Carolyn Adams

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Carolyn Adams, (born May 6, 1946),[1] later known as Mountain Girl and Carolyn Garcia, was a Merry Prankster and the wife of Jerry Garcia. After growing up near Poughkeepsie, New York, Adams met Neal Cassady in 1964, who introduced her to Kesey and his friends, one of whom gave her the name "Mountain Girl". Cassady took her to La Honda, Ken Kesey's base of operations, where she quickly joined the inner circle of Pranksters and was romantically involved with Kesey, having a daughter by him named Sunshine.[2] The Grateful Dead song "Here Comes Sunshine" may or may not be an allusion to Adams' and Kesey's daughter (the Dead were fond of lyrics having double, often personal meanings).

Before actually marrying in 1981, Jerry Garcia and Adams had two daughters.[1] Though Garcia and Mountain Girl ultimately divorced in 1994,[1] they remained personal friends right up until Garcia's death a few months later.

After Jerry Garcia's death, Mountain Girl was involved in a court battle to receive payments from their divorce settlement agreement, ultimately agreeing to a $1,250,000 settlement to avoid further legal costs.[3][4] .

Mountain Girl has also published on marijuana cultivation, with a book called Primo Plant: Growing Sinsemilla Marijuana, first published in 1976 by Bookpeople.[5] She currently sits on the board of the Rex Foundation.[6]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Robins, Cynthia. "SHE NEVER GOT OFF THE BUS: The hard life and high times of Carolyn Garcia." [1]
  2. ^ Wolfe, Tom. (1968). The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
  3. ^ Doyle, Jim. (October 15, 1998). "Garcia's Ex-Wife To Get $1.25 Million: `Mountain Girl' had sued star's estate." San Francisco Chronicle. p. A21.
  4. ^ Ingram, Erik. (December 12, 1996). "Grateful Dead star's death leads to battle where it's . . . GARCIA VS. GARCIA." San Francisco Chronicle. p. A23
  5. ^ Mountain Girl. (1998). Primo Plant: Growing Marijuana Outdoors. Quick American Archives. ISBN 0932551270
  6. ^ rexfoundation.org, accessed May 10, 2007

[edit] Further reading

  • Jackson, Blair. (1999). Garcia: An American Life. New York, Viking. ISBN 0670886602. A biography of Jerry Garcia, which also has information about Carolyn Garcia.
  • Wolfe, Tom. (1968). The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Describes the early years of Adams' relationship with Kesey and adventures with the Merry Pranksters.
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