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Ken Babbs (born January 14, 1936) is a Merry Prankster who became one of the psychedelic leaders of the 1960s. He along with best friend and Prankster leader, Ken Kesey, wrote the book Last Go Round. Babbs is best known for his participation in the Acid Tests and on the bus Furthur.

Early life

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Ken Babbs was born January 14, 1936, and raised in Mentor, Ohio.[citation needed] He attended the Case Institute of Technology where he briefly studied engineering for two years on a basketball scholarship, before transferring to Miami University, from which he graduated magna cum laude with a degree in English literature in 1958.[citation needed] He then attended the Stanford University graduate creative writing program on a Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship from 1958–59; having entered the NROTC program to fund his undergraduate studies, Babbs was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps following the end of his fellowship.[citation needed]

He trained as a helicopter pilot and served in one of the first American advisory units in Vietnam from 1962-1963 prior to his discharge.[1] Babbs had no understanding of the impact the war had on him until he received his orders to go to Vietnam. Babbs later stated that he "had no perceptions of the right or wrong of the situation before I went to Vietnam, but it took about six weeks to realize we were wasting our time there... being humble, respect[ing] local customs, learn[ing] the language and helping does more good than hurting."[2] While serving in Vietnam he began writing about his experience.[3]

In the fall of 1958, Babbs took a writing class at Stanford University with another Wilson Fellow, Ken Kesey. Babbs later described meeting Kesey as "a moment of mirth and sadness, highness and lowliness, interchanging of ideas and musical moments." They became friends, maintained a correspondence while Babbs was stationed in the Far East with the Marines, and eventually formed the Merry Pranksters.

Merry Pranksters

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What started as a Happening or series of theatrical performances eventually emerged into a movement.[4] According to Babbs, a Happening is something that "can’t be planned ..It just happens! It takes place in public or private and involves everyone present. In Phoenix in 1964, we painted "A Vote for Barry is a Vote for Fun" on the side of the bus and waved flags and played stars and stripes forever..this qualified as both a prank and a Happening."[2]

Furthur

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The most famous happening of the Pranksters was the nationwide trip on the 1939 International Harvester school bus named Furthur.[5] While on a trip to New York City, the Pranksters needed an automobile that could hold fourteen people and all of their filming and taping equipment. One of the members saw a "revamped school bus" in San Francisco that was for sale, the Pranksters bought the bus and named it Furthur. Babbs was the engineer for the bus.

Ken Babbs is mostly credited for the sound systems he created for the Trips Festival, a 1966 three day music festival held in San Francisco.[6] Prior to Babbs’ creation, it was discovered that particular music usually sounded distorted when cranked to high levels because of the concrete floor in the San Francisco Longshoreman’s Union Hall (where the Trips Festival was taking place). Babbs being a sound engineer resolved the problem. He made sound amplifiers that would not create distorted sounds when turned up to high sound levels.

The purpose for this Happening was to link the psychedelic tribes from the west and the east. Many people tend to remember the east tribe because of Timothy Leary and LSD. Many misjudgments have been made on the Pranksters and their promotion of LSD. However, Babbs makes it clear that "just because we used LSD does not mean we were promoting its use. (LSD) is a dangerous drug...[It’s] a way, I guess, of breaking down the conformist ideology."[2]

Acid Tests

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During the legendary Prankster cross-country bus trip to the New York World's fair in 1964, a movie was filmed during the process.[3][5] The film shot on a camera and 16 mm color film was intended to be called The Merry Pranksters Search for a Kool Place.[7] However in 1999, a 50-minute edit of the movie was released, and in 2002 another excerpt was distributed but not completed. The 2011 documentary film, Magic Trip featured much of the footage.[7] The Acid Tests were inspired from when the Pranksters met the Grateful Dead.

The Hog Farm collective was established through a chain of events beginning with Ken Babbs hijacking the Merry Pranksters' bus, Furthur, to Mexico, which stranded the Merry Pranksters in Los Angeles.

Later years

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Babbs currently lives on his farm in Dexter, Oregon (near Kesey’s house) with his wife Eileen, a high school English teacher.

In 1994, he helped Kesey co-write The Last Go Round, about the oldest and largest rodeos in America.

In 2011, Babbs published Who Shot the Water Buffalo?, a coming of age novel about the Vietnam war. Based on his early writing and his life in the armed forces during the first years of the Vietnam War, it took him 45 years to finish writing the book.[3][8] In January 2022 Tsunami Books of Eugene, Oregon published Babbs' recently completed memoir "Cronies."[9]

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Ken Babbs (born c. 1936) is an American author and countercultural icon recognized as a founding member of the Merry Pranksters, the psychedelic collective assembled by novelist Ken Kesey in the early 1960s to explore LSD-fueled experimentation and communal adventure. Babbs served as a primary chronicler of the group's antics, operating a 16mm camera during their seminal 1964 cross-country odyssey aboard the vividly customized school bus Furthur, which symbolized the era's rejection of conventional boundaries and embrace of spontaneous, mind-expanding escapades. Alongside Kesey, he co-organized the Acid Tests—public multimedia events blending live music, projections, and widespread LSD distribution—that influenced the nascent hippie movement and figures like the Grateful Dead. Babbs's literary contributions include the Vietnam War memoir Who Shot the Water Buffalo? (1971), drawing from his Marine Corps service, and the 2022 release Cronies: A Burlesque, recounting decades of Prankster camaraderie without romanticizing the chaos. Remaining active into his later years on a farm in Oregon, Babbs has preserved the Pranksters' ethos through ongoing gatherings and reflections that emphasize unfiltered personal narrative over mythologized lore.

Early Life and Education

Childhood and Family Background

Ken Babbs was born on January 14, 1936, in and raised in Mentor, a suburb located 30 miles east of along . His family maintained long-standing ties to the state, with ancestral origins in , , , and . At , Babbs distinguished himself as both a and , earning recognition in the 1953 yearbook for his academic and extracurricular achievements: "As and he does excel/We know in life he will do well." These early experiences in a Midwestern environment emphasized and versatility, laying groundwork for his later pursuits in athletics and creative expression, including an emerging interest in writing and literature by the time he entered college.

Stanford University and Meeting Ken Kesey

Ken Babbs enrolled in 's graduate creative writing program in 1958, following his undergraduate graduation magna cum laude from in . There, he participated in Wallace Stegner's seminar, immersing himself in a rigorous environment that emphasized narrative craft and literary analysis amid the Bay Area's burgeoning bohemian influences. In the fall of 1958, Babbs first encountered fellow student in this writing class, where both pursued advanced studies as Woodrow Wilson Fellows—Babbs from the Midwest and Kesey from . Their immediate rapport stemmed from mutual interests in satirical humor, techniques, and the irreverent spirit of post-war , forging a that Babbs later recalled as an instant alignment of creative temperaments. Kesey, already residing in the nearby Perry Lane community—a loose enclave of writers and intellectuals—introduced Babbs to informal gatherings that blended literary discussion with social experimentation, though substantive psychedelic use emerged later. This Stanford milieu, while echoing Beat Generation undercurrents through figures like Kesey who admired Kerouac and Ginsberg, primarily shaped Babbs via hands-on critique sessions and peer-driven revisions rather than ideological dogma. Babbs' exposure prioritized empirical narrative construction, drawing from personal anecdotes and observed human behaviors over abstract manifestos, setting the stage for his later collaborative ethos without yet venturing into the countercultural excesses. By early 1959, their bond deepened personally, with Kesey serving as groomsman at Babbs' wedding to Anita Esberg, another Stanford affiliate.

Military Service

U.S. Marine Corps and Vietnam Deployment

Following his graduation from in 1958, Ken Babbs enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps in May 1959, serving until 1963. He underwent initial training at , before attending naval flight school in , where he qualified as a pilot. This rigorous preparation emphasized discipline and operational precision amid the demands of rotary-wing , equipping him for roles in emerging conflict zones. Babbs deployed to in 1962 as part of one of the earliest U.S. advisory units, flying missions through 1963 prior to his discharge. Stationed during the war's initial escalation, he piloted helicopters for troop resupply and support operations, navigating dense terrain and frequent enemy contact in a theater where U.S. involvement was still limited to advisory capacities. These flights exposed him to the raw unpredictability of combat, including ambushes and the constant threat of ground fire, which demanded split-second decisions under extreme stress. The psychological demands of such service, involving repeated exposure to violence and loss without the structure of full-scale invasion, left a lasting imprint, as Babbs later described the environment as "completely insane." This period fostered a grounded sense of resilience forged through direct confrontation with mortality and operational realities, qualities that underscored his subsequent life choices amid the era's cultural upheavals.

Merry Pranksters Involvement

Formation of the Group and the Furthur Bus Trip

Ken Kesey began forming the Merry Pranksters in early 1964, recruiting close friends and associates following his experiences with LSD at the Stanford University psychiatric clinic and the success of his novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Ken Babbs, Kesey's friend from Stanford writing classes since 1958 and recently returned from U.S. Marine Corps service, played a key role in assembling the core group of about 14 members, including figures like George Walker and recruiting Neal Cassady as driver. Babbs assumed responsibilities as co-driver and chronicler, earning the moniker "Intrepid Traveler" for his documentation efforts. The group customized a 1939 school bus, purchased by Kesey, by painting it in vibrant, Day-Glo colors under artist Roy Sebern's direction and naming it Furthur—a deliberate misspelling emphasizing . On June 17, 1964, Kesey and 13 Pranksters departed from his Menlo Park home, heading east to the New York , equipped with rudimentary 16mm cameras to film the journey's spontaneous events. Interpersonal dynamics centered on Cassady's manic driving and oratory, which energized the group, while Babbs coordinated logistics alongside pranks like impromptu costumes and musical performances to provoke reactions from bystanders. The trip embodied an initial ethos of absurdity to challenge societal norms, with members dosing on and engaging in unstructured antics to blur reality and expectation, all captured in hours of raw footage that Babbs helped preserve. Encounters, such as Cassady's high-speed narratives behind the wheel, fostered a sense of communal chaos, testing group cohesion amid mechanical breakdowns and public confrontations without predefined structure.

Acid Tests and Psychedelic Experiments

The were a series of experimental gatherings organized by and the , commencing in late 1965 in the , where was distributed to participants amid multimedia spectacles including live music, film projections, and light shows. The inaugural event occurred on November 27, 1965, at Ken Babbs' residence in , drawing around 50 attendees who consumed -laced , which remained legal until October 1966. These tests extended through early 1966, featuring collaborations with the (later the ), whose improvisational performances amplified the sensory overload. Babbs played a key role in the logistical orchestration of the events, managing sound systems and lighting setups to foster an immersive, chaotic environment that synchronized with ingestion. He contributed to audio elements by playing instruments such as and harmonica alongside band performances and Prankster improvisations, creating layered sonic collages that mirrored participants' perceptual distortions. Babbs also facilitated participant interactions, including mediating discussions—such as a Vietnam War debate between Kesey and at the first test—and distributing "Acid Test Graduation" cards with Polaroid photos to mark attendance. The mechanics emphasized unscripted : attendees ingested pharmaceutical-grade (sourced initially from sources like or ), triggering effects that Pranksters observed as tests of , with stations enabling anonymous dosing. chaos incorporated projected films from the Pranksters' prior bus travels, stroboscopic lights by Roy Sebern, and amplified raps or chants, designed to intensify hallucinations and dissolve ego boundaries. Collaborations with the provided continuous, feedback-laden music that participants reported as syncing with their . Contemporaneous accounts documented 's effects as yielding heightened creativity, such as spontaneous communal bonding and perceptual expansions leading to "wild" improvisations, though disorientation was common, manifesting in confusion, anxiety, and "bum trips" particularly with impure later batches. Babbs noted variability in outcomes, with purer LSD minimizing adverse reactions compared to variants, but events occasionally featured participants navigating or overload without formal oversight, highlighting risks like impaired coordination and emotional volatility observed in real-time guidance efforts by Pranksters. These immediate results underscored LSD's capacity for both innovative sensory fusion and unpredictable psychological strain, as recounted by direct participants.

Achievements and Cultural Influence

Ken Babbs played a pivotal role in organizing the inaugural on November 27, 1965, at his home in , an event that introduced multimedia psychedelic gatherings featuring LSD-laced , experimental sound, and visual effects to a wider audience. These gatherings, co-organized by Babbs and , evolved into a series of "" across the West Coast in 1966, which integrated live performances by the , thereby catalyzing the band's early exposure and contributing to the symbiotic rise of within the . The Pranksters' cross-country journey on the bus Furthur in 1964, documented extensively through Babbs' involvement in filming and audio recording, provided unedited footage and tapes that preserved firsthand accounts of communal experimentation, later influencing practices and documentaries depicting nonconformity. This raw documentation underscored a rejection of mainstream societal norms, fostering a template for participatory, boundary-pushing events that echoed in the 1967 , where Prankster-inspired elements of improvisation and shaped the gathering's ethos as reported by participants. Babbs' contributions extended to bridging the Beat Generation's spontaneous ethos with the hippie movement's emphasis on expanded awareness, as evidenced by Prankster activities that popularized as a tool for cultural disruption and personal exploration, directly informing the scene's evolution into a hub for psychedelic expression. The enduring legacy includes the Pranksters' role in normalizing "happenings," which participant accounts credit with inspiring light shows, jam sessions, and communal festivals that defined subsequent countercultural phenomena.

Criticisms and Negative Consequences

The Merry Pranksters' promotion of widespread, unregulated use, including spiking beverages without recipients' knowledge or consent at events like the , resulted in acute psychological distress for some participants. Bad trips—intense episodes of , , delusions, and perceived psychological torment—were reported among attendees, particularly as the group transitioned to impure street-sourced , exacerbating risks in uncontrolled settings. These practices, exemplified by serving LSD-laced Kool-Aid at gatherings such as the January 1966 Trips Festival, drew criticism for irresponsibility and heightened public fears over psychedelics' dangers, contributing to the federal prohibition of on October 6, 1966, which curtailed further into its potential benefits. External critiques highlighted the Pranksters' perceived disdain for traditional values; , encountering the group in New York during their 1964 cross-country bus journey, deemed their irreverent treatment of American flags—such as wearing or sitting on them—unpatriotic and sat aloof from their exuberant, drug-fueled antics. Ken Babbs, reflecting on the meeting, noted Kerouac's unimpressed demeanor toward the Pranksters' ways, underscoring a generational between Beat-era and the group's chaotic, anti-authoritarian excess—a stark contrast to Babbs' prior service as a U.S. Marine Corps helicopter pilot in , where discipline and hierarchy prevailed.

Literary and Creative Works

Collaborations with Ken Kesey

Babbs and Kesey co-authored the novel Last Go Round: A Real Western, published in 1994 by Viking Press. The work fictionalizes the 1911 Pendleton Round-Up rodeo in Oregon, known as the "last go round" between champion cowboys George Fletcher and John Spain, drawing from a tale Kesey learned from his father around a sagebrush campfire. Initially conceived as a short story or screenplay, Kesey shelved the project before reviving it as a collaborative novel with Babbs, blending their mutual affinity for pulp Western tropes and oral storytelling rooted in Prankster improvisation. Their partnership emphasized complementary styles, with Kesey's disciplined structure balancing Babbs' freewheeling narrative energy, as seen in the novel's vivid, episodic depictions of frontier rivalry and cultural clashes. This dynamic extended beyond the book, as the two frequently vetted ideas together—Kesey originating concepts that Babbs would refine or challenge to ensure feasibility—fostering a process of iterative creative exchange grounded in their decades-long friendship. Post-1960s, Babbs and Kesey sustained joint endeavors through Merry Prankster reunions at Kesey's Pleasant Hill farm in , where they hosted gatherings blending performance, music, and narrative experiments that echoed their earlier psychedelic collaborations. These events, along with shared public appearances featuring storytelling and multimedia shows, continued their co-creative output until Kesey's death in 2001.

Independent Publications and Writings

Ken Babbs published his , Who Shot the Water Buffalo?, in 2011 through Overlook Press, drawing directly from his experiences as a U.S. Marine Corps pilot during the . The narrative fictionalizes the absurdities and brutalities of , centering on two pilots navigating perilous missions amid the war's chaos, blending humor with stark depictions of violence and camaraderie. Reviewers noted its vivid, poetic style that captures the "hilarious and terrifying" antic spirit of frontline service, though it received mixed reception with a Goodreads average rating of 3.4 out of 5 from 109 users, reflecting appreciation for its raw authenticity over polished literary acclaim. Beyond the novel, Babbs contributed occasional essays and shorter pieces reflecting on war and personal exploits, such as a 2020 poem and self-profile in Red Wedge magazine that bridged his military past with countercultural reflections. These standalone writings evolved from the burlesque humor of his earlier Prankster-influenced voice toward more introspective accounts, prioritizing unvarnished recollections over idealized narratives, though they garnered limited formal publication or sales data compared to his collaborative works. No major independent collections or additional novels by Babbs have been widely documented in reputable literary catalogs as of 2025.

Later Career and Activities

Post-Pranksters Life in Oregon

After the peak of the ' cross-country exploits and in the mid-1960s, Ken Babbs established a permanent residence in rural , purchasing a five-acre parcel near Dexter for $7,500 and constructing a home there with help from Prankster associates. This location positioned him adjacent to Ken Kesey's 64-acre in nearby Pleasant Hill, acquired by Kesey in November 1967, fostering a continuity of countercultural ties amid a shift to domestic stability. Babbs shared the property with his wife, , a retired , and together they raised a family while tending farm animals on the pastoral grounds. Babbs adopted a subdued rural lifestyle, marked by practical self-sufficiency and preservation of Prankster memorabilia, including storing decades of accumulated artifacts—such as bus trip relics—in makeshift sheds scattered across his land. This low-profile existence contrasted with the nomadic intensity of his earlier years, yet retained vestiges of the group's ethos through intermittent community engagements and maintenance of social networks forged in the . His activities encompassed music and local affiliations, including emceeing performances, a role stemming from the band's intertwined history with the Pranksters. Babbs also sustained involvement in Prankster reunions, hosting gatherings that revisited shared lore while integrating into Oregon's agrarian routine of farming and . These pursuits exemplified a pragmatic equilibrium, wherein Babbs channeled his athletic background—evident from his pre-Prankster basketball pursuits as a Marine lieutenant—into a grounded, community-oriented routine devoid of the ' performative chaos.

Recent Memoir and Ongoing Engagements

In 2022, Ken Babbs released Cronies: A Burlesque: Adventures with , , the , and the , a 518-page published by Tsunami Press that chronicles his decades-long friendship with Kesey and shared escapades, including the Pranksters' cross-country bus journey and intersections with the Grateful Dead. The work employs a satirical style reflective of Prankster irreverence, drawing directly from Babbs' firsthand accounts without romanticization of the era's chaos. Babbs has sustained public engagements into the , including a Reddit Ask Me Anything session on December 4, 2020, focused on Prankster history and acid tests, and promotional events for the memoir such as a reading at Tsunami Books on December 17, 2022. These forums preserve raw oral narratives of the counterculture's formative experiments, emphasizing spontaneous freedom over scripted outcomes. In recent interviews, Babbs has articulated unfiltered perspectives on psychedelics' enduring effects, noting LSD's capacity to reveal personal flaws and foster awareness but cautioning against its use by adolescents in favor of organic maturation through activities like sports and music. He contrasts this with broader societal imperatives, warning of threats like and entrenched elites that demand heightened vigilance akin to Prankster perceptual shifts: "With the threat to the earth now with and these useless millionaires and , we need to wake up to what’s going down." Babbs maintains musical ties, performing with the tribute band Terrapin Flyer during local visits, underscoring his ongoing immersion in the scene's communal .

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