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A Long Strange Trip : The Inside History of the Grateful Dead by McNally 1st Ed

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ISBN
9780767911856
Publication Year
2002
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Book Title
Long Strange Trip : the inside History of the Grateful Dead
Author
Dennis Mcnally
Publisher
Broadway Books
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Music
Topic
Composers & Musicians, Genres & Styles / Rock

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The complete history of one of the most long-lived and legendary bands in rock history, written by its official historian and publicist-a must-have chronicle for all Dead Heads, and for students of rock and the 1960s' counterculture. From 1965 to 1995, the Grateful Dead flourished as one of the most beloved, unusual, and accomplished musical entities to ever grace American culture. The creative synchronicity among Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann, Mickey Hart, and Ron "Pigpen" McKernan exploded out of the artistic ferment of the early sixties' roots and folk scene, providing the soundtrack for the Dionysian revels of the counterculture. To those in the know, the Dead was an ongoing tour de force: a band whose constant commitment to exploring new realms lay at the center of a thirty-year journey through an ever-shifting array of musical, cultural, and mental landscapes. Dennis McNally, the band's historian and publicist for more than twenty years, takes readers back through the Dead's history in A Long Strange Trip. In a kaleidoscopic narrative, McNally not only chronicles their experiences in a fascinatingly detailed fashion, but veers off into side trips on the band's intricate stage setup, the magic of the Grateful Dead concert experience, or metaphysical musings excerpted from a conversation among band members. He brings to vivid life the Dead's early days in late-sixties San Francisco-an era of astounding creativity and change that reverberates to this day. Here we see the group at its most raw and powerful, playing as the house band at Ken Kesey's acid tests, mingling with such legendary psychonauts as Neal Cassady and Owsley "Bear" Stanley, and performing the alchemical experiments, both live and in the studio, that produced some of their most searing and evocative music. But McNally carries the Dead's saga through the seventies and into the more recent years of constant touring and incessant musical exploration, which have cemented a unique bond between performers and audience, and created the business enterprise that is much more a family than a corporation. Written with the same zeal and spirit that the Grateful Dead brought to its music for more than thirty years, the book takes readers on a personal tour through the band's inner circle, highlighting its frenetic and very human faces. A Long Strange Trip is not only a wide-ranging cultural history, it is a definitive musical biography. From the Hardcover edition.

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Publisher
Broadway Books
ISBN-10
0767911857
ISBN-13
9780767911856
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2258816

Product Key Features

Book Title
Long Strange Trip : the inside History of the Grateful Dead
Author
Dennis Mcnally
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Composers & Musicians, Genres & Styles / Rock
Publication Year
2002
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Music

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Item Length
9.5in.
Item Height
1.7in.
Item Width
6.5in.
Item Weight
37.4 Oz

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Trade
LCCN
2002-025561
Lc Classification Number
Ml421.G72m36 2002
Reviews
"If you want to know what happened, why it happened, how it happened, and what it was like in the Grateful Dead, A Long Strange Trip is for you. No other book on us comes close to it." Bob Weir "Was it important to history? I'm not sure. Was it important to life? I know it was. A great read for those needing to know what happened between the cracks. . . ." Bill Kreutzmann "McNally has presented an evenhanded treatment of what is arguably the most complex and multifaceted phenomenon in the history of American music. I highly recommend it to anyone who really wants to know what we are all about." Owsley "Bear" Stanley "It's a simple tale, really. A band of misfit guys fall in love, stumble blindly onward and defy gravity, then try to kiss the face of God! This truth is better than fiction. I hope you all enjoy this odyssey as much as I have." Mickey Hart "Dennis McNally knows the Grateful Dead as intimately as they know themselves. His historian's eye, his immersion as a Dead 'family member,' and his crazed hippie heart have made this the book to read about the life, times, and twisted, double-helix road of the band's evolution. It's a great read." Peter Coyote "As I read Dennis's book, I knew he is the one person who could tell the history of the Dead, and why this band survived as it attracted everyone from the so-called hippie generation to those of us firmly in the establishment. It is a well-written and valuable history." Senator Patrick J. Leahy "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 "The Dead has been an inspiring source of light for countless people. Dennis McNally's riveting tale of the longest strangest trip will take you on a high-altitude training course and leave you prepared for the next lightning bolt of social and spiritual revelation." Bill Walton "This is McNally's view of what went down. It's more often right than wrong and done with love, not a grudge, which goes a long way toward excusing another damned book about the Grateful Dead. Any view of us is necessarily a limited interpretation, like an aerial photo of Ground Zero. What Dennis loves and hates about us bears more weight than most interpretations because he took twenty years to get his facts straight. I'll miss him when we kill him." Robert Hunter From the Hardcover edition., "If you want to know what happened, why it happened, how it happened, and what it was like in the Grateful Dead,A Long Strange Tripis for you. No other book on us comes close to it." Bob Weir "Was it important to history? I'm not sure. Was it important to life? I know it was. A great read for those needing to know what happened between the cracks. . . ." Bill Kreutzmann "McNally has presented an evenhanded treatment of what is arguably the most complex and multifaceted phenomenon in the history of American music. I highly recommend it to anyone who really wants to know what we are all about." Owsley "Bear" Stanley "It's a simple tale, really. A band of misfit guys fall in love, stumble blindly onward and defy gravity, then try to kiss the face of God! This truth is better than fiction. I hope you all enjoy this odyssey as much as I have." Mickey Hart "Dennis McNally knows the Grateful Dead as intimately as they know themselves. His historian's eye, his immersion as a Dead 'family member,' and his crazed hippie heart have made thisthebook to read about the life, times, and twisted, double-helix road of the band's evolution. It's a great read." Peter Coyote "As I read Dennis's book, I knew he is the one person who could tell the history of the Dead, and why this band survived as it attracted everyone from the so-called hippie generation to those of us firmly in the establishment. It is a well-written and valuable history." Senator Patrick J. Leahy "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 "The Dead has been an inspiring source of light for countless people. Dennis McNally's riveting tale of the longest strangest trip will take you on a high-altitude training course and leave you prepared for the next lightning bolt of social and spiritual revelation." Bill Walton "This is McNally's view of what went down. It's more often right than wrong and done with love, not a grudge, which goes a long way toward excusing another damned book about the Grateful Dead. Any view of us is necessarily a limited interpretation, like an aerial photo of Ground Zero. What Dennis loves and hates about us bears more weight than most interpretations because he took twenty years to get his facts straight. I'll miss him when we kill him." Robert Hunter
Copyright Date
2002
Dewey Decimal
782.42166/092/2 B
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
Number of Pages
704 Pages

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  • by blueskyz50
    04 May, 2011

    Great Book !!! Very Hard to Put Down , literally and figuratively !!!

    Excellent read . Very colorful as well as informative regardless of whatever take on the band stimulates you.It has enough of everything , the art ,the dirt , the history,the unique personalities in and around the band to keep any inquiring mind stimulated. Dennis McNally does a great job being objective despite being in the eye of the hurricane. Definitely one of the top three books on the Dead.

  • by lozlo57
    11 Jun, 2020

    A must read for Dead Heads

    Excellent read by the foremost authority on the Grateful Dead.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: raeugle_0

  • by cohe-97
    06 Apr, 2018

    Fare the well.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: frotchri

  • by dinerox2
    03 May, 2009

    Great Book!

    Great book, needed it for a Music of the Grateful Dead class, thanks a lot! Been reading it and it's great, very interesting book, it gives the whole history of the Grateful Dead.

  • by kingjohnbooks
    30 Apr, 2008

    Greatful Dead book classic.

    Being a deadhead for years, I consider this book to be the best on the subject. Very detailed and yet fun to read. However much the author sympathizes with the Dead, you still get the feeling of his being an acurate witness. I've never seen any review which disrepects this book.

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