No simple highway: a cultural history of the Grateful Dead [First edition] 9781250021335, 9781250010629, 1250010624

Ecstasy -- Mobility -- Community.;"For almost three decades, the Grateful Dead was America's most popular tour

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English Pages 73 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm Year 2015

No simple highway: a cultural history of the Grateful Dead [First edition]
9781250021335, 9781250010629, 1250010624

Table of contents :
Ecstasy --
Mobility --
Community.

The bass player for the greatest improvisational band in American history tells the full, true story of his life, Jerry

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Although academic study of the Grateful Dead began shortly after the group’s formation, the dramatic growth of scholarly

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In Reading the Grateful Dead: A Critical Survey, Nicholas G. Meriwether has assembled a collection of essays that examin

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Two well-respected chroniclers of the Dead reveal the band's story through the words of its members, their creative

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Over 15 years since the death of lead guitarist and singer Jerry Garcia, the Grateful Dead stands as a cultural symbol o

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What a long, strange trip it's been

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The standard text for firsthand Dead wisdom (Rolling Stone), updated with band-member interviews, and a new introduction

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Something profoundly important occurred in early 19th century America that came to be called democracy. Since then hundr

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The Lincoln Highway was the first continuous road to connect the coasts, allowing newly motorized Americans to cross the

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"One of the best books on the Grateful Dead." —Rolling Stone Just what was it about the Grateful Dead that mad

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