Goin’ Down The Road: A Grateful Dead Traveling Companion
Blair Jackson
322 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 0517583372
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Language: English
Publish: October 6, 1992
The ultimate Dead traveling companion from the editors of the ultimate Dead fan. magazine, The Golden Road.
No Grateful Dead fan will be able to resist Goin’ Down the Road. Here is the history of the band, as revealed in interviews with Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, and Robert Hunter, among others; memories of the band’s early days; a tribute to beat hero Neal Cassady, a defining influence on the band; background on the traditional and blues songs the Dead cover in their shows; and descriptions of their most memorable concerts — an invaluable catalog of concert tapes.
While countless other bands have enjoyed moments of glory only to fall into pop cultural obscurity, the Grateful Dead have kept on trucking for more than twenty-five years. Renowned for the intensity of their interest, Grateful Dead fans will find what they’re looking for in this a fresh perspective, with much new material, on the object of their devoted attention.