Santana’s Banana Bandana
Wednesday, April 23, 2008by Geoff Young
When I was about 20, some friends and I drove out to Vegas to see the Grateful Dead. It was their first time playing Vegas in many years, and I'd never seen them live. I'm not a Deadhead by any stretch, but it sounded like an adventure, so I went.
We took a '69 Volkswagen bus -- I know it sounds cliche, but that was the guy's ride. And yeah, we had to push-start it, like in Little Miss Sunshine.
There were maybe six or seven of us. The plan was to find the cheapest place in Vegas and rent a room for two; then everyone else would pile in and take various spots on the floor. It was all very Marx Brothers. Except for the tie-dyed ...
