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Believe it or not the first time I dropped acid was with two friends (John and Chris) in 1970 in Statesville (Love Valley), NC. We were going to a music festival and the Allman Bros. were there. John freaked out and we couldn't find him all night but Chris and I were having a great time. After the show, Chris and I were hanging in front of one the buildings there (looked like a wild west town- no cars allowed) and Barry Oakley came out and smoked a joint with us- we didn't even recognize him at first. We started talking about John and where he could be. Barry asked what he looked like and said follow me. John was eating breakfast at the head of the table with Greg and Duane, lots of girls and roadies etc. He was still high as a kite but was having a good time at this point. We sat down too. It was one heck of a night- turns out those guys were just regular freaks like us- we talked ***** until 6 or 7 in the morning and then went back to our tent and crashed. Janis Joplin was supposed to show as well but only Big Brother did.