Red Dog Saloon (Virginia City, Nevada)
During the summer of 1965, Laughlin (better known in media as Travus T. Hipp, a disc jockey and news commentator,) recruited much of the original talent that led to a mix of traditional folk music and psychedelic rock. He and his friends created what became known as "The Red Dog Experience," featuring previously unknown musical acts — Big Brother and the Holding Company, The Charlatans, The Wildflower and others — who played in the refurbished saloon during 1965 - 66. There was no clear delineation between "performers" and "audience" in "The Red Dog Experience," during which music, psychedelic experimentation and Bill Ham's first primitive light shows combined to create a new sense of community. Laughlin and George Hunter of the Charlatans were termed "proto-hippies", with their long hair, boots and clothing of a distinctly Native American heritage.
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