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The Grateful Dead were one of the most fascinating rock bands and cultural phenomena of the twentieth century. Despite having few mainstream hits, from 1965 to 1995, the Dead blazed an extraordinary incendiary trail across the rock firmament. Exploding from the roots and folk scene of the early 1960s, the Dead went on to provide the soundtrack to the Dionysiac revels of the burgeoning counterculture. Their history is the history of the modern American Revolution in the years of rage and rebellion, which were to change the country forever. Here, for the first time, is the band's full story. Not just a brilliant rock biography, it forms a compelling portrait of America's West Coast from the halcyon days of Magic Buses and Merry Pranksters to the corporate dawn of the twenty-first century. Review '''No novelist, sane or otherwise, could have invented the ethereal saga of the Grateful Dead. Dennis McNally's backstage portrait of the world's most liberated rock band is full of unforgettable images, wild and funny and fascinating''' -- Carl Hiaasen '''McNally's writing on the music is great, his critical judgements are precise and it's the kind of book to send you scurrying back to the
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- Author
- Dennis, Mcnally
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Published
- 2003
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780307418777
- Category
- music
- Subjects
- Memoir, Fiction, Music
- Rating
- 4.14 / 5 (38 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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