Owsley Stanley's acid trips helped define the sound of the 1960s, but his recordings are just as important - ABC News
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![Grateful Dead on Twitter: "Today would have been Owsley Stanley's 86th birthday. “He's responsible in great part for the Grateful Dead, we'd be quite a different band without him” - @MickeyHart Photo Grateful Dead on Twitter: "Today would have been Owsley Stanley's 86th birthday. “He's responsible in great part for the Grateful Dead, we'd be quite a different band without him” - @MickeyHart Photo](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EsHzVO6UYAEZksd.jpg)
Grateful Dead on Twitter: "Today would have been Owsley Stanley's 86th birthday. “He's responsible in great part for the Grateful Dead, we'd be quite a different band without him” - @MickeyHart Photo
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