The Grateful Dead Reader Paperback / softback
Edited by David Dodd, Diana Spaulding
Part of the Readers on American Musicians series
Paperback / softback
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Arranged in chronological order, these pieces add up to nothing less than a full-scale history of the greatest tour band in the history of rock.
From Tom Wolfe's account of the Dead's first performance as the Grateful Dead (at an Acid Test in 1965), to Ralph Gleason's 1967 interview with the 24-year-old Jerry Garcia, to Mary Eisenhart's obituary of the beloved leader of the band, these selections include not only outstanding writing on the band itself, but also superb pieces on music and pop culture generally.
Fans will be fascinated by the poetry, fiction, drawings, and rare and revealing photographs featured in the book, as well as the anthology's many interviews and profiles, interpretations of lyrics, and concert and record reviews. Still, The Grateful Dead was more than a band--it was a cultural phenomenon.
For three decades it remained on one unending tour, followed everywhere by a small army of nomadic fans.
This phenomenon is both analyzed and celebrated here, in such pieces as Ed McClanahan's groundbreaking article in Playboy in 1972, fan-magazine editor Blair Jackson's 1990 essay on the seriousness of the drug situation at Dead concerts, and Steve Silberman's insightful essays on the music and its fans.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:352 pages, 12 halftones & 3 line drawings
- Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc
- Publication Date:28/02/2002
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- ISBN:9780195147063
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Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:352 pages, 12 halftones & 3 line drawings
- Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc
- Publication Date:28/02/2002
- Category:
- ISBN:9780195147063