On this day, May 5th, 1965, the Grateful Dead , then still the Warlocks, played their first concert at this pizza parlor in Menlo Park.
It’s wild to think that exactly 62 years ago today, they were essentially a bar band playing mid-sixties rock and roll and R&B covers.
The Scene at Magoo's
Located at 639 Santa Cruz Avenue, it was a popular hangout for the local college crowd and teenagers.
It wasn't long after these Magoo's residency shows that they encountered Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters, eventually changing their name to the Grateful Dead, by the end of 1965.
While Magoo's is no longer a pizza parlor (it has been several different businesses over the decades), a plaque was placed at the site to commemorate it as the birthplace of one of the most influential bands in history.
u/gregornot — 10 days ago
