2011 Obit: RIP: Owsley 'Bear' Stanley

Subject: Obit: RIP: Oswsley 'Bear' Stanley
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 15 Mar 11 - 08:17 PM

Augustus Owsley "Bear" Stanley III, Grateful Dead soundman and brewer of LSD for the San Francisco "Acid Tests" of the '60s has died in a car accident in Australia.


News Article Here

Subject: RE: Obit: RIP: Oswsley 'Bear' Stanley
From: michaelr
Date: 15 Mar 11 - 10:40 PM

Ahh yes, Owsley acid was the best. Orange Sunshine, Purple Haze...

While the music played you worked by candlelight
Those San Francisco nights
You were the best in town
Just by chance you crossed the diamond with the pearl
You turned it on the world
That's when you turned the world around
Did you feel like Jesus?
Did you realize
That you were a champion in their eyes?
On the hill the stuff was laced with kerosene
But yours was kitchen clean
Everyone stopped to stare at your technicolor motor home
Every A-Frame had your number on the wall
You must have had it all...

Kid Charlemagne (Steely Dan)

Subject: RE: Obit: RIP: Oswsley 'Bear' Stanley
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 15 Mar 11 - 11:50 PM

Now wandering the cosmos with Jerry, Timothy, and Ken Kesey

Subject: RE: Obit: RIP: Oswsley 'Bear' Stanley
From: open mike
Date: 16 Mar 11 - 03:02 AM

Augustus Owsley Stanley III should be remembered for more than his contribution to hallucinogenic drugs – he was an electronics genius who introduced the stage monitor, the traveling PA, separate miked stereo sound and live recordings to rock and roll.

http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/45186.html

Subject: RE: Obit: RIP: Owsley 'Bear' Stanley
From: GUEST,Doug Saum
Date: 16 Mar 11 - 12:57 PM

So long, Bear; my regards to Aldous.
Many thanks. Gratefully,
Doug

Subject: BS: Obit: Wes Coast Acid-man, Owsley Stanley
From: Bobert
Date: 17 Mar 11 - 11:25 AM

Now I ain't sayin' that I know nuthin' about no LSD 'er nuthin' but...

...Owsley "Bear" Stanley, age 79, has passed away... He was credited with making some of the purest LSD to be found back in the 60s and 70s and also credited with being a major supporter/guru/chemist for the Grateful Dead...

Now I ain't admittin' to havin' two hits of "Mister Natural" in a certain book either but if I did then if there was ever a time to see if it's still good, now might be that time... I mean, if I did have two hits of "Nattie" in a certain book, that is...

But no matter, R.I.P. "Bear"...

B~

Subject: RE: Obit: RIP: Owsley 'Bear' Stanley
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 17 Mar 11 - 11:43 AM

keep on truckin', Bob