Sixties icon Owsley Stanley--a pioneer of the LSD movement and a fixture in the early Bay Area counterculture scene--died in a car crash over the weekend at the age of 76. The Kentucky-born eccentric ...

On Dec. 21, 1967 — the winter solstice, when the sun’s annual perambulations through the zodiac had reached their most southerly point — light was dimming on the Summer of Love. In an unassuming pad ...

Owsley Stanley was a counterculture transformer famous for the purity of two things: the LSD he cooked up and the rock 'n' roll sound system he created. He died in a car crash last week in Australia, ...

Owsley Stanley died Sunday in Australia. He designed the Grateful Dead's logo, was their sound man, and was the inspiration for their "dancing bear" logo. He was Steely Dan's "Kid Charlemagne," with ...

LOS ANGELES — Nearly everyone familiar with the history of the 1960s has heard of Timothy Leary and Ken Kesey, the pranksters who spread the gospel of psychedelics to the countercultural generation.

Nearly everyone familiar with the history of the 1960s has heard of Timothy Leary and Ken Kesey, the pranksters who spread the gospel of psychedelics to the countercultural generation. But far fewer ...

A number of musicians will come together to celebrate the life of Owsley “Bear” Stanley this evening. The noted sound engineer and San Francisco muse passed away a year ago today. The performance will ...

Owsley "Bear" Stanley, pioneering audio engineer for the Grateful Dead, died in a car crash near his home in Australia on March 13. The sound designer, artist, and counterculture icon was perhaps best ...

For decades, a major piece of counter-culture history was wedged behind a bed in Merl Saunders’ San Francisco house. “I’ve bought party pipes from rock people before,” Cabella — owner of California ...

Owsley “Bear” Stanley’s long, strange trip has ended. He was 76. Stanley was a core figure in the drug scene that underpinned hippie culture, producing an estimated one pound of pure LSD – enough for ...

LOS ANGELES — Nearly everyone familiar with the history of the 1960s has heard of Timothy Leary and Ken Kesey, the pranksters who spread the gospel of psychedelics to the countercultural generation.