Jerry Garcia’s Conservative Children
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Think back to the ringing guitars, the spinners, the patchouli oil and the haze of pot smoke hanging over an arena – the psychedelic country rock of Grateful Dead concerts seem like an unlikely cradle for today’s conservative commentators.
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