Motel 6 (Not a Thriller) (1988)

June '87: coming back from a Grateful Dead show at the Ventura County Fairgrounds our 1968 Volkswagen broke down just 30 miles north of Bakersfield at 11 p.m. We were towed to the Motel 6 and checked into a room. Heat. Dust. Boredom. Prisons with invisible bars.