The American Book of the Dead
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| Rating | : | 4.34 (865 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0684814021 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 448 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-04-03 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
if you're reading this then buy the book! Do you listen to Dead tapes? Will they play Dark Star at your funeral? This book belongs in your home. It is first and foremost a reference work, but it is lovingly compiled and utilizes more other sources than most (if not all) the other Dead tomes out there. You know most of what's . Definitive Brooks Williams I love this book. I got it about a year ago and I read it cover to cover over the course of a month. It makes great bathroom reading! The thing that's really great about this book is that you get the story behind all of the songs. Reading the backstory for all of my favorite tunes gav. Good book for deadheads to read on the ! ;) A Customer This is basically just an encyclopedia of Dead information. No setlists, but a description of every song the dead played, along with recommended versions of each song are included. Signifigant personalities are also listed with appropriate descriptions. The roots of the dead are also
Trager has for the past 12 years been an editor at Facts On File News Services, where he is currently editor-in-chief of Editorials on File, a semi-monthly journal which objectively surveys daily newspaper opinion of major news events. He produces and co-hosts an annual Lord Buckley radio show on WFMU, a free-form music station in New York City.
What's the meaning of "The Eleven"? Who were the Warlocks? What's the connection between Harry Belafonte and the Dead? The answers to these and other questions can be found here, amid profiles of the Dead's members and dozens of the artists whose work influenced them; exhaustive analyses of individual songs; explanations of countercultural phenomena (Ken Kesey's Acid Tests); and scads of tie-dyed trivia. -- Entertainment Weekly
THE AMERICAN BOOK OF THE DEAD is the definitive encyclopedic guidebook to the long, strange cultural trip taken by one of America's most innovative, awe-inspiring rock groups and its fans.