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Ken Kesey's psychedelic Furthur bus returns to San Francisco for restoration
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The historic psychedelic 'Furthur' bus, driven by author Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters in 1964, has been brought back to San Francisco. It is currently featured in a new Grateful Dead exhibition that aims to raise funds for the restoration of the dilapidated vehicle.
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This story matters because it preserves a tangible artifact of the 1960s counterculture movement tied to Ken Kesey and the Grateful Dead for public exhibition and restoration.
Ken Kesey’s psychedelic “Furthur” bus has returned to San Francisco after decades and is now the centrepiece of a new Grateful Dead exhibition. The bus was used by Kesey and his Merry Band of Pranksters during their 1964 cross-country journey, which helped spread the emerging psychedelic counterculture. The exhibition also features Jerry Garcia’s BMW and will launch an effort to restore the now-dilapidated bus.
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