Psychedelic Women Ep 3: Convos with the Women of the Counterculture: Radiate Part 3: The Psychedelic Grace'n'Beauty Tutor

It’s the early to mid 1960’s in San Francisco and the folk music scene is shifting to acid rock; the burgeoning subculture of psychedelic art, music and comedy is at its finest hour according to Rainbow Valentine’s mom who often found herself backstage between Janis Joplin and Pigpen after a day of teaching poise at sex-positive activist Margo St. James’s brothel or running errands for concert promoter, Chet Helms or The Committee Comedy Troupe before bellydancing beside Santana at LSD fueled concerts.  In episode 3 RV’s mom shares stories about her fascinating life in 1960’s SF...including double dating with the first stripper in America to have breast implants, hosting celebrities before they were famous( like Jack Nicholson) her tumultuous marriage to future TV actor, Howard Hesseman plus the origin story of the Family Dog production company, a shocking possible-murder involving the Mafia and a piano and her secret affair with the Grateful Dead’s grubbiest musician...and more!   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices