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In a 2005 interview, Tucker Carlson asked Phil Lesh why, as other bands grew more and more openly political during the latter half of the 1960s, the Grateful Dead chose not to “Because we felt that what we were doing was more - I hate to use that word because it’s almost a cliche -religious,” Lesh said. “What we were doing was religious in the sense of the word, which means to bind together. We were trying to create a community of spirit with the music and the political harangue … it was just like a cop trying to tell people what to do, legislate morality, or legislate private behavior. It was just anathema to us.” “But you have these wide-eyed fans who love you,” Carlson replied. “Isn’t it tempting to send a message?” “The metaphor of the band cooperating and collaborating and being one organism, that’s the message”

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