In 1964, Ken Kesey drove the psychedelic Furthur bus across America and helped ignite the counterculture; 60 years later, the dilapidated icon is back in San Francisco for a restoration campaign
- Kesey bought the school bus using money he earned from his novel “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”.
- Ken Kesey’s psychedelic bus “Furthur”, once used for a cross-country journey that became part of America’s 1960s counterculture, has returned to San Francisco after decades away.
- The bus is now the centrepiece of a new exhibition celebrating the legacy of the Grateful Dead and the city’s connection with the hippie movement.
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- Kesey bought the school bus using money he earned from his novel “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”.
- Ken Kesey’s psychedelic bus “Furthur”, once used for a cross-country journey that became part of America’s 1960s counterculture, has returned to San Francisco after decades away.
- The bus is now the centrepiece of a new exhibition celebrating the legacy of the Grateful Dead and the city’s connection with the hippie movement.
Sources: Times of India