Rockin' at the Red Dog: The Dawn of Psychedelic Rock 18 years old

This documentary pays tribute to the contributions and importance of the title watering hole in the creation of the psychedelic dancehalls that littered the West during the late '60s and helped launch such super groups as The Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane and The Quicksilver Messenger Service. The Red Dog Saloon had its genesis in 1964 when a group of free-thinking, LSD-enhanced Northern California students and young folks had a party and began thinking about starting up a saloon that would evoke the old West. They decided to build their saloon in Virginia City, Nevada, a once prosperous town that was by then nearly empty. The ambience of the saloon blended Old West sensibilities with modern psychedelia, go-go girls and plenty of illegal drugs. The film is comprised of interviews with surviving founders, actual archival footage, and even a performance of some of the musicians who appeared there.

Credits

Rockin' at the Red Dog: The Dawn of Psychedelic Rock Cast

Name	Character
Howard Hesseman He was 65, now 84 years old	as narrator
Ernie Fosselius He was 60, now 79 years old	as narrator
John Nutt He was 385, 3 years old when he died	as narrator

Rockin' at the Red Dog: The Dawn of Psychedelic Rock Crew

Name	Department
Mary Works as Director.	Directing