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Fifty years after the Grateful Dead was formed, the band still exerts a powerful influence over hundreds of thousands of fans around the world. Today, an entire generation of Deadheads who have never experienced a live Dead show are still drawn to the music and the complex and colorful subculture that has grown up around it. In This Is All a Dream We Dreamed , Blair Jackson and David Gans, two of the most well-respected chroniclers of the Dead, reveal the band's story through the words of its members and their creative collaborators, as well as a number of diverse fans, stitching together a multitude of voices into a seamless oral tapestry. Woven into this musical saga is an examination of the subculture that developed into its own economy, touching fans from all walks of life, from penniless hippies to celebrities, and at least one U.S. vice president. The book traces the band's evolution from its folk/bluegrass beginnings through the Jug Band craze, an...
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- Author
- Blair Jackson & David Gans
- Publisher
- Flatiron Books
- Published
- 2015
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781250058584
- Category
- music
- Subjects
- Music, Body Mind & Spirit, Arts
- Rating
- 4.4 / 5 (123 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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