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Owsley Stanley | |
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.jpg) Stanley in 1967 at his arraignment | |
| Born | Augustus Owsley Stanley III January 19, 1935 Kentucky, U.S. |
| Died | March 12, 2011 (aged 76) Queensland, Australia |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | Bear |
| Citizenship | Naturalised Australian |
| Occupation | Audio engineer |
| Known for | LSD, Wall of Sound |
| Title | "Patron of Thought" |
| Spouse | Sheilah Stanley |
| Children | 4 |
| Relatives | Augustus O. Stanley, grandfather |
| Website | www |
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Augustus Owsley Stanley III (January 19, 1935 – March 12, 2011) was an American-Australian audio engineer and clandestine chemist. He was a key figure in the San Francisco Bay Area hippie movement during the 1960s and played a pivotal role in the decade's counterculture.[1]
Under the professional name Bear, he was the sound engineer for the Grateful Dead, recording many of the band's live performances. Stanley also developed the Grateful Dead's Wall of Sound, one of the largest mobile sound reinforcement systems ever constructed. Stanley also helped Robert Thomas design the band's trademark skull logo.[2]
Called the Acid King by the media,[3][4] Stanley was the first known private individual to manufacture mass quantities of LSD.[5][6][7] By his own account, between 1965 and 1967, Stanley produced at least 500 grams of LSD, amounting to a little more than five million doses.[8]
He died in a car accident in Australia (where he had taken citizenship in 1996) on March 12, 2011.[7][9][10]
- ^ Greenfield, Robert (March 14, 2011) [March 14, 2011]. "Owsley Stanley: The King of LSD". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on September 25, 2020. Retrieved August 28, 2024.
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Logowas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ McDougal, Dennis (2020). Operation White Rabbit: LSD, the DEA, and the Fate of the Acid King. Simon and Schuster. p. 45. ISBN 9781510745384.
- ^ Nicholas von Hoffman (October 17, 1967). "113 Cong. Rec. (Bound) - November 6, 1967". GovInfo.gov. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 31190. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
Sandoz, a Swiss pharmaceutical company, ceased making acid available when it became illegal, but another brand has taken its place, and today Owsley acid is considered the best available. It is so named after the middle name of Augustus Owsley Stanley, a young man in his early thirties who is referred to in the San Francisco papers as the 'Acid King.'
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
SelvinChroniclewas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Greenfield, Robert (March 14, 2011). "Owsley Stanley: The King of LSD". Rolling Stone.
- ^ a b Margalit Fox (March 15, 2011). "Owsley Stanley, Artisan of Acid, Is Dead at 76". The New York Times. p. B18.
- ^ Forte, Robert (1999). Timothy Leary: Outside Looking In. Park Street Press. p. 276. ISBN 0892817860.
- ^ Carlson, Michael (March 15, 2011). "Owsley Stanley Obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved November 25, 2014.
- ^ "Owsley 'Bear' Stanley Dies in Car Accident", jambands.com, March 13, 2011