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Bonus Ep 02: Wavy and his Celebrity Friends
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Length:
49 minutes
Released:
May 5, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Released in celebration of Wavy Gravy’s 87th birthday!
Wavy tells us about a few celebrity friends not discussed in the first 11 episodes, including Robin Williams, Bo Diddley, Sly and the Family Stone, the Jefferson Airplane, Joan Baez, Mimi Farina and more. Plus The Committee’s psychedelic adventures in Big Sur, Wavy goes Down Under and infamous West Coast LSD chemist, Owlsey, gives LSD to hippies headed to hot springs…. With music by Noodle McDoodle, Will Collins, Hope for a Golden Summer and The Ukulady.
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Wavy tells us about a few celebrity friends not discussed in the first 11 episodes, including Robin Williams, Bo Diddley, Sly and the Family Stone, the Jefferson Airplane, Joan Baez, Mimi Farina and more. Plus The Committee’s psychedelic adventures in Big Sur, Wavy goes Down Under and infamous West Coast LSD chemist, Owlsey, gives LSD to hippies headed to hot springs…. With music by Noodle McDoodle, Will Collins, Hope for a Golden Summer and The Ukulady.
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Released:
May 5, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (14)
American Prankster 01: More Than an Ice Cream: Who is Wavy Gravy? Episode 1 introduces listeners to the hippie icon who introduced hippies to granola and provides an overview of his inspiring, historic and hilarious life using humor as a weapon to change the world for the better. Wavy Gravy, best known from the Woodstock Peace & Music Festival in 1969 and as a Ben and Jerry’s ice cream flavor, is an original Beatnik poet from NYC’s Gaslight Café, an improv comedy trailblazer and a pioneering activist, along with being an iconic figure who helped form the ethos of the counter culture. More Than an Ice Cream is for the Wavy novice, friend and fan, sharing highlights from Wavy’s life, including Beatnik history, why police called Wavy “Too Weird To Arrest”, how he became an Acid Test shaman, ice cream flavor and the Rock’n’Roll origin of his name. Part of Pantheon Podcasts by American Prankster