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So Many Roads

The Life and Times of the Grateful Dead

by David Browne
Sean Runnette
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The Grateful Dead's long, strange trip has been the subject of countless books-but none like So Many Roads. Drawing on new interviews with surviving members and people in their inner circle along with previously unknown details gleaned from the group's extensive archives, David Browne, acclaimed music journalist and contributing editor at Rolling Stone, lends the Dead's epic story the vivid feel of a novel. He sheds new light on the band's beginnings, music, dynamics, and struggles since Jerry Garcia's death in 1995. No longer dismissed as relics of the hippie era, a new generation has lionized the Dead for creating a culture that paved the way for social networking, free music swapping, and the uncompromising anti-corporate attitude of indie rock. Now, fifty years after the band first began changing rock 'n' roll-both sonically and psychically-So Many Roads paints the most vivid portrait yet of the Grateful Dead, one of the most enduring institutions in American music and culture.

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  • Release date

    April 28, 2015

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      • ISBN: 9781622316717
      • File size: 447105 KB
      • Duration: 15:31:28

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Library Journal

      September 15, 2015

      Rolling Stone contributing editor Browne marks the Grateful Dead's 50th anniversary with a selective and uniquely presented biography that stands out among the myriad profiles of the iconic jam band. Each chapter centers on a single day in the band's career, with Browne using details culled from curator David Lemieux's archives as well as new interviews with surviving band members and a wide array of friends, associates, fans, and journalists to illuminate what made those 17 chosen days particularly interesting, noteworthy, and even career-altering. Browne spends as much time covering the Dead's postglory period as he does the well-documented early 1970s commercial and critical peak, providing insight into how Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, and bandmates coped, or failed to cope, with critical and commercial success after the group evolved from a young psychedelic rock outfit into a wildly lucrative music and merchandise corporation and a globally recognized brand. Sean Runnette's smooth, relaxed narration successfully conveys a wide variety of voices but is a poor fit for the more contentious and dramatic moments. VERDICT This long but engaging account offers a fresh perspective for well-read Deadheads and an accessible, albeit far from comprehensive, introduction for newcomers. ["It's hard to imagine a better book for a Dead neophyte to start with": LJ 5/15/15 review of the Da Capo hc.]--Douglas King, Univ. of South Carolina Lib., Columbia

      Copyright 2015 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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