The Grateful Dead reader. / edited by David G. Dodd, Diana Spaulding.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dodd, David G., 1957- editor.

Spaulding, Diana, editor.

Series:

Readers on American Musicians

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grateful Dead (Musical group).

Rock musicians--United States--Biography.

Rock musicians.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (352 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

New Ed

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

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ISBN:

0-19-972863-1

1-280-53211-4

1-4294-0394-2

OCLC:

1027161268