Haight Ashbury Legends in San Francisco: Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, Jerry Garcia, Gram Nash, More.

[@DodgeDartSongs]

The last time I was in SF I wandered into Freegoldwatch with a friend of mine and wondered what the hell it was...pinball machines and odd t-shirts. Hmm... It was late on a Sunday afternoon and there was nobody in the place except the proprietor. So, we played pinball.

[@RockessentialTim]

I was actually up there a couple weeks ago and much to my surprise it is still up and running.

[@SeadartVSG]

In the summer of 1967 my dad had to go on a trip for Air Force business to SF, and we drove out from Utah in the family car. He loved taking in the sights, and we cruised up and down Ashbury to watch the crowds. In the evening we walked a bit, the streets were packed with hippies, street performers, and "musicians". The girls were very friendly to my dad who had a regulation airforce flattop haircut and me, still in elementary school. My mother was appalled; I loved it. Will never forget the energy that was there.

[@RockessentialTim]

That is a great story! Would have loved to seen it in its day.

[@Leprovocateur]

No one mentions the Fog Horn fish and chips restaurant. Near the End of Haight street near Golden Gate Park! For $1.00 you receive two large pieces of cod and it seemed like a pound of chips all deep fried in fish oil! It would feed one up! I loved that place, especially their malt vinegar! That was over 54 years ago now! WoW!!!

[@michael_caz_nyc]

Been enjoying your channel, ( watching numerous videos). "Anything" about the Music, The Hippies, Laurel Canyon, Haight-Ashbury is of great interest to me. Also loved the walking tours of Laurel Canyon and all the stories. oNe LovE from NYC

[@RockessentialTim]

Hey there Michael, thanks for checking us out. I love doing the vids, I am looking forward to making my way back up to San Francisco to do another episode in the coming weeks. One of these days I would love to get to NY and do an episode there. I find the early CBGB's scene to be absolutely fascinating.

[@michaelmoraga2926]

I used to sit in Golden Gate Park across from 2400 Fulton Street, cue the iPod, roll a number... and imagine all the shenanigans the Jefferson Airplane once got up to there 😌 ...one of my favorite spots to chill while living in SF. Greetings from Month 11 of isolation in Kobe, Japan, in the Time of Covid 🖖🏼

[@RockessentialTim]

Nowhere else like it in the entire world!

[@roystonmason9125]

the best SAN FRANCISCO BAND

[@jlovebirch]

The Jefferson Airplane also had a huge house nearby on Fulton St. There was also the Free Clinic house and Charles Manson's place on Cole Street.

[@RockessentialTim]

Right on. Thanks!

[@patgalvez4563]

2400 Fulton

[@klausrain111]

Some of Jack London's books have remained in print since they were first published in the early 1900s.

[@lilorbielilorbie2496]

Tim I don't know how I missed this video. I remember Patty Hearst being all over the news with SLA. I Miss the 60's soooo much they were not perfect but man growing up in Orange County, CA. I sure had a lot of fun and would go back in the blink of an eye if I could. I guess I'm gonna have to start with your first video and watch them all.

[@RockessentialTim]

If I knew then what I knew now.... But wait, that wouldn't be any fun, right!

[@jayhache5609]

When I lived in Monterey in the 80s and would go up to San Francisco, one could still catch a whiff of what used to be. Last time I was there was 20 years ago, and it seemed like most of it was gone. Nostalgia can be so bittersweet sometimes.

[@lilorbielilorbie2496]

@@jayhache5609 They say that you can't go home again. Well that's not exactly true. You can go home again just don't expect it to be like it was when you left it.

[@jayhache5609]

@@lilorbielilorbie2496 Never any expectations on my part.

[@gregsvlogshow]

Brings me back to the time I used to live in SF.

[@kevinhensley4643]

Hi, I went back and rewatched this episode. Great content. I am looking forward to your next journey.

[@RockessentialTim]

Thanks much! I am planning a trip up to San Francisco in the next few weeks to do some filming. Can't wait!

[@Mark28644]

These video are totally amazing & very interesting!!! I'm hooked, I can't get enough of them!! Great KZbin channel, all round!!

[@RockessentialTim]

Thanks for the cool comment. Much appreciated!

[@garrygballard8914]

Cool, I've never seen it this way before, only on the news. Tks. Man !

[@RockessentialTim]

I'm looking forward to returning to SF in the fall. Its pretty lively up there.

[@dougtodd305]

I saw big brother and the holding company before Janus had joined the band, l always liked them ,but it was so distorted. But l still remember it distinctly.The band that really impressed me was the Sons of Champlin.

[@AlanMckenna-v7c]

Excellent narration. Really well presented. Many thanks.

[@RockessentialTim]

[@stephengriffin9992]

I made my pilgrimage to my spiritual home Haight Ashbury on New Year’s Eve 1988 from Europe and got talking with a guy who invited me to a Grateful Dead “be-in” that very evening. Missed the opportunity to my everlasting regret. Still just being there and soaking up those good vibes was heartening for a confirmed old hippie like me. Jerry and Janis no doubt are spreading the love in an alternate universe somewhere....This is so good so thanks for posting.

[@RockessentialTim]

I'm glad you enjoyed it. The great thing about the music from those years is anyone can enjoy it. The message still rings true, especially now!

[@stephengriffin9992]

Hiking4Life agreed and it’s timeless.

[@anngriffin6962]

Am 70 years old now and had a positive experience in San Francisco in the summer of 67, got to see Grateful Dead,Janis playing in the park. Lived across the street from Janis on Lyon Street when I was on my way to the park when her dog sat beside on the corner, I was wondering if he was lost and start to talk to the dog. I didn't want him to go into traffic, didn't see Janis coming down the street. He was waiting for her, anyway we got into a conversation about her dog George what a great dog he was. Janis was so kind and love her dog, I know it was Janis but I wanted to keep the moment real and just have a summer day talking with a her. She asked me if I needed a ride and I said no I'm on my way to the park to smoke a joint and listen to the Congo drums. Those were the times you could actually run into people like her and it was just normal.

[@stephengriffin9992]

@@anngriffin6962 I’m envious just reading this. Thanx.

[@jayhache5609]

@@anngriffin6962 Thanks for sharing that. I wonder whatever happened to George.

[@angiesamborski6564]

Have been there many times .I love it

[@vuky14]

Loved it...Peace and Love to all the Children of the SIXTIES.....

[@RockessentialTim]

Amen.

[@nolongerblocked6210]

I'm a huge Dead fan & used to follow the Dead, saw around 300 shows from '89-95 & over 100 JGB shows too. I lived in the Upper & Lower Haight & the Mission during that time before moving to Santa Cruz. I moved out east in the early 2000s & haven't been back to SF so watching your vid & seeing a number of places I used to hang was really sweet

[@ninamc6116]

Great video! I love seeing where the counterculture hung out

[@nordland2235]

My late friend Rita Perez grew up in the Castro back in the 60s....I met her at a headshop..

[@unclerudy9797]

Great tour of a legendary area ! Great to see 710 Ashbury again along with the other great spots ! Thanks Tim !

[@RockessentialTim]

Thanks again. Can't wait to get back up there, its been too long.

[@littermonks]

These videos are so wonderful! Geographical sightseeing of some of the most intriguing and loved musicians of the last 100 years. Thank you so much for your diligence and efforts! Not sure why there aren't hundreds of thousands of people enjoying this???

[@Linda-pw8gx]

A 3rd generation San Franciscan? You r a rare jewel!!!! My favorite city in the whole world !

[@RockessentialTim]

Can't wait to get back up there!

[@pappyspanky]

Wow man, just found your channel today , great content ! Keep it up !!!

[@RockessentialTim]

Thank you. Working on another one right now. Peace.

[@docholiday2912]

@@RockessentialTim Maybe you could do Topanga Canyon sometime. I would love to see it again. I hung out there for a while some 40 years ago.

[@kdsdar]

Love your channel and content. Excellent editing and background music!

[@fullcircle3357]

Haight Ashbury loved it when I finally got there from the UK back in 2017 a dream come true for me

[@RockessentialTim]

Haven't been up there for over a year now. I can't wait to go back too.

[@fullcircle3357]

@@RockessentialTim really enjoyed it

[@Tradcraft1692]

Awesome! I love your videos❤️ Thanks!

[@RockessentialTim]

Thank you so much. I love making them!

[@falcon4548]

Excellent as usual 😎😎😎😎

[@RockessentialTim]

Thank you. Can't wait to get up to San Francisco again.

[@JourneywithChar]

Hi Tim! Loved seeing San Francisco! The homes were spectacular and I loved all the shops, I would have a ball shopping!

[@RockessentialTim]

We were up there for a wedding when we filmed last November. I can't wait to get back up there when this virus is all over.

[@RATTLEY67]

Thankyou. I maybe wrong but I thought 1090 page was demolished

[@levistubbs8949]

Fabulous stuff Tim, very enjoyable and informative, l love all the details you give .

[@RockessentialTim]

Thanks. Which reminds me, I gotta get back up to SF again soon.

[@normastanley5853]

Good stuff. This is my sixth view in a row of your vlogs..Good job..

[@RockessentialTim]

I may have to do a seventh then! Thank you for watching.

[@paulking962]

My parents took us to Haight and Ashbury in the 60s quite an experience. There was even a duck on a leash.

[@RockessentialTim]

Your story is making me laugh. Not because its funny (it is!) but because my wife had the same expirience sans the duck.

[@paulking962]

@@RockessentialTim My parents actually took us there to show us why we shouldn't use Drugs/ marijuana 🤔 Didn't work 😄

[@RockessentialTim]

LOL!

[@ChuckDeFuque]

Your video brought up some great memories! I lived in San Francisco about 15 years. Two years at 1479 Haight street, the rest of the time in various areas, Potrero Hill, Fillmore area and the Mission district. I loved it!

[@RockessentialTim]

SF is got to be right up there with the most visitable (is that even a word?) cities in the world. Can't wait to get back up there from here in LA, hopefully by end of summer.

[@grassrootsorphanage]

I lived in SF in the early eighties. Would spend lots of time in the Haight sorting through used record stores and catching the vibe. Great job, Tim! Keep up the great videos and commentary!!

[@RockessentialTim]

You know I never really connected with SF til the last time I was there in November of 19. I really want to go back again.

[@peterbustin2683]

My dream is to go on a vinyl record spending spree in Haight Ashbury - then on to Doug Weston's. I will do it one day, but I live in the UK !

[@RockessentialTim]

One of these days I'm gonna get my butt back to London and make a video or two!

[@peterbustin2683]

@@RockessentialTim There is so much to see. I drove on London Buses for 21 years, and I still havent visited every famous place !

[@Richard-oc3vt]

4 years back i visited that Amoeba & other spots in that community , i had a great time 😃 !

[@deechatterton5828]

Yes, The Grateful Dead originally called themselves the Warlocks but they changed it because there was another band that was under contract with that name. That other band changed their name eventually to...The Velvet Underground.

[@RockessentialTim]

WOW! I consider myself a pretty informed rock fan and I did not know that! Awesome.

[@deechatterton5828]

@@RockessentialTim Strange, Yes? I've been a Deadhead for 50+ years and I just found out about that a couple of years back. Blew me away too...

[@RockessentialTim]

@@deechatterton5828 The ironic thing is I think the Grateful Dead and The Velvet Underground are two of the absolute coolest band names ever. The Warlocks?...not so much.

[@NebulizerChi]

From opposite coasts, two of my favorite bands manage to dodge the same bullet. This here makes for a nice light read... deadessays.blogspot.com/2010/09/velvets-and-dead.html

[@RockessentialTim]

@@NebulizerChi Really great read! Interesting cuz on the surface they were at opposite ends of the spectrum.

[@Kliffy123]

Love your channel brother!

[@RockessentialTim]

Thank you!

[@smokey1972]

Like your videos. Brings back memories of those years. What is the track playing on the intro?

[@RockessentialTim]

Thanks much. Since I can't afford to license music I write and produce all the music in my vids, so the opening track is an original tune.

[@smokey1972]

The video was good. Music was excellent. Glad I found your channel@@RockessentialTim

[@RockessentialTim]

Me too! @@smokey1972

[@stephenlegg262]

Hi from Wales. I was there a few months before this video. Loved it.

[@RockessentialTim]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@jeffemerson6122]

GREAT VIDEO N THANKS FOR SHARING. KENTUCKY U.S.A!

[@RockessentialTim]

Right on!

[@habeascorpus1]

Always wanted to know what it was like. Thanks!

[@RockessentialTim]

There's no where else like it and that's it. Thanks!

[@habeascorpus1]

@@RockessentialTim Being born and bred in Australia growing up loving the 60's music and reading about all these places it's a buzz to visit them through your tours. Love your show buddy!

[@RockessentialTim]

@@habeascorpus1 Again, many thanks!

[@frankschweikert3914]

I had the weirdest experience in my life 1983 on a New Years Eve Grateful Dead Show at Bill Grahams Civic Auditorium. They had Speakers for the no ticket outside crowd . Heavilyheavenly dosed😁Around midnight I somehow ended up with a couple of deadheads in a pickuptruck driving around SF picking up and delivering big trashbags full of WEED and dropping it of at various places in the Bay Area. There was no traffic anywhere and while time!essly floating on the flatbed Truck, these huge billboard signs did change their messages while we drove by. And these messages appeared to be remote controlled by some aliens who projected your thoughts instantenously onto the billboards. I mentioned this to the other guys and they reckognized the same. So I was shure it was NOT acid induced but sort of a cosmic messaging orchestrated by some entity which hacked the "controlroom" of the intergalactic cosmiccoincidencecontrolcenter. Yeah, SF was veeery special at that time. And in retrospect it makes perfect sense for the Bay Area being the IT hotbed since all the LSD floating around did alter the DNA I am shure! Food for thought anyone?

[@hooked6321]

Another great vid. Have been to a couple of those places in the past. Will defiantly check out some more of your suggestions next trip.

[@RockessentialTim]

Thanks much. I hadn't been there for a few years either. Its really changed--gentrified alot but not as funky/cool as it used to be.

[@brianfergus839]

Don’t be too defiant. That attitude won’t get you far in life

[@TheHappys]

My man love your videos! You missed one cool one the world renown Jimi Hendrix!! He lived in a red house hence the name of the song! Also Novato Indian Valley had the Crosby stills Nash and young house, among Steve Miller book of dreams and fly like an eagle up the hill. Sly stone lived there, James Hetfield too lived there for about 14 years too, and Journey.

[@SDsailor7]

Santana also used to live in San Fran.

[@johnmichaelkarma]

I swear I can smell the jasmine and patchouli all the way to Detroit. Traveled to SF in 74' with a friend and went to a big club called Dance Your Ass Off. Why there,I don't know. While there my friend said "hey,that's Carlos Santana standing there". I went over and said "Carlos?" he said "no, Devadip" I said "Carlos? " and extended my hand and he shook it, he said "Devadip" a second time. I had no clue. I said "I just wanted to shake your hand" and walked away. Later after going up to Mill Valley to visit our "connection" my friend wanted to drive a different route back to Tuscon where we had an apartment for one summer and I wanted to visit my ex girlfriend in Long Beach. We split up and I hitchhiked back along the coast. My longest ride was on the back of a BMW motorcycle. Other than Iggy spitting on my shoe this was my only other brush with R&R greatness.

[@v2vroth]

Best channel on youtube I love what you do!! One day can you vlog where Bobby Fuller died?

[@RockessentialTim]

Where did he die?

[@lynemac2539]

I lived in the lower Filmore starting in the mid-eighties. Went through the Loma Prieta earthquake there (550 Fell St.)

[@michaelwas8549]

Wow man! cool vid.

[@RockessentialTim]

Shout out to Marguerite for showing us around. Thanx!

[@arlenmargolin1650]

The bottom line is if you don't get the music of the grateful Dead then you probably just have very simple taste and you probably like bands like Grand funk railroad and songs like in the godda-da vida and don't feel bad some people just don't have any musical taste or any understanding for quality music it takes a real music lover to appreciate bands like the grateful Dead if you don't feel it your soul is probably just a little more shallow than the rest don't feel bad though there's a lot of you out there LOL

[@mikefannon6994]

I like all of those!

[@RockessentialTim]

@@mikefannon6994 So do I! Originally from Michigan and you can't be from Michigan and not like The Temptations or Grand Funk Railroad!

[@erikacalvert9481]

Another great vlog! Interesting fun facts!! 👏🏻

[@RockessentialTim]

Thanks, Erika. Would love to head back up there one of these days.

[@mwillman]

30 years I lived in Haight Ashbury. :)

[@RockessentialTim]

I only visit every couple years but It has certainly changed a lot.

[@mwillman]

@@RockessentialTim So very true. I loved living there and I saw so many changes in that time. I miss all the old book and record stores, the live music venues. Its more touristy now but still a great place to live. Wish I could afford to buy a home there but I wont complain since I now live in Alameda just across the bridge and its a great place as well.

[@RockessentialTim]

@@mwillman Right on. Love going up there. Beautiful.

[@FlipSideCT]

sweet tour. so cool the wife hangs with you! It helps when someone knows the area, but you knew where you needed to go. Did not know Sid OD'd there. LOL, Dead....suck or brilliant? The 60's was so trippy....got briiliant after. Please check out the movie Days of Rage if you have AMAZON prime....excellent doc and ties that entire world together. Walked away with some good info. cheers steve

[@RockessentialTim]

Thanks, I will check it out!

[@bobski7032]

Jerry Garcia played steel pedal guitar on “teach your children “ and in lieu of cash payment Jerry asked CSN to teach the Grateful Dead how to harmonize ,I heard David Crosby tell that story on “deep tracks”

[@RockessentialTim]

Wow, I did not know that! In my past working life I was tasked with knocking off the Grateful Dead sound without stealing it. I found that the secret to their sound wasn't so much Jerry and his guitar playing, it was Jerry and the bands 3 and 4 part harmonies. Crosby is just a well of great R&R stories!

[@1blastman]

Good video, Hadn't been to Haight since early 1970, until I went to visit my son there in 2018 and 2019. Brought back a lot of great memories.

[@RockessentialTim]

Its still got a certain vibe to it, right?

[@1blastman]

@@RockessentialTim Yeah we had a good time, I could've gotten lost in the record stores.

[@johnmcclung7536]

I was there in 1969

[@markfromct2]

wow deep history... thank U

[@RockessentialTim]

It was a fun tour to do and a cool place to buy clothes.

[@h.l.westlake2587]

Since you go'ts no New Vidleo's lol I gotta digs through the archive....look forward to your next post colorful people! Rock On Freaks

[@annagay4505]

Cool video,but you missed Distractions on Haight St.

[@RockessentialTim]

Thank you. What and where is Distractions?

[@cjay2]

@@RockessentialTim Distractions is the store that owner Jimmy S. changed the store's name to, after he started the White Rabbit in the early 70s. Distractions was the only headshop open on the Haight for a dozen years back in the 70s, 80s. He's still running it today (Aug'23), over 40 years later. He changed it to clothing a year before I left SF in 2011. I managed it for him for 4 years in the early-mid-2000s.

[@RockessentialTim]

That is too cool and incredible that its still there! I didn't meet him but we did get to go there, as a matter of fact in the video's thumbnail we're standing right in front of it.@@cjay2

[@thebossman60]

Looks surprisingly clean.

[@gjthedj7160]

Yeah I know right!

[@lynemac2539]

The clock in my office is perpetually at 4:20.

[@wmg1958]

Fun trip down the street. I would have added the old Haight Ashbury Free Clinic at 558 Clayton St. I would also add this about the Dead, I saw them at Bill Graham's memorial in Golden Gate Park. They backed up ALL the artists who played that day, including Joan Baez, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Jackson Browne, and John Fogerty. I think, Journey, Los Lobos and Santana were there as whole bands so no backup needed. At any rate the Dead didn't miss a beat. They knew what they were doing.

[@RockessentialTim]

OMG! The Free Clinic would have been a great idea! Oh well, you can't win em all, right? I'm pretty proud of the fact that we did manage to film Jack's Record Cellar. He just happened to be stopping by to get the mail when we passed by and he let us in. He was Crumudgendly Kind if that's even a term. Can't wait to get up there again this summer.

[@MikeCohenSF]

Also Mnasidika at 1510 Haight Street, the first "hippie clothing" shop.

[@blakesleyk.7166]

Hiking4Life is well deserving of 1M subscriber mark. Does anyone else think or host looks like Tony Bourdain’s twin?

[@chrismccord1841]

Are you ever going to do a tour of Topanga Canyon?

[@RockessentialTim]

Don't know yet but I'm considering it. I got to hang out there once years ago and remember meeting Rick Danko.

[@gjthedj7160]

Beautifully shot. Loved the sid v. Story and the arcade and oh yeah the art show. Would love a Bill Graham Fillmore etc..tour one day. Peace

[@RockessentialTim]

Thanks. It was all fun but I must say, the art show was the bomb.

[@mikefannon6994]

I never made it to the Haight, but there were similar scenes in towns all over the country in the next few years. I remember Atlanta's Peachtree between 10th and 14th, Knoxville's Strip. A similar vibe still exists in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Thanks for the video!

[@RockessentialTim]

Yeah, never made it there back in the day myself but Its still a terrific way to spend a day!

[@jeffclement2468]

I've heard that about Yellow Springs from famous resident Dave Chappelle 😻

[@crazyoldhippieguy]

13-May-2020.l hate when my menerys are history.

[@mikefannon6994]

All history is just somebody's memories.

[@tomdemaline5148]

Thanks again Tim for another great video. The Haight is on my bucket list to visit. Have you ever made a film of CSN&Y? I looked thru the archives on KZbin and didn’t see any. That would be cool to watch and I know you would do it justice as well. Thanks again

[@RockessentialTim]

Hey Tom, thanks. I have not done a CSNY...Yet! Good idea.

[@tomdemaline5148]

@@RockessentialTim Hi Tim I really enjoy your videos you talk with such knowledge do you have a background in music or production? Just curious

[@RockessentialTim]

@@tomdemaline5148 Yes, I have composed and produced hundreds of hours of score and songs for American television. Probably my best known show was Reno 911 on Comedy Central.

[@tomdemaline5148]

@@RockessentialTim Ok makes sense now. Almost embarrassed that I asked that. So glad there are authentic individuals like yourself on social media today. Thanks so much

[@BlueGoat682]

I'm new here so please bear with me. I would imagine you've been told you look like Anthony Bourdain? There... I said it. 🙂 Oh and the video was fun too. The Haight Ashbury neighborhood looks pretty decent actually. The MSM would have us believe that the whole city is under a seige of homeless people.

[@RockessentialTim]

Ha!! Yeah, I get that a lot but he was a pretty cool guy so, thanks! I did this vid a couple years ago and being from LA I had the same impression when I got to SF. It had its problems but was a lot cleaner and normal than I had expected. The power of the media, right?

[@BlueGoat682]

@@RockessentialTim Good point. I wonder if Portland is really as bad off as they would like us to believe?

[@RockessentialTim]

@@BlueGoat682 Was up there a year ago and it was def more noticeable. Here in LA it seems better than it was a year ago but I don't know if there is any easy or definite solution to it.

[@BlueGoat682]

@@RockessentialTim I lived in Portland for several years. I moved from there in 1990. At that time there was a large influx of people from California. To me that almost seems like it was the beginning of the end of what was once a very cool and dare i say "progressive" city. IMO liberal utopias don't exist.... in reality anyway.

[@MikeCohenSF]

I live right near there in Cole Valley (which only became separate from Haight Ashbury not too long ago)

[@RockessentialTim]

I live in LA and want to get back after the new year. Had a drink at a really cool bar on Haight, it was kinda Moracan influenced. Do you know the name?

[@MikeCohenSF]

@@RockessentialTim sounds like Zam Zam.

[@RockessentialTim]

@@MikeCohenSF That was it! I would love to do a SF pub crawl vid next time I'm up there. We also went to a place in The Marina that served Irish coffees and I have never had such a a great one.

[@doctorst]

No mention of Jefferson Airplane?

[@RockessentialTim]

I know, they're great! We decided not to feature them cuz the house on Fulton was a little farther off the Haight.

[@syater]

​@@RockessentialTim It's true the house on Fulton is probably a 12 minute walk from the Haight. But for the ultimate in obscure Hashbury History, you were very close to 130 Delmar, listed on the back cover of the Surrealistic Pillow album as the address for the Jefferson Airplane Fan Club! Haha. I just find it funny that the address has survived over 50 years of printings. I wonder if Vicky St. Clar still leads the club. The building is particularly wonderful by the way. I just came across your channel. Great fun.

[@erisbob]

I live in Indiana and will be visiting SF for the first time this coming October. Would you suggest I check out this area?

[@RockessentialTim]

If you're in SF I would say definitely spend an hour or so on Haight Street. Amoeba Records is there, some cool shops and always interesting people. I would also continue west and check out Golden Gate park. Hayes Valley is very close too and its a wonderful place to stop.

[@klausrain111]

Just FYI, be sure you don't cross the street on a red light down in L.A. :-)

[@RockessentialTim]

Ha!!

[@siriosstar4789]

The shops were never that interesting to me from 1966 to 68 . it was the atmosphere on the street . the bizarre dress and behavior . i was in the Air force at the time and we would come to the Haight to score dope . the street stuff was terrible quality so we got connected to a friend of a friend that was reputable. It also wasn't all love and flowers . one night on our way back toTravis AFB we sat in the panhandle to smoke a doobie before hitchhiking back . suddenly four black dudes came up behind us and put knives to our throats . my buddy threw up his arm , knocking the knife away which startled the other three . i jumped up and ran out of the park only to realize that my buddy was NOT behind me . i ran back and found him fighting with one guy while the others looked on . i ran through the group of three swinging wildly as my buddy threw a trash can at his assailant . oddly enough they ran off . my buddy was so high that he didn't know who i was . it took a few minutes to calm him down before resuming our trip back which got even more bizarre as the night went on. ok, enough of nostalgia on your channel . Sorry. love your videos !

[@RockessentialTim]

Its okay, I love to hear peoples stories. I'm glad you guys came out okay!

[@charliehiggins4671]

Great stuff ... love your trips , but Sid Vicious most definetly did not die in the Chelsea hotel

[@RockessentialTim]

Thanks. I knew it happened in NY but do you know where?

[@charliehiggins4671]

@@RockessentialTim kzbin.info/www/bejne/kGrXe4isfpuofrM

[@Lola-AreaCode212]

@@RockessentialTim it was at his own apartment on Bank Street in Greenwich Village. Keep up the EXCELLENT work! I'm watching the Laurel Canyon vids over and over 💜

[@RockessentialTim]

@@Lola-AreaCode212 Thanks much. I hope to go to NY later this year and bring my camera. I think I'll wait til it warms up a bit though!

[@Lola-AreaCode212]

@@RockessentialTim ooh, great! Maybe you can film a bit of the Chelsea Hotel? I know they renovated it, but it must still be an interesting place!

[@tomvuyo]

mill valley high school 4.20

[@mineralt]

Who would downvote this? Maybe guys who had their hearts broken by Margarite?

[@RockessentialTim]

Ha! There have been many I'm sure!

[@CasperLCat]

I agree about the Dead - Would they please just come out and ROCK once in a while ? Maybe you have to be a stoner to enjoy it. If so, I can respect that, but I need more intensity out of my music.

[@RockessentialTim]

Whats weird for me is as time goes on I like this band more and more and I can assure you I didn't care for them back in the day. I want to get back up to SF and film some stuff on them soon. !

[@ndogg20]

@11:00The Grateful Dead "...I can't tell if they really suck or they're really brilliant" This is the first time I've heard someone say something honest about this holy icon of a band. Myself, I like one or two songs from them, but by and large they truly suck. JMHO.

[@SmokeyTreats]

I agree. I saw them do their longest show (I believe) out in Boulder in the early 70's. Played for 6 hours at the stadium, but seemed like a boring garage band with zero intensity. They did provide the entire audience with Panama Red pot though, which was very cool.

[@marvinmaricic9006]

What about the cole theater???

[@ronlight7013]

I’m in my 70s and, really, has it come to this?

[@spqr701]

What about the Fillmore/Wintergarden...?

[@RockessentialTim]

I know but there were only so many miles these old legs could walk that day, lol!

[@SDsailor7]

@@RockessentialTim There is sooo much musical history among other history in San Francisco that you could do a whole series just on the town. Cheers

[@RockessentialTim]

@@SDsailor7 That is the best idea I've heard all week....

[@pbjones9972]

526 Haight street If the public only knew ?

[@geoffpartington1527]

Are you going Peter Green

[@eddiejamesmagic4207]

I feel the same way about this guy as he does about the dead i cant tell if he completely sucks or is brilliant for having 2 good woman around

[@RockessentialTim]

Trust me, it is the former. I completely suck!

[@eddiejamesmagic4207]

@RockessentialTim I'm a huge dead fan and was hopefully obviously joking

[@RockessentialTim]

@@eddiejamesmagic4207 I commented because I found your joke to be hilarious.

[@SDsailor7]

To bad he did not include the hangout of Santana..bummer dude.

[@therealscottadamsTM]

Love Pear Jam

[@RockessentialTim]

I've never tried it! Sorry, I couldn't resist and thanks for watching, it is appreciated.

[@therealscottadamsTM]

@@RockessentialTim well played, I’ve only been to San Francisco once, so far

[@iannamico]

again, another cool fact filled video. i have a lot of friends that love the dead. i just don't get them. what did the deadheads say after the drugs wore off? man this music sucks! gorgeous homes there.

[@RockessentialTim]

I have to be in exactly the right mood to listen to them. When I was up in SF during the shoot I got super into them but I've barely listened to them since.

[@jlmain5777]

Rebels with Social Security Checks.

[@RockessentialTim]

LOL!

[@mikefannon6994]

Yep, that's me. We all get old.

[@jlmain5777]

@@RockessentialTim For us East Coasters can you do a video on where Winterland and The Fillmore West are/were? I used to work next door to The Fillmore East in NYC.

[@jameskennedy721]

Pearl Jam have their place in rock n roll , but do they have anything to do with the Haight ? Not really .

[@1blastman]

They are a Seattle band/

[@brianfergus839]

No... PJ has no specific relationship with H-A. That was probably just a special show of their 60s inspired posters.

[@RockessentialTim]

You are exactly right.

[@janissteiner2170]

JANIS Joplin ( not Janice)

[@RockessentialTim]

Do you mean on the video graphic?

[@RockessentialTim]

Ahh. I got it. I had it right in the video graphics but wrong on the KZbin description. Fixed! Thank you for the good eye!

[@billoneillwpo]

No love for Pearl Jam? 😢

[@RockessentialTim]

Well I did say I loved their posters, right?😃

[@kcconnor5085]

dont think garcia played the steel on 'teach'

[@RockessentialTim]

With all due respect, I think maybe he did. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teach_Your_Children

[@kcconnor5085]

​@@RockessentialTim all due respect to wiki? but never saw him play one. saw the dead and garcias side gigs dozens of times 66 to 76. makes sense if he had precisely worked out parts. garcia was a HORRIBLE slide player. usually works the other way around. steel is extremely difficult to play and also very expensive to own. find the video youtube man.

[@RockessentialTim]

I don't know but this Variety article is pretty definitive: variety.com/2020/music/news/jerry-garcia-grateful-dead-graham-nash-remembers-1234728260/

[@kcconnor5085]

​@@RockessentialTim you are a helluva researcher!!

[@RockessentialTim]

​@@kcconnor5085 LOL Sometimes we get lucky, right?

[@princeerick11]

Do LA, Give Me A Shoutout😍

[@robj8862]

The Dead Rule !

[@johnmichaelkarma]

Thumbs up #100. FreeGoldWatch. hhmm Right now,as we go through the monetary reset when all fiat currencies that are tied to the fiat Federal Reserve Note (Petro"dollar")collapse there is a junior mining company named Free Gold Ventures that I'm watching that has gone from a nickle at the end of April to just over a buck July 1st.

[@johnmichaelkarma]

@@someotherdude They are listening? I hope they liked the last episode of SGT Report. Fear is one their most beloved social engineering mechanisms. MSM is a fear pushing machine. Fear Not.

[@jimmy5634]

Went there in the 90’s. It was full of homeless people, filthy and Golden Gate park was as well.

[@steveg6978]

Went to SF for my Honey Moon,,,Got harassed by the Hard Krishna in Golden Gate Park...Haight was fun, some great little cafes.

[@grazianogambesi1987]

Jimi hendrix???...forget

[@805gregg]

You are some 53 years late to the party, I was there for a couple of years off and on starting in 1967, getting things for my friends back in LA. Saw the tour busses going up Haight street with wide eyed people staring out the open windows at us freaks, or were the freaks on the bus? Greatfull Dead is my favorite name for them, I'm glad they are dead, I always said if Jerry could write, play guitar or sing they might be good, there were much better bands from the Bay area Jefferson Airplane, Big Brother, Quicksilver Messenger Service, greatfull dead was only for people too stoned to know

[@RockessentialTim]

Wow Gregg, you are a real ray of sunshine. Glad you liked the video.