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From the Whirling Dervishes band to wild nights, street fights, and even getting busted at 18 — this story is anything but peaceful. Add in purple haze, rattlesnakes in guns, and weekends stoned in a jail cell, and you’ve got a raw glimpse at a life lived on the edge. 👉 A mix of chaos, music, and unexpected lessons between East and West. 👉 Check out our new episode with @TheRandallCarlson this Friday! : https://youtu.be/yUsbOj2Yq8c #BandLife #WildStories #PurpleHaze #Podcast #LifeLessons #podcastclips #randallcarson #band
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[Music] I never knew you were in a band. This is the whirling dervishes. >> The whirling dervishes. Yeah. This guy was a whirling dervish. >> Okay. >> We got some found some big heavy clubs and we're crawling through the brush. You think we're a bunch of peaceful hippies, right? Well, I came up more fights than I could count. Now, when I was 18, I got busted by a couple of corrupt cops and one of them planted a joint on me. It was my first crush ever. >> I've got some of the original the last of the original Purple Hazes. They would come with the rattlesnakes, drop them in the gun, saying my uncle would say, "Now don't let those snakes out." You know, >> I think what's so amazing about these stories is how it seemed so how easily you lived outside. >> I spent the whole weekend till Monday morning stoned in that jail cell. The eastern tradition is more about the inner world and withdrawing and and going into the the monastery and all. The western world is more actionoriented.