Ron "Pigpen" McKernan was a founding member of the band, and its organ player. Before the Dead started their set at the Human Be-In, I found him in a quiet moment.
Jerry Garcia in an intense moment while soloing at the Human Be-In
The Grateful Dead had been the Warlocks only two years before they appeared at this Human Be-In in January 1967 in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. Two years earlier, they were a Palo Alto-based jug band discovering American roots music. Now they were beginning an ascent that would take them farther than they ever imagined.