The Grateful Dead: Empire Pool, Wembley
Mick Farren, International Times, 20 April 1972
"The trouble with a lot of kids who come to our concerts is that they can't see beyond the drugs. They get so ripped that the music doesn't really matter." – Pigpen
Total word count of piece: 658
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