Wavy Gravy—activist
Birth
Wavy Gravy, born Hugh Romney, was a beat poet in Greenwich Village in the late 1950s, where he hung out with characters such as Paul Krassner, Lenny Bruce, and Bob Dylan.
http://www.erowid.org/culture/characters/wavy_gravy/wavy_gravy.shtml
Wavy Gravy (born Hugh Romney on May 15, 1936) is a life-long activist for peace and personal empowerment, best known for his hippie appearance, personality, and beliefs. ...
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Fame
Wavy Gravy, famous for his involvement with Woodstock and the Grateful Dead, talks about relaxation, meditation, and the average, 'Day in his Life.'
http://www.thecelebritycafe.com/interviews/wavy_gravy.html
This is where Wavy Gravy gained his fame by being the voice of Woodstock.
http://www.ustrek.org/odyssey/semester2/040701/040701nickcounter.html
Work
WAVY GRAVY BIOPIC IN THE WORKS WOODSTOCK legend and peace activist WAVY GRAVY is set to become a big screen hero almost 40 years after he presented 'three days of peace and music' in upstate New York. The 70-year-old hippie icon, real name HUGH ROMNEY, is the focus of a new film tribute, SAINT MISBEHAVIN', which features stars like BONNIE RAITT, JACKSON BROWNE and PHIL LESH recalling their favourite memories of rock's clown prince.
http://news.absolutely.net/2006/11/06/
Win this auction and Wavy Gravy, the host and M.C. of the original Woodstock Festival will host your very own Woodstock Party!
http://cgi.ebay.com/WAVY-GRAVY-will-host-your-WOODSTOCK-PARTY-In-Perso...
Whereas, twenty-five years ago, Wavy Gravy co-founded Seva Foundation "to alleviate needless suffering" in the world;
http://www.comedyday.com/scla.php
Wavy Gravy, Camp Director, Everyone'z Clown and Nobody's Fool, is known for his work at benefit events and for his "comic consciousness" as a clown and M.C. He taught improvisation at Columbia pictures (while teaching the same class for the neurologically handicapped at California State University). Wavy studied with Viola Spolin and acted with The San Francisco Committee. Wavy MC'd all three woodstocks. He completed his second book, Something Good for A Change, for St. Martin's Press, and Ben & Jerry have named an ice cream flavor after him. Wavy is the FUN-d Raiser for the Seva Foundation and has served on its board since its inception. Wavy has directed Camp Winnarainbow since co-founding it in 1974.
http://www.campwinnarainbow.org/staff/staff.html
Wavy Gravy, activist clown, former Ben & Jerry's flavor, hippie-icon, flower-geezer, is a founding board member of the Seva Foundation. He is the creative director of Camp Winnarainbow, a circus and performing arts camp in Northern California. Tickets for Wavy Gravy's 70th Birthday go on sale April 2 at all Ticketmaster outlets and April 1 at www.GDTSTOO.com.
http://www.jambase.com/headsup.asp?storyID=8281
Wavy Gravy is in first, but Google for Wavy Gravy and you're getting results for Wavy Gravy the person.
http://www.blojsom.com/blog/david/general/2005/05/18/Please_Help_Resur...
His name is Wavy Gravy, yes like the Ben and Jerry's ice cream flavor. But there's more than an ice cream flavor behind Wavy Gravy. He is truly one of the longest lasting symbols of counterculture. So prepare, as I take you through the counterculture of 1960's through the eyes of Wavy Gravy. He was born into the name Hugh Romney. ... So in 1954, he joined the army.
http://www.ustrek.org/odyssey/semester2/040701/040701nickcounter.html
