Wednesday, February 19, 1969

The invitation is only loosely remembered and went something like this:: Hear Ye, Hear Ye, the Sons of Harbinger present The Celestial Synapse, February 19, 1969, The Grateful Dead, invitation only, free, The Carousel Ballroom. Words can't convey what happened at The Celestial Synapse. Between the Grateful Dead sets, Steve Gaskin blew his counch shell and the 3,000-4,000 hippies, most stoned on acid, began chanting 'aum' and 'we are all one'.

This show, like 6/14/68, is extremely weird. Sandwiched between a LOOONG Lovelight is the first NFA, then a 25-minute long "Chant" from the crowd...it's trippy and really weird, and is not really worth repeated listens. The Main Ten and Other One jams are interesting and very well played. Unfortunately, the SBD quality of this show is very lackluster.