Perspectives On The Grateful Dead, Vol. 55
Robert Weiner, Steve Silberman (Afterword), Rebecca G. AdamsBooks.org participates in affiliate programs including Bookshop.org and the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program. We may earn a commission from qualifying purchases made through links on this page, at no additional cost to you.
Synopsis
Assesses the musical and cultural legacy of the Grateful Dead through a variety of writings that span disciplines such as philosophy, theology, literary criticism, law, and statistics.
Booknews
Authors of the 22 essays seem to have little in common but their interest in the 1960s rock-and-roll band that attracted the almost cultish devotion of two generations of fans and three decades. Some are sociologists, some scholars in various fields, some musicians, and a university system administrator. Their topics include a pilot study in dream telepathy, accepting the Dead and rejecting deadheads, High Time and ambiguous harmonic function, and the Grateful Dead versus the American Dream. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)