Good Morning, Campers! Let’s journey back to January 18, 1969 - 57 years ago today at CBS Television City Studios in West Hollywood, when Hugh Hefner and Barbie Benton welcomed The Grateful Dead onto the set of their syndicated late night TV program “Playboy After Dark.” I’m sure many of you have seen this footage before and are familiar with this event, when the band’s sound engineer and legendary LSD chemist Owsley Stanley slipped some of his finest into the studio’s coffee supply, effectively

The Grand Funk Railroad on Playboy After Dark in 1969. Hugh Hefner & Barbie Benton wecome Mark, Don, & Mel to The Mansion to perform "Mr. Limousine Driver" & "Please Don't Worry." The Mansion wasn't really setup for a rock band to perform live back then, thus the lipsync. | Top Hat Crew's "Live Music Archives"