My mom was on the same airline flight from San Francisco to New York City in 1970, and The Greatful Dead and New Riders of the Purple Sage bands were on her plane, as well as Huey Newton, the leader of the Black Panthers out of Oakland. She got Jerry Garcia's autograph and Huey Newton's on the same airline napkin. What an odd combo. Also, she photographed the event, which shows a 26 year old Jerry Garcia in an airline seat and the members of both the bands dancing in the aisle (747). I have the napkin and scrapbook page with all the photos currently. She never even mentioned this event until about 2009....I never knew that it had happened! Strange indeed.
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Jeff 
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