Owsley Stanley

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Owsley Stanley was an influential audio engineer and underground LSD chemist best known for his work with the Grateful Dead and his pivotal role in 1960s counterculture.

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Owsley Stanley canonical 3
Owsley "Bear" Stanley 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human
associatedWith Grateful Dead NERFINISHED
Ken Kesey NERFINISHED
Merry Pranksters NERFINISHED
San Francisco Sound NERFINISHED
birthName Augustus Owsley Stanley III NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath traffic collision
citizenship United States of America
countryOfBirth United States of America
dateOfBirth 1935-01-19
dateOfDeath 2011-03-12
designed Wall of Sound (Grateful Dead sound system) NERFINISHED
designedFor Grateful Dead live tours
familyRelation grandson of Augustus Owsley Stanley I
fieldOfWork live sound reinforcement
psychedelic culture
psychoactive drug production
genre psychedelic rock (as sound engineer)
givenName Augustus NERFINISHED
influenced development of large-scale concert sound systems
psychedelic rock scene
knownFor influence on 1960s counterculture
manufacturing high-quality LSD in the 1960s
pioneering live concert sound systems
work with the Grateful Dead
legacy icon of 1960s counterculture
legendary figure in LSD history
pioneer of high-fidelity live sound for rock concerts
legalIssue arrest for LSD manufacturing
imprisonment on drug charges
name Owsley Stanley NERFINISHED
nickname Bear NERFINISHED
Owsley NERFINISHED
notableWork design of the Grateful Dead "Wall of Sound" PA system
occupation LSD chemist
audio engineer
record producer
sound engineer
underground chemist
participatedIn Acid Tests NERFINISHED
Haight-Ashbury counterculture movement NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Lexington, Kentucky, United States NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath near Mareeba, Queensland, Australia
religionOrBelief advocacy of psychedelic use for consciousness expansion
residence Australia
San Francisco, California, United States NERFINISHED
timePeriod 1960s
1970s
workedOn live sound for Grateful Dead concerts

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Live/Dead engineer Owsley Stanley
From the Mars Hotel producer Owsley Stanley
dancing bears commissionedBy Owsley Stanley
subject surface form: Dancing bears
dancing bears associatedWithPerson Owsley Stanley
subject surface form: Dancing bears
this entity surface form: Owsley "Bear" Stanley