![]() But as the book makes clear, the Dead were very much a collective in their music, their lives and their decision-making, hauling dogs, kids, "old ladies," stashes, roadies, fans, guitars and tape machines from their impoverished but idealistic beginnings through the mega-successes, drug addictions and tragedies of the eighties and nineties. ![]() Indubitably, Garcia was first among equals, the sun around which the others revolved. Usually, commentators regard the Grateful Dead as Jerry Garcia and Associates. The greatest virtue of McNally's work resides in its focus on the band as a band. Still, both Dead Heads and neophytes should appreciate having pretty much the whole saga gathered in one place by an articulate insider. (I, for one, knew that the Dead collaborated with Joan Baez in the early eighties, but didn't know that Mickey Hart, one of the band's two drummers, was romantically entangled then with the folkie.) Even the 32 pages of photos are pretty much a rehash. Dead Heads), there's really not that much new here except for the odd detail. ![]() With the musings of more than 300 interviewees woven into its text and a bibliography running to 20 pages,Ī Long Strange Trip should, at the very least, stanch the overflow of DeadLit for the next few years.įor hardcore Dead aficionados (a.k.a. ![]() But since a heart attack claimed lead guitarist and composer Jerry Garcia in August, 1995, the market has been deluged with Dead memoirs, analyses, biographies and "concertographies," tributes and photo collections. The Dead were the subject of not a few books during that 30-year run. ![]()
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