moon.

"Remarkable, I thought". Ya think, Billy?

If you have a certain mindset, that's funny. If you are sane, someone dosing the coffee pot with LSD is abhorrent behavior and Conan was right about it being criminal.

If only Owsley could have been Drumpf's coffee boy.

They had to change their name because another band was using it. That other band later changed their name to The Velvet Underground.

wanna see the show? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-P05TCXp6CKA.html and I am telling you, it was a show...

So what do we care

The Mountains of the Moon on that show is stellar

The music never stopped is what got me so curious to know about these guys. And I started looking everywhere in internet to know more. And it doesn't matter to me much because I'm too lazy to research the whole history. One song is enough for me to love and admire these guys. I want my loved ones to play uncle johns band in my funeral. But I have too less people who love me apart from my mom and dad and sister. I just want to say that I fell in love with that song.

It was 1969, not 1967. The Dead and their compatriots were infamous for dosing people. This certainly wasn't the only time stuff like that happened. In this case, they were tryign to dose Hugh Hefner, but as it turned out, Hef was kept away from the crafts tables by his handlers, and only drank Pepsis (or Cokes, depending on who's telling the story), that were opened and handed to him by Shel "Where The Sidewalk Ends" Silverstein (he was Hef's assistant at the time).

Nice Hefner impression. It looked for a second that Bill might have taken Conan's "doesn't work on me..." as a personal challenge!

Grateful Dead were CIA informants. Uncle Sam hiding out in a rock and roll band.

he is so awesome

Good old bill,he is a cool cat awesome drummer,founding member.When they got micky,he meet his partner in crime.Best drummers ever,god bless them.Haha heffner triping bad,good stuff.This band where the best,the only ones who dun what they dun.If that makes sense?Anyway such is life

Patton Oswald ruined that one

Forgot who it was, but didn't a major league pitcher throw a no hitter on LSD once? Was it Bill Lee?

And Bill, When we have you on our show we are first going to tell all of our viewers to switch to Letterman's last show, Now if you were Jerry Garcia would have booked you on a different night

? Thats billy? Shit he looks weird. Btw eh neverm7nd

When leave a computer at a library I always leave it with a paused view of most of the band from "Mountains of the Moon" from that "Playboy After Dark" show! I remember seeing that show myself, although I can't say for sure if I saw that episode I very well may have but maybe not I was only 9 years old at the time! Augy, San Diego

Love you

Owsley was who the Steely Dan song Kid Charlemagne is about

Turn on, tune in, drop out

another video that fits in my current personal celebration of the 50 years of the Summer of Love

Haha I have a hat just like that

I’ve been frozen up against the wall before, but I called puddled

A really bad flashback is watching Conan reruns.

Conan should invite Sawyer Fredericks to the show :) who's with me

'69 not '67. LSD was outlawed after June of '67.

leave the "funny" endings to Kimmel... every time i see Conan do them it seems awkward

😆 that was funny

read Bills book "Deal" it is fantastic !!!

Kreutzmann is great - Conan, not so much.

corny.