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This is all a dream we dreamed : an oral history of the Grateful Dead / by Blair Jackson and David Gans.

by Jackson, Blair.

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Flatiron Books, 2015.

781.660922 G771j

Grateful Dead (Musical group)

Rock musicians -- United States -- Biography.

Rock music -- United States -- History and criticism.

9781250058560 (hc.)

1250058562 (hc.)

xxiii, 488 pages : illustrtions ; 24 cm.

More than human -- San Francisco -- All graceful instruments are known -- Psychedelic America -- Let it grow -- Independence -- On the road again -- Hungry for color -- I'll get a new start -- Vince and the early Nineties -- Summer flies and August dies -- Coda no. 1 : Courtenay Pollock, tie-dye man -- Coda no. 2. The Deaducation of Gary Lambert -- Coda no. 3. Ned Lagin : electronic whiz kid -- Coda no. 4. Editing "The Grateful Dead movie" -- Coda no. 5. Terrapin Trailways -- Coda no. 6. Confessions of a teenage Deadhead, early Eighties -- Coda no. 7. Jim and Doug Oade : a tale of two tapers -- Coda no. 8. Hanging loose with Al and Tipper.

"The band's story through the words of its members, their creative collaborators and peers, and a number of diverse fans. Capturing the ebullient spirit at the group’s core, Jackson and Gans weave together a musical saga that examines the music and subculture that developed. This definitive book traces the Dead's evolution from its humble beginnings as a folk/bluegrass band playing small venues in Palo Alto to the feral psychedelic warriors and stadium-filling Americana jam band that blazed all the way through to the 90s. We hear from David Crosby, Miles Davis, Ken Kesey, Carolyn “Mountain Girl” Garcia, a host of Merry Pranksters and legendary concert promoter Bill Graham. Throughout their journey the Dead broke (and sometimes rewrote) just about every rule of the music business, defying conventional wisdom and charting their own often unusual course. Musically, too, they were pioneers, fusing inspired ideas and techniques with intuition and fearlessness to craft an utterly unique and instantly recognizable sound. Their music centered on collective improvisation, spiritual and social democracy, trust, generosity, and fun. They believed that you can make something real, spontaneous, and compelling happen with other musicians if you trust and encourage each other, and jam as if your life depended on it. And when it worked, there was nothing else like it"--Provided by publisher.

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