No other band has ever surpassed the enduring popularity of The Grateful Dead. No other group has regularly scheduled radio shows devoted solely to it, or such an extensive fan base stretching over several generations. And, with the surviving members still touring and the official website receiving more that 100,000 hits a week, no other fan base has proved itself more dedicated or more diverse, from professionals to vagabonds to politicians. From David Dodd, who has spent the last ten years building the Annotated Grateful ...
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No other band has ever surpassed the enduring popularity of The Grateful Dead. No other group has regularly scheduled radio shows devoted solely to it, or such an extensive fan base stretching over several generations. And, with the surviving members still touring and the official website receiving more that 100,000 hits a week, no other fan base has proved itself more dedicated or more diverse, from professionals to vagabonds to politicians. From David Dodd, who has spent the last ten years building the Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics website, comes this unique compilation that offers literary, historical and cultural references to all the band's lyrics. Building a better understanding of both the songs and the musical tradition they arose from, this essential guide includes the words to every original song from both recorded and live repertoire. Notes on performance statistics, a series of thematic essays, copious illustrations and a full-colour insert all contribute to an edition worthy of a special place in every Deadhead's collection.
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Fine in fine jacket. First printing. Oversized hardcover. 480 pp. with bibliography, general index, index of songs. Illustrated with drawings. Fine (couple small stains to the edges of the text block) in bright, crisp dust jacket. The authoritative text. providing standard versions of all the original Grateful Dead songs; there are songs you've never heard, others you never heard right, and still others you didn't know existed (and some, indeed, that may not exist ar all). David Dodd's annotations on sources provide a gloss on the lyrics, which goes to the root of Western Culture as they are incorporated in them, be it fairy tale or folksong that the lyricists have drawn on, ancient verse, biblical narrative, ot T.S. Elliot. There are things here that would otherwise not be known or imagined, which also goes for what was in the minds of the lyricists themselves.
