ANN ARBOR, MI — In the summer of 1967, there was a new band from the San Francisco Bay Area making waves that rippled across the country.
The Grateful Dead, led by a young Jerry Garcia, was on its first national tour and played the Grande Ballroom in Detroit. They decided to come check out Ann Arbor the next day.
“We were very happy to see the Grateful Dead,” the late poet and activist John Sinclair once told MLive/The Ann Arbor News, recalling he was friendly with the band and suggested they play a free show at the West Park bandshell…