So Many Roads: The Life And Times Of The Grateful Dead
Da Capo Press
ISBN13:
9780306824470
$20.67
More than five decades after they first came together and changed the sound of rock 'n' roll, the Grateful Dead remain one of rock's most beloved bandsa musical and cultural phenomenon that spans generations and paved the way for everything from the world of jam bands and the idea of independently released music to social networking. First published in time for the band's 50th anniversary, So Many Roads is unlike any other book on the Dead it is, in the words of Eric Alterman in the Huffington Post, "the best narrative I've ever come across" of the Dead. Drawing on new interviews with surviving members and those in their inner circlealong with access to the group's extensive archives and his own research from years of covering the grouplongtime music journalist and Rolling Stone contributing editor David Browne does more than merely delve into the Dead's saga. By way of an altogether unique structureeach chapter centered on a significant or pivotal day in their storyhe lends this epic musical and cultural story a you-are-there feel. The result is a remarkably detailed and cinematic book that paints a strikingly fresh portrait of one of rock's most enduring institutions and sheds new lightfor fans and newcomers alikeon the band's music, dynamics, and internal struggles. With a new afterword by the author
- | Author: David Browne
- | Publisher: Da Capo Press
- | Publication Date: Apr 26, 2016
- | Number of Pages: 520 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback/Biography & Autobiography
- | ISBN-10: 0306824477
- | ISBN-13: 9780306824470
- Author:
- David Browne
- Publisher:
- Da Capo Press
- Publication Date:
- Apr 26, 2016
- Number of pages:
- 520 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback/Biography & Autobiography
- ISBN-10:
- 0306824477
- ISBN-13:
- 9780306824470