The Othered One

Bill Graham gets dosed and sees the future.

Bill Graham was an anomaly: an establishment figure within the anti-establishment culture. He didn’t get high and carried an intense paranoia about it, refusing to eat or drink anything that wasn’t sealed when he was on the job. He was “that asshole with a clipboard” bulldogging the doors to make sure nobody got in for free. Bill said, “Somebody had to be in control of their senses. Somebody had to touch base with reality at all times. And I decided that it had to be me.” The Grateful Dead had other ideas.