Background
Carolyn Adams was born and raised in Poughkeepsie, New New York
Carolyn Adams was born and raised in Poughkeepsie, New New York
She attended Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School in Hyde Park but traveled to Palo Alto, California in 1963 with her older brother Don shortly after she was expelled from high school.
Cassady took her to Louisiana Honda, California, Kesey"s base of operations, where she quickly joined the inner circle of Pranksters and became romantically involved with Kesey, having a daughter by him named Sunshine. The Grateful Dead song "Here Comes Sunshine" may or may not be an allusion to this daughter – the Dead were fond of lyrics having double, often personal meanings. She took up with Jerry Garcia after splitting with Walker, but they did not marry for many years after.
Before Carolyn married Jerry Garcia in 1981, they had two daughters.
The family had a house in San Rafael, California as well as a beach house in Stinson Beach, California, but separated after Garcia began a relationship with Deborah Koons. He died 18 months later.
After Jerry Garcia"s death, Carolyn Garcia was involved in litigation to obtain payments as per their divorce settlement agreement, ultimately agreeing to a $1,250,000 settlement to avoid further legal costs. Carolyn Garcia wrote a book on marijuana cultivation, called Primo Plant: Growing Sinsemilla Marijuana, first published in 1976 by Bookpeople.
She currently sits on the boards of the Rex Foundation and the Furthur Foundation, and is on the advisory board of the Marijuana Policy Project.
She formerly served on the board of the Women"s Visionary Council.
