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The Grateful Dead FAQ
All That's Left to Know About the Greatest Jam Band in History
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About this book
The Grateful Dead rose out of San Francisco's '60s underground rock scene with an unprecedented sound and image. Its members, steeped in rock, folk, classical, and blues; their instrumental prowess; and their refusal to bow to commercial conventions helped originate jam band music. Unapologetic in its advocacy of drug use as a means toward mind expansion, the Dead helped catapult psychedelic music. After performing at the Monterey International Pop Festival and Woodstock, the group became iconic without ever scoring a hit single. A large, devoted fan base – "Deadheads" – began to follow the band everywhere. The group suffered a tragedy when bandleader Jerry Garcia slipped into a coma in 1986, but returned the next year with a top-selling album and surprise hit single, "Touch of Grey." By 1993, the Dead was the top-grossing live act in the United States. The band ended when Garcia died in 1995, but the music lives on with a stream of live releases. In Grateful Dead FAQ, Tony Sclafani examines the band's impact and influence on rock music and pop culture. This book ventures into unexplored areas and features a host of rare images, making it a must-have for both Deadheads and casual fans.
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Table of contents
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Box of Rain
- 1. I Am Who I Am: A Primer on the Grateful Dead’s Twelve Official Members
- 2. Prelude: A Brief History of the Grateful Dead
- 3. Friends of the Devil: Who’s Who in Deadland
- 4. Sing Me Back Home: Ten Artists Who Influenced the Grateful Dead
- 5. A Band Beyond Description: A Dozen Elements That Shaped the Dead’s Music
- 6. That’s When It All Began: The San Francisco Scene of the ’60s
- 7. The Music Never Stopped: Why Does the Grateful Dead Still Interest People?
- 8. False Alarm: Why Naysayers Were Wrong About the Dead Not Being a Studio Band
- 9. Trouble Behind, Trouble Ahead: Five Reasons People Hate the Dead
- 10. Cryptical Envelopment: The Dead’s Studio Recordings, 1967–69
- 11. High Time: The Dead’s Studio Recordings, 1970–75
- 12. Now We Play for Clive: The Dead’s Studio Recordings, 1977–89
- 13. New Ones Comin’ as the Old Ones Go: Why There Are Two Aoxomoxoas
- 14. I Was There: Bob Weir on Haight-Ashbury and Monterey Pop
- 15. Looks Like Rain: Why the Dead Didn’t Really Blow It at Woodstock
- 16. Live/Dead: How the Dead Established the Double Live Rock Album
- 17. One Man Gathers: A Look at the Dick’s Picks Live CD Series
- 18. I Was There: David Lemieux on Archiving the Dead’s Catalog
- 19. He’s Gone: What Role Did the Late Ron “Pigpen” McKernan Play in the Dead?
- 20. Dark Star: What Place Did Tom Constanten Have in the Dead’s Music?
- 21. Ship of Fools: The Dead’s Ten Worst Decisions
- 22. I’ll Sing to Them This Story: The Significance of Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay
- 23. I Was There: Dean Grabski’s Tales of a Taper
- 24. Playing in the Band: A List of Significant Dead Concerts
- 25. Ace: A Dead Album with Weir as the Leader of the Band
- 26. One Old Score: The Great Lost Grateful Dead Studio Album of 1972
- 27. Sing Me a Song of My Own: Dead-Related Solo Albums and Record Labels
- 28. Sunshine Daydreams: Rare Films, DVDs, and TV Programs
- 29. Eyes of the World: A Roundup of Unreleased Live Dead Footage
- 30. For the Faithful: A Dozen Essential Bootlegs
- 31. Searching for the Sounds: Fifteen Obscure Dead Collectibles
- 32. Ripple in Still Water: What Happened When Deadheads Invaded a Town?
- 33. I Was There: Toni Brown on Documenting the Dead
- 34. Strange Deadfellows: Five Surprising Grateful Connections
- 35. Days Between: The Final Dead Album That Never Was
- 36. Built to Last: Ten Places the Dead Left Their Mark on Popular Culture
- 37. Garcia the Seer: How a Guitarist Became a Cultural Icon
- 38. Unbroken Chain: A Dozen Artists Influenced by the Dead
- 39. With a Net: Online Resources for Deadheads
- Selected Bibliography