"The merrymaking at 38 S. Fifth St. turned into a historic moment that no one in their right mind - and there weren't many - ever imagined, according to Ira Meltzer, a former San Jose State University student who lived at the residence back then. He told the crowd it was an extraordinary evening of music and LSD-laced sugar cubes. Keep in mind, LSD was legal during those years."
"But the Dec. 4, 1965 moment might have been forgotten if not for the determination of two diehard music lovers, San Jose Rocks founder Dan Orloff and former Mercury News sports columnist Mark Purdy, who doggedly searched for the exact location of the house. It took more than a decade to unravel, but they knew the history of the South Bay music scene and refused to give up."
On Dec. 4 community members unveiled a plaque at San Jose City Hall marking the spot where, 60 years earlier, the Grateful Dead—then known as the Warlocks—played their first show under the new name. The event occurred beneath a brilliant full moon. A white house once occupied the City Hall corner at 38 S. Fifth St., where attendees consumed LSD-laced sugar cubes; LSD was legal at the time. Former resident Ira Meltzer recalled an extraordinary evening of music and psychedelics. Dan Orloff and Mark Purdy spent more than a decade locating the exact site. Trixie Garcia attended the celebration.
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