The Introspective Artist Ronald McKernan's Search for Meaning in Music

“Pigpen was and is now forever one of the Grateful Dead” reads the epitaph on Ron “Pigpen” McKernan's gravestone at Alta Mesa Memorial Park in ... Ron 'Pigpen' McKernan. American musician and singer Pigpen (1945-1973), who was a founding member of the Grateful Dead poses for a portrait at Belvedere St. “Pigpen was and is now forever one of the Grateful Dead” reads the epitaph on Ron “Pigpen” McKernan's gravestone at Alta Mesa Memorial Park ... Photographed here are Bill Kreutzmann, Laird Grant, Bobby Weir, Ron 'Pigpen' McKernan, Danny Rifkin, Jerry Garcia, Phil Lesh, Rosie McGee, Rock ... Ron "Pigpen" McKernan Biography by Rachel Sprovtsoff. From his biker good looks to his gruff, dusty voice, Ron "Pigpen" McKernan managed to work that ... Share your videos with friends, family, and the world. The most marvelously ill-favored figure to grace a public platform since King Kong came down with stage fright. Here's Denise Kaufman of The Ace of Cups recalling some wonderful memories with Pigpen, who she first met as a teenager in Palo Alto. It does seem that Garcia was the original source for the name by which Pigpen is now universally known and loved. As well as his habit of ... Ron got the nickname because the man could take 2 suitcases into a hotel room and within an hour or two would have it lookig like he had lived there for months!