Person
People
Pranksters, poets, musicians, promoters and chroniclers.
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Alan Watts
British and American writer and lecturer (1915–1973)
2 interviews
Albert Hofmann
Swiss chemist (1906–2008)
1 interview · 1 source
Aldous Huxley
English writer and philosopher (1894–1963)
No sources catalogued yet
Alex Gibney
American film director and producer (born 1953)
No sources catalogued yet
Allen Cohen
American poet
No sources catalogued yet
Allen Ginsberg
American poet and writer (1926–1997)
6 interviews · 2 sources · 2 archives
Amiri Baraka
African-American writer (1934–2014)
2 interviews · 1 archive
Bill Graham (promoter)
American rock music impresario (1931–1991)
No sources catalogued yet
Bill Kreutzmann
American drummer (born 1946)
No sources catalogued yet
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
1 source
Bob Weir
American musician (1947–2026)
No sources catalogued yet
Carolyn “Mountain Girl” Garcia
Merry Prankster and former wife of Jerry Garcia (born 1946)
7 interviews · 1 source
Carolyn Cassady
American writer (1923–2013)
2 interviews
Chet Helms
American music promoter (1942–2005)
No sources catalogued yet
Chuck Palahniuk
American novelist (born 1962)
No sources catalogued yet
Country Joe McDonald
American musician (1942–2026)
1 interview
Diane di Prima
American poet (1934–2020)
No sources catalogued yet
Dick Gregory
American comedian, actor, writer, activist and social critic (1932–2017)
No sources catalogued yet
Ed McClanahan
American writer (1932–2021)
No sources catalogued yet
Ed Sanders
American poet and activist (born 1939)
1 interview
Edward Abbey
American author advocating Radical Environmentalism (1927–1989)
1 interview
Gary Snyder
American poet (born 1930)
4 interviews · 1 source
Gregory Corso
American writer (1930–2001)
No sources catalogued yet
Humphry Osmond
British psychiatrist (1917–2004)
No sources catalogued yet
Hunter S. Thompson
American journalist and author (1937–2005)
1 source
Jack Kerouac
American writer (1922–1969)
4 interviews · 2 sources
Janis Joplin
American singer-songwriter (1943–1970)
No sources catalogued yet
Jerry Garcia
American guitarist and singer (1942–1995)
2 interviews · 2 archives
Jerry Rubin
American social activist and counterculture icon (1938–1994)
No sources catalogued yet
Jimi Hendrix
American guitarist (1942–1970)
No sources catalogued yet
Joan Baez
American contemporary folk musician (born 1941)
No sources catalogued yet
Ken Babbs
American novelist (born 1936)
5 interviews
Ken Kesey
American writer and countercultural figure (1935–2001)
23 interviews · 16 sources · 3 archives
Larry McMurtry
American novelist (1936–2021)
1 interview
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
American poet (1919–2021)
1 interview
Lee Quarnstrom
American journalist (1939 – 2021 )
No sources catalogued yet
Lenore Kandel
American poet (1932– 2009)
No sources catalogued yet
Lew Welch
American poet (1926–1971)
No sources catalogued yet
Michael Bowen
American fine artist
No sources catalogued yet
Michael Lang
American concert promoter and record producer (1944–2022)
1 interview
Michael McClure
American writer (1932–2020)
1 interview · 1 archive
Mickey Hart
American percussionist (born 1943)
No sources catalogued yet
Miloš Forman
Czech and American film director (1932–2018)
No sources catalogued yet
Neal Cassady
American writer (1926–1968)
5 interviews · 3 sources · 2 archives
Norman Mailer
American writer (1923–2007)
No sources catalogued yet
Owsley Stanley
American sound engineer and chemist (1935–2011)
2 interviews · 1 archive
Paul Krassner
American writer and satirist (1932–2019)
1 archive
Peter Orlovsky
American poet and actor (1933–2010)
No sources catalogued yet
Phil Lesh
American musician (1940–2024)
1 archive
Philip Whalen
American poet (1923–2002)
1 interview · 1 archive
Ralph J. Gleason
American music critic (1917–1975)
No sources catalogued yet
Ralph Metzner
German-American psychologist, psychotherapist, and researcher (1936–2019)
No sources catalogued yet
Ram Dass
American spiritual teacher (1931–2019)
3 archives
Ravi Shankar
Indian musician and sitar player (1920–2012)
No sources catalogued yet
Ray Manzarek
American keyboardist (1939–2013)
No sources catalogued yet
Richard Brautigan
American writer (1935–1984)
No sources catalogued yet
Robert Hunter
Lyricist and member of the Grateful Dead (1941–2019)
No sources catalogued yet
Robert Stone (novelist)
American writer (1937–2015)
1 interview
Ron “Pigpen” McKernan
American musician (1945–1973)
No sources catalogued yet
Sonny Barger
American outlaw biker (1938–2022)
1 source
Stewart Brand
American project developer (born 1938)
3 interviews · 2 sources
Timothy Leary
American psychologist (1920–1996)
2 interviews · 1 source · 1 archive
Tom Wolfe
American author and journalist (1930–2018)
1 interview
Wavy Gravy
American entertainer and peace activist (born 1936)
7 interviews
William Faulkner
American writer (1897–1962)
No sources catalogued yet
William S. Burroughs
American writer and visual artist (1914–1997)
2 interviews · 1 archive