In May of 1967 the Grateful Dead camped on the Russian River for a couple of weeks and wrote their famous song "alligator" while hallucinating alligators in the Russian River If you want to know more about this interesting Russian River trip, visit: http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=40661 "Alligator"GRATEFUL DEAD Lyrics Sleepy alligator in the noonday sun Sleepin by the river just like he usually done Call for his whisky He can call for his tea Call all he wanta but