1 00:00:00,960 --> 00:00:05,080 Speaker 1: Take a quick glance at San Francisco Circuit nineteen sixty seven, 2 00:00:05,559 --> 00:00:09,119 Speaker 1: and what do you see. Throngs of hippies blissed out 3 00:00:09,160 --> 00:00:12,600 Speaker 1: on the tenant of free love, dosed on tablets of LSD. 4 00:00:13,720 --> 00:00:17,599 Speaker 1: But take a closer look. That's not tidy, it's leather. 5 00:00:18,200 --> 00:00:21,400 Speaker 1: And those aren't flowers in that guy's hair. That's a stetson, 6 00:00:22,079 --> 00:00:25,239 Speaker 1: and that hand isn't flashing a peace sign, it's holding 7 00:00:25,239 --> 00:00:29,520 Speaker 1: a twenty two caliber pistol. Welcome to the Hate. It's 8 00:00:29,520 --> 00:00:31,840 Speaker 1: not what you thought it was. And the story of 9 00:00:31,880 --> 00:00:37,400 Speaker 1: wrong pig Pen McCarney, We'll tell you why. Pig Pen 10 00:00:37,720 --> 00:00:40,360 Speaker 1: wasn't just a founding member of the Grateful Dead. He 11 00:00:40,640 --> 00:00:43,960 Speaker 1: was the Grateful Dead since way back back when they 12 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:47,360 Speaker 1: were still calling themselves a Mother mcrese Uptown Drug Champions 13 00:00:47,520 --> 00:00:51,159 Speaker 1: or the Warlocks. Pig Pen was the Dead's leader. He 14 00:00:51,240 --> 00:00:54,160 Speaker 1: put a face to the knee. The Dead played blues 15 00:00:54,160 --> 00:00:55,880 Speaker 1: and R and B music that was near and dear 16 00:00:55,960 --> 00:00:58,920 Speaker 1: to pig Pen's heart and soul. And pig Pen wasn't 17 00:00:59,080 --> 00:01:02,560 Speaker 1: old soul, but his band left the old behind to 18 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:05,720 Speaker 1: follow a new trip. And just like Brian Jones and 19 00:01:05,760 --> 00:01:08,600 Speaker 1: the Rolling Stones or a Sid Barrett and Pink Floyd. 20 00:01:09,160 --> 00:01:11,920 Speaker 1: Pig Pen felt his role in The Grateful Dead shrink 21 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:14,720 Speaker 1: as the rest of the band members expanded their minds 22 00:01:14,800 --> 00:01:18,600 Speaker 1: and their sound. The story of Wrong pig Pen mccernan 23 00:01:18,959 --> 00:01:21,119 Speaker 1: isn't just a story about a man out of time. 24 00:01:21,760 --> 00:01:24,679 Speaker 1: It's about a major musical and cultural shift that took 25 00:01:24,680 --> 00:01:28,240 Speaker 1: places in nineteen sixties gave way to the nineteen seventies. 26 00:01:29,040 --> 00:01:32,240 Speaker 1: It's a story of acid tests and bottles, of Thunderbird, 27 00:01:32,640 --> 00:01:35,959 Speaker 1: of angels from Hell and a nine fingered wizard of 28 00:01:36,120 --> 00:01:39,080 Speaker 1: busts down on Bourbon Street, and shakedowns in the Hay, 29 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:41,280 Speaker 1: and of the man who tried to pull his band 30 00:01:41,280 --> 00:01:44,119 Speaker 1: back down to Earth as they continued to get pulled 31 00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:49,360 Speaker 1: higher into the cosmos. It's a story that ends tragically 32 00:01:49,880 --> 00:01:54,640 Speaker 1: at the age of seven. The Seven Club is back. 33 00:01:55,440 --> 00:01:59,760 Speaker 1: The Seven Club, a serialized podcast about iconic rock stars 34 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:03,000 Speaker 1: who died at the age of returns for an all 35 00:02:03,120 --> 00:02:05,120 Speaker 1: new season about the man at the core of The 36 00:02:05,160 --> 00:02:10,120 Speaker 1: Grateful Dead's origin story, Ron pig Penn mccurney on Thursday, 37 00:02:10,240 --> 00:02:14,120 Speaker 1: June Night. The Club is hosted by me Jake Brennan, 38 00:02:14,440 --> 00:02:17,280 Speaker 1: the creator of Disgrace Land. The award winning Rock and 39 00:02:17,400 --> 00:02:20,799 Speaker 1: Roll true crime podcast and is produced by Double Elvis 40 00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:25,320 Speaker 1: in partnership with I Heart Radio. Episodes are released every Thursday. 41 00:02:25,600 --> 00:02:29,680 Speaker 1: Like Disgrace Land, this is an adult storytelling podcast. Listener 42 00:02:29,720 --> 00:02:33,959 Speaker 1: discretion is advised. Listen to the twenty seven clubs starting 43 00:02:34,040 --> 00:02:36,960 Speaker 1: June nine on the I heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, 44 00:02:37,160 --> 00:02:41,560 Speaker 1: or wherever you get your podcasts. Come join the Club.