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Pioneers and a border town. Allen Ginsberg : holy man ; Timothy Leary : the death of the most dangerous man in America ; The end of Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead ; Ken Kesey's great American trip ; Haight-Ashbury in the summer of loss ; The Beatles : pinnacles & wakes ; The mystery inside George Harrison ; Sgt. Pepper : within and without the Beatles ; The mystery inside John Lennon

The displaced. Johnny Cash : September when it comes ; Bob Marley's hell on earth

Genius, intoxication, downfalls & hard reclamations. Phil Ochs' tale of American ruin ; Hunter S. Thompson : the last outlaw ; Jim Morrison and the Doors : the virtues of waste ; The Allman Brothers Band : bonds of music & elegy ; The long shadow of Led Zeppelin ; The madness and wonder of Pink Floyd

The living. Bob Dylan : not there, then there ; Leonard Cohen's life of depression

Postlude : Valley of the dolls.

Musicians > Biography.

Beat generation > Biography.

Popular music > Social aspects > History > 20th century.

Popular music > History and criticism.