5. One rock band of the 1960s wanted to take us "Truckin'" up to Buffalo, down to Bourbon Street, and finally home. Who were they?
From Quiz Are You Ready for the Acid Test?
Answer:
Grateful Dead
Ken Kesey (who wrote "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest"), along with his "Merry Pranksters", spent part of the '60s sponsoring parties (calling them 'Acid Tests') featuring psychoactive drugs in the San Francisco, California area. The parties included music by bands like the Warlocks, who renamed themselves the Grateful Dead; that's the answer to the question.
The Psychedelic Era took on its own identity in the 'Summer of Love' in 1967, particularly in the San Francisco area, and the Grateful Dead were at the heart of it. As the years went by, the Dead were referred to as a psychedelic jug band, worn out hippies and other pejoratives but they outlasted the other bands, spawning imagery such as the doodah man and "China Cat Sunflower" along the way. It took the death of their leader, Jerry Garcia, in 1995, to finally bring the band to a halt, although band members still tour.