Edited sentence: The Experience exemplified the psychedelic rock-band lifestyle;  performances which ended late shaded into parties that lasted till the morning, often to the detriment of the music, especially when the band began to tour via airplane, necessitating early wakeup calls and taking away the hours of sleep and relaxation on the Greyhound that had been their staple before 1968.Throughout the mature and end-stage periods of the Experience, drugs were a companion, sometimes boon, sometimes bane