Growing Up Dead Hallucinated Confessions of a Teenage Deadhead

This is the Story of Peter Conners' Journey From Straight-Laced Suburban Kid to 'Deadhead' Nomad, Told Against the Backdrop of the American Landscape of the Late '80S to the Mid-'90S, and Ending With the Death of Jerry Garcia.Peter Conners Discovered the Grateful Dead in 1985, at the Age of 15, Through Friends Who Exchanged Bootleg Tapes of Live Grateful Dead Concerts. a Suburban Teenager in Rochester, New York, He Suddenly Became Exposed to an Entirely New Way of Life, and Friends Who Were Enjoying More Freedom and Less Parental Guidance Than He Had Been Used To. Around the Same Time He Began Heavily Using Marijuana, Lsd, and Psilocybin Mushrooms.At the Age of 16, He Attended His First Grateful Dead Concert on June 30, 1987 - He Was Hooked. Between 1987 and 1992, Conners Would Attend Nearly 100 Dead 'Shows' All Over the United States. He Travelled With a Makeshift 'Family' of Other Deadheads in a Volkswagen Camper, Selling Drugs and Whatever Else Would Provide Gas Money to the Next Co