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The Grateful Dead's 100 Essential Songs: The Music Never Stops

The Grateful Dead's 100 Essential Songs: The Music Never Stops

by Barry Barnes (Author), Barry Barnes (Author), Bob Trudeau (Author)

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Synopsis

In the studio and more than 2,300 concerts between 1965 and 1995, the Grateful Dead performed more than 400 different songs. Their music continues to be tremendously popular as surviving band members and countless tribute bands memorialize the legacy the band left us upon the death of lead guitarist and singer, Jerry Garcia. The Grateful Dead's 100 Essential Songs examines the band's remarkable musical journey, pairing song analyses and memories with an online list of recommended recordings. Beyond a mere summary of each song, the descriptions here compare individual performances as they relate to the evolution of the band's style and the waning health but vibrant spirit of Garcia. Welcoming readers into the unbroken chain of the Dead's legacy, this book is indispensable for Deadheads, students of popular music, rock musicians, and anyone marveling at how the Dead's appeal continues today. With linked performances and studio recordings to allow readers to listen along with the book, as well as other song analyses and first-hand narratives of the authors' experience at hundreds of Dead concerts, the book will appeal to Deadheads, students of popular music, rock musicians, and anyone marveling at how the Dead's appeal continues today. The online song list may be accessed under the features tab at https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781538110584.

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Format: Illustrated
 Pages: 226
 Edition: Illustrated
 Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 15 Nov 2018
ISBN 10: 1538110571
ISBN 13: 9781538110577

Media Reviews
In a stimulating overview of the band's performing repertoire, these authors blend their personal concert experiences with the evolution of performances of the band's most memorable compositions. An indispensable element of their publication is a vast online repository of their favorite live versions of the songs, including many taped personally by Barnes. -- Michael Parrish, San Jose State University, co-organizer of the 2014 So Many Roads conference
An in-depth look at the Dead's great American songbook, informed by the authors' many decades of thought, analysis, and participation in the Grateful Dead phenomenon, this book takes up the question of the band's finest songs with a compelling, refreshing, and thought-provoking look at these time-honored classics. -- Nicholas G. Meriwether, director, Center for Counterculture Studies
The Grateful Dead left an immense trove of recordings-live performances and studio takes-all tied together with improvisation in a manner that amounts to a musical genre all its own. New arrivals to this cultural banquet are going to need some help navigating this mountain of music; in The Grateful Dead's 100 Essential Songs, two longtime fans of the music offer a delightful road map to help you get started. -- David Gans, musician and author of Conversations with the Dead and This Is All a Dream We Dreamed: An Oral History of the Grateful Dead
Author Bio
Barry Barnes is author of Everything I Know About Business I Learned from the Grateful Dead: The Ten Most Innovative Lessons from a Long Strange Trip, as well as numerous book chapters, case studies, research articles, and concert reviews all focused on the Grateful Dead. Barry is a member of the Grateful Dead Scholars Caucus. Bob Trudeau has been an avid listener of Grateful Dead music since 1971. He has published an analysis of Playing in the Band and has researched (with Scott Deetz) Deadhead responses to Grateful Dead music, using Q-Methodology. He regularly teaches a Grateful Dead 101 course to senior citizens. Bob is a member of the Grateful Dead Scholars Caucus.