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Dan Kelly ∞ Fortunate Youth Kush Conversations Vol. 1

By Cole Fullmer - Salt Baked City

Kush Conversation (n): recorded discussions with Salt Baked City’s favorite musicians and artists to discover why they love and consume cannabis.

It’s tough to determine whether music is a gateway to good cannabis, or if cannabis is a gateway to good music. Either way you look at it though, this combination has been fueling flow-state amongst artists and listeners for generations. It’s also fair to say that cannabis reform has been driven by musicians such as Buddy Guy, Bob Dylan, Jerry Garcia, Bob Marley, and Willie Nelson since the War On Drugs began. Now, there’s a new generation of artists like Snoop Dogg, B Real, Dr. Dre, Wiz Khalifa, and Berner who are carrying the Bic Lighter, so to speak, and their music is helping us push the plant into a bright legal future.

To help you get to know some of these cannaheroes, let us present to you Salt Baked City’s first ‘Kush Conversation.’ These discussions are meant to discover why an artist loves and uses cannabis. We already know about their career, so let’s take one step further into the mind of a remarkable artist and learn how they use cannabis in their lives, and in their music. We all have a special story about why we first decided to support the plant, or better yet – when we decided to allow the plant to start supporting us.

You probably already know that Dan Kelly is the lead singer of the reggae band, ‘Fortunate Youth,’ but did you also know that he’s a lifelong advocate of cannabis. Well, that’s probably not news either if you’ve listened to his irie sextet band play before. A lot of their lyrics revolve around consuming cannabis and legalizing the plant. Some might say they’re following in the famous footsteps of the Grateful Dead who strongly supported the psychedelic movement in the 60s and 70s. Now, this Hermosa Beach band is trying to do the same for the cannabis revolution today – one smoked out city at a time. To find out more about Kelly’s cannabis journey, we were lucky enough to sit down with him in the mountains and have a session while he was touring through town. So, sit back and relax. Make sure your favorite herb is ready to go, and let’s get ready to burn one with this rebel.

Salt Baked City: What’s in your jar? In other words, what’s on Dan Kelly’s cannabis menu for today?

Dan Kelly: I’m lucky when I go on the road, and I’m surprised by road candy that comes my way. The Road Gods always provide, let me tell you. This one is OG Kush (Kelly just began rolling a joint). I really like this strain. If your weed doesn’t smell like the dirt it grew in – then it must be a sativa (heavy laughter).

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