Justin Kreutzmann recently discussed what it was liking growing up as son of a member of the Grateful Dead. Read Here

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You are in the unique position of being able to share experiences of what life was like growing up Dead so to speak. Give us a little taste of what that was like.

It’s the only family experience I had so I don’t really have anything to compare it to. At the time I think I compared my life to TV. Let’s say growing up with the Dead wasn’t like The Brady Bunch or even The Monkees, both of which I loved. It was more Star Trek. The Grateful Bunch! It was normal to me, normal in a Grateful Dead kind of way. It wasn’t like Dad had 9 to 5 hours so the family structure shifted around the music. Everything was about the gigs. Everything else came second, the gigs were the thing.The Grateful Dead was the thing. I know that sounds sort of sad but with that came so much and amazing experiences. Might have missed a lot of school but I got to hang out in New York for 2 weeks when I was 11 while the band played Radio City. Learned a lot about life from that! I got to go to “summer camp” at Kesey’s house. While there I decided to read Cuckoo’s Nest and every morning got to talk to Ken about it. That was cool and great school.