I based the cover for my book on this photo I took in San Francisco in January 2013.
I was off on a tour round the world. Liz and I drove down from San Francisco to Los Angeles going over the old route that we hitched along in 1971. It was great to revisit and catch up with a few old friends.
We were only in San Francisco for two days but found we’d arrived at exactly the right time. Furthur (The remains of the Grateful Dead with Phil Lesh and Bob Weir), named after Ken Kesey’s psychedelic painted truck, were playing at the Bill Graham Auditorium. We got tickets.
Going into the place the sweet smell of marijuana was overpowering!! It set the tone.
The band were brilliant and just like seeing the Dead at their best. I got a triple album of the show that was distributed half hour after the show finished! It was perfect!!
I took this photo, among a lot of others, of the band with their great light show. I thought it made a great book cover.
I told the real musicians in Plato’s Groove about your writing. They were excited and you may be hearing from them.
Thank you. That would be good. I always like to hear from people!