Talk:Owsley Stanley

Alice D. Millionaire

The article states that the song Alice D. Millionaire is about his 1967 bust, although the song was written and played in 1966. Either his bust was in 1966 or the song refers to his earlier bust. 09:25, 19 January 2007 (CET) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 62.16.233.102 (talk) 08:25, 19 January 2007 (UTC).

Diet

Diet section needs a source. Nareek 14:28, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Grateful Dead box

Is it really necessary to have about a third of this article taken up by a Grateful Dead box? Nareek 01:44, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

It isn't neccessary or appropriate; Owsley was employed by the GD but was not a member of the band nor was he associated with a majority of the items in the GD box. I replaced it with a more succinct and appropriate 'See Also' section. I hope people feel free to add to that section as appropriate and not revert to the box template. If there were a 'Drug Subculture' box template that would indeed be appropriate, but the GD box is not truly encyclopedic because it gives a false impression of the nature of the association.  Erielhonan  20:01, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

In his book "The Electric Kool Aid Acid Test" Tom Wolfe refers to Owsley as The "White Rabbit". This might help understanding the Jefferson Airplane's song

whats his adress i want to send him a letter?

Ask him for some skills and techniques.

recent edits

I have amended some of the more glaring inaccuracies in this article and added a little detail to some sections, but being new to wikipedia editing I am not sure how to properly reference my edits, much of which stem from personal communications with my father, the subject in question. I am concerned that without the proper citations they might fall victim to the "true but not verifiable" standard, and it would be a shame to have outdated published inaccuracies trump truths gathered directly from the subject's own mouth. Anyone have any suggestions on how to best go about referencing this properly? Thanks! DrStarfinder (talk) 22:16, 14 May 2008 (UTC)DrStarfinder

Musical References -- Trivia?

The Musical References section includes these references:

In 1990, a UK psychedelic Ska Punk band named themselves AOS3 after Stanley's initials, culled from a chapter of the book "The Brotherhood Of Eternal Love". They used an Image of Stanley as a t-shirt graphic, and named their first tape release simply "Owsley".

Glasgow psychedelic pop group The Owsley Sunshine, take their name from a brand of LSD produced by Stanley.

Australian band The Masters Apprentices released a song called "Our Friend Owsley Stanley III" in the late 60s.

How are references to Owsley by completely obscure, inconsequential groups at all encyclopedic? 75.111.158.23 (talk) 06:22, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

I suppose removal of the most trivial references. Ones that are to be left in should be well-sourced (e.g. Steely Dan's Kid Charlemagne). Switzpaw (talk) 06:20, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

Steely Dan

I removed the copyright lyrics to a Steely Dan song because there is no non-speculative evidence that the song in question is about Owsley Stanley. I've read that Messrs. Fagan and Becker have never confirmed this rumor, and that the best critics can say is that it may be partly inspired by Mr. Stanley. That's not a good enough reason to include the lyrics to half of the song in this, only apocryphally related, article.

My edit was reverted, and so per WP:BRD, I'm here on the talk page documenting the reason for my edit. If there's no response in a while, I'll remove the lyrics again. -68.185.201.26 (talk) 18:55, 26 May 2010 (UTC)