Fare thee well : the final chapter of the Grateful Dead's long, strange trip / Joel Selvin with Pamela Turley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Selvin, Joel, author.

Turley, Pamela, author.

Contributor:

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States.

Grateful Dead (Musical group).

Rock musicians--United States--Biography.

Rock musicians.

Genre:

Biographies.

Nonfiction.

Physical Description:

viii, 280 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Da Capo Press, 2018.

Summary:

A tell-all biography of the epic in-fighting of the Grateful Dead in the years following band leader Jerry Garcia's death in 1995<br> <br> The Grateful Dead rose to greatness under the inspired leadership of guitarist Jerry Garcia, but the band very nearly died along with him. When Garcia passed away suddenly in August of 1995, the remaining band members experienced full crises of confidence and identity. So long defined by Garcia's vision for the group, the surviving "Core Four," as they came to be called, were reduced to conflicting agendas, strained relationships, and catastrophic business decisions that would leave the iconic band in utter disarray. Wrestling with how best to define their living legacy, the band made many attempts at restructuring, but it would take twenty years before relationships were mended enough for the Grateful Dead as fans remembered them to once again take the stage.<br> <br> Acclaimed music journalist and New York Times bestselling author Joel Selvin was there for much of the turmoil following Garcia's death, and he offers a behind-the-scenes account of the ebbs and flows that occurred during the ensuing two decades. Plenty of books have been written about the rise of the Grateful Dead, but this final chapter of the band's history has never before been explored in detail. Culminating in the landmark tour bearing the same name, Fare Thee Well charts the arduous journey from Garcia's passing all the way up to the uneasy agreement between the Core Four that led to the series of shows celebrating the band's fiftieth anniversary and finally allowing for a proper, and joyous, sendoff of the group revered by so many.

Contents:

1 Board Meeting 1

2 Terrapin Station 10

3 Johnny B. Goode 20

4 Widows 31

5 Furthur II 48

6 Phil and Friends 61

7 Grateful Dead Merchandise 66

8 Phylan 80

9 Soul Battle 90

10 Garcia's Guitars 99

11 Alpine Valley 109

12 Wave That Flag 120

13 Jammys 128

14 Obama 139

15 Furthur 153

16 Crossroads 163

17 Capitol 171

18 Shapiro 182

19 Mexico 189

20 Rehearsal 200

21 Rainbow 212

22 Chicago 223.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Selvin, Joel. Fare thee well.

ISBN:

9780306903052

0306903059

OCLC:

1005601253