Sunday, October 17, 2004

How well read are you?

Can you believe how much reading material is available via Amazon.com?
I noticed during my last foray through Borders that Steve Parrish's book & Jay Blakesburg's book are now out in paperback...
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Grateful Dead - Biography/critical writing/interviews

The Book of the Dead: The Grateful Dead, England '72, Danae Brook, 1972
The Dead Book: A Social History Of The Grateful Dead, Hank Harrison, 1973?
The Dead, Hank Harrison, 1980
Grateful Dead: The Music Never Stopped, Blair Jackson, 1983
Playing in the Band : An Oral and Visual Portrait of the Grateful Dead, David Gans, 1985
The Grateful Dead Family Album, Jerilyn Lee Brandelius, 1989
The History Of The Grateful Dead, William Ruhlmann, 1990
Built To Last: Grateful Dead 25th Anniversary Album, Jamie Jensen, 1990
Conversations With the Dead : The Grateful Dead Interview Book, David Gans, 1991
Aesthetics Of The Grateful Dead, David Womack, 1991
Masters Of Rock: Grateful Dead, Elin Wilder (Editor), 1991
Sunshine Daydreams: A Grateful Dead Journal, Herb Greene, 1991
One More Saturday Night: Reflections With The Grateful Dead, Dead Family....., Sandy Troy, 1991
Goin' Down The Road: A Grateful Dead Traveling Companion, Blair Jackson, 1992
Aces Back To Back: A Guide To The Grateful Dead, Scott Allen, 1992
The Story Of The Grateful Dead, Adrian Hall, 1993
Skeleton Key : A Dictionary for Deadheads, David Shenk, Steve Silberman, 1994
Dead Days : A Grateful Dead Illustrated History, Herb Greene, 1994
Living With the Dead: Twenty Years on the Bus With Garcia and the Dead, Scully/Dalton, 1995
The Grateful Dead and the Deadheads, An Annotated Bibliography, Dodd/Weiner, 1997
Dead To The Core: An Almanack of the Grateful Dead, Eric F. Wybenga, 1997
The American Book of the Dead : The Definitive Grateful Dead Encyclopedia, Oliver Trager, 1997
Grateful Dead (Pop Culture Legends), Sean Piccoloi, 1997
Access All Areas : Backstage With the Grateful Dead, Gary Lambert and Timothy Harris, 1998
Dead Reckonings : The Life and Times of the Grateful Dead, John Rocco (Editor), 1999
Perspectives on the Grateful Dead : Critical Writings, Robert G. Weiner (Editor), 1999
Sweet Chaos : The Grateful Dead's American Adventure, Carol Brightman, 1999
What A Long, Strange Trip, Stephen Peters, 1999
The Grateful Dead Reader (Readers on American Musicians), Dodd/Spaulding, 2000
Dead Letters Inaugural Issue, Editor: Nicholas Meriwether, 2001
Between the Dark and Light: The Grateful Dead Photography of Jay Blakesberg, October 2002
A Long Strange Trip: The Inside History of the Grateful Dead, Dennis McNally, 2002
Home Before Daylight: My Life On the Road with the Grateful Dead, Steve Parish / Joe Layden, 2003
Grateful Dead: The Illustrated Trip, 2003
Grateful Dead Day Planner , 2004

Grateful Dead chapters in wider ranging publications
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Rock Folk, Michael Lydon, 1971
Dream Telepathy: Experiments In Nocturnal ESP, 1973
Summer Of Love: Haight Ashbury At It's Highest, Gene Anthony, 1980
San Francisco Rock: The Illustrated History of San Francisco Rock Music, Jack McDonough, 1985
20 Years Of Rolling Stone: What A Long Strange Trip It's Been, 1987
The Map: Rediscovering Rock and Roll: A Journey, Paul Williams, 1988
Off The Record: An Oral History of Popular Music, Joe Smith, 1988
Rock Lives, Timothy White, 1990
The Art Of Rock and Roll, Charles T. Brown, 1992
Companies With A Conscience: Intimate Portraits Of Twelve Firms That Make A Difference, 1993
The Summer Of Love, Joel Selvin, 1994
Adolescents and Their Music: If It's Too Loud, You're Too Old, Jonathan S. Epstein (Editor), 1994
Pioneers Of Rock & Roll: 100 Artists Who Changed The Face of Rock, Harry Sumrall, 1994
Nothing But Net: Just Give Me The Ball And Get Out Of...., Bill Walton, Gene Wojciechowski, 1994
Dancing in Your Head: Jazz, Blues, Rock, and Beyond, Gene Santoro, 1994
Rock and Roll: A Social History, Paul Friedlander, 1996
Beneath the Diamond Sky : Haight-Ashbury 1965-1970, Barney Hoskyns, 1997
Analyzing Rock Music, John Covach, Graeme M. Boone (Editors), 1997
Grown Up All Wrong: 75 Great Rock and Pop Artists....., Robert Christgau, 1998
Not Fade Away: A Backstage Pass to 20 Years of Rock & Roll, Ben Fong-Torres, 1999
The Crawdaddy! Book: Writings (And Images) from the Magazine of Rock, Paul Williams, 2002

Jerry Garcia - Biography/critical writing/interviews
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A Signpost To New Space (The Rolling Stone Interview), 1972
Captain Trips : A Biography of Jerry Garcia, Sandy Troy, 1994
Not Fade Away: The Online World Remembers Jerry Garcia, 1995
Dark Star : An Oral Biography of Jerry Garcia, Robert Greenfield, 1996
Garcia, Editors of Rolling Stone, 1996
Garcia: An American Life, Blair Jackson, 1999
In the Spirit : Conversations With the Spirit of Jerry Garcia, Wendy Weir, 1999
Jerry Garcia, Patricia Cronin Marcello, 1999

Jerry Garcia - Chapters in wider ranging books
The Jefferson Airplane and the San Francisco Sound, Ralph J. Gleason, 1968
The Hashish Club: An Anthology Of Drug Literature, Vol. 2: The Psychedelic Era, 1975
Spit in the Ocean #6: The Cassady Issue, Ed. Ken Babbs, 1980
The Rolling Stone Interviews: Talking With The Legends Of Rock And Roll, 1960-1980, 1981
Commies From Mars, The Red Planet : The Collected Works, Tim Boxell et al, 1985
Ask: The Chatter of Pop, Paul Morley, 1986
Secrets From The Masters : Conversations With Forty Great Guitar Players, 1992
Singer-Songwriters, Dave DiMartino, 1994
Woodstock 1969, The First Festival, Elliott Landy, 1994
Voices from the Edge : Conversations With Jerry Garcia, Ram Dass, Annie Sprinkle...., 1995
The Walls Of Illusion, Peter Haining (Editor), 1998
Rock Troubadours: Conversations on the Art and Craft of Songwriting, 2000
Working Musicians : Defining Moments From the Road, the Studio, and the Stage, Bruce Pollock, 2002

Jerry Garcia - Art work
J. Garcia : Paintings, Drawings and Sketches, 1992
Harrington Street, 1999
Jerry Garcia's Amazing Grace, 2002

Jerry Garcia - Audio cassettes/CDs
Nightmares and Dreamscapes, Volume II, Stephen King, (One story read by Garcia) 1994
The Teddy Bear's Picnic, Jerry Garcia, David Grisman, Bruce Whatley, 1996
There Ain't No Bugs On Me, Jerry Garcia, David Grisman, Bruce Whatley, 1999
What Will You Wear, Jenny Jenkins, Jerry Garcia, David Grisman, Bruce Whatley, 2000
Jerry Garcia's Amazing Grace, 2002

Robert Hunter - poetry / song lyrics / comics
Duino Elegies, Rainer Maria Rilke, Translated by Robert Hunter, 1987
A Box of Rain: Collected Lyrics of Robert Hunter, Robert Hunter, 1990
Night Cadre, Robert Hunter, 1991
Idiot's Delight, Robert Hunter, 1992
Sentinel, Robert Hunter, 1993
Infinity Minus Eleven: Poems, Robert Hunter, 1993
Duino Elegies / The Sonnets to Orpheus, Rainer Maria Rilke, Translated by Robert Hunter, 1993
A Box of Rain: Lyrics 1965-1973 (Expanded and revised edition), Robert Hunter, 1993
Dog Moon, Robert Hunter/Timothy Truman, 1996
Glass Lunch, Robert Hunter, 1997

Robert Hunter - critical writing/forewords and others
Turn It Up! (I Can't Hear the Words : Singer/Songwriters Then & Now), Bob Sarlin, 1973
Grandfather Rock, David Morse, 1976
Alleys of the Heart : The Collected Poems of Robert M. Petersen, 1988
Dead Tour, Alan N. Izumi, 1988
Spit in the Ocean #7: All About Kesey, Ed McClanahan (Editor), 2003

****Bob Weir - interviews***********
Listen To This: Leading Musicians Recommend Their Favorite Recordings, Baxter/Reder, 1999
Wired for Sound : A Guitar Odyssey, 1999?
Michael Bloomfield: If You Love These Blues, Jan Mark Wolkin and Bill Kenom, 2000
Between the Strings: The Secret Lives of Guitars, John Schroeter, 2004

Bob Weir - children's audio cassettes/books
Panther Dream : A Story of the African Rainforest, Wendy and Bob Weir, 1993
Baru Bay: Australia, Wendy and Bob Weir, 1995

Mickey Hart - autobiography / percussion
Drumming At The Edge Of Magic: A Journey Into The Spirit Of Percussion, Hart & Jay Stevens, 1990
Planet Drum: A Celebration Of Percussion And Rhythm, Hart, Lieberman & Sonneborn, 1991
Spirit Into Sound: The Magic Of Music, Mickey Hart, Fredric Lieberman, 1999
Songcatchers, Mickey Hart, 2003

Mickey Hart - contributions to other books
The Way Ahead: A Visionary Perspective for the New Millennium, 1992
Freehand : The Art of Stanley Mouse (Foreword by Mickey Hart), 1993
Open Ears: Creative Adventures in Music and Sound, Sara DeBeer (Editor), 1995
Interviews With Icons (Interview with Mickey Hart), 1999

Phil Lesh - interviews
Listen To This: Leading Musicians Recommend Their Favorite Recordings, Baxter/Reder, 1999

Tom Constanten - autobiography
Between Rock and Hard Places : A Musical Autobiodyssey, Tom Constanten

Bruce Hornsby - interviews
Songwriters on Songwriting (Expanded Edition), 1999, Paul Zollo

John Barlow - essays
Notable Speeches of the Information Age, John Perry Barlow, 1994
Clicking In: Hot Links to a Digital Culture, Lynn Hershman Leeson (Editor), 1996

Sixties/West Coast/Psychedelic music and history
The Jefferson Airplane and the San Francisco Sound, Ralph J. Gleason, 1968
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, Tom Wolfe, 1968
Electric Tibet : The Rise and Fall of the San Francisco Rock Scene, James Doukas, 1969
Fillmore East & West, James A. Hudson, 1970
The Sixties : The Decade Remembered Now, by the People Who Lived It Then, 1977
Cuts: From A San Francisco Rock Journal, Debora Hill, 1981
The Haight-Ashbury: A History, Charles Perry, 1985
San Francisco Nights : The Psychedelic Music Trip 1965-1968, 1985
On the Bus: Complete Guide to the Legendary Trip of Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters..., 1990
Ringolevio, Emmett Grogan, 1990
Haight-Ashbury Flashbacks, Stephen Gaskin, 1990
The San Francisco Oracle (Facsimile Edition), 1990
Don't You Want Somebody To Love: Reflections On The San Francisco Sound, Darby Slick, 1991
Acid Dreams: The Complete Social History of LSD: The CIA, the Sixties and Beyond, 1992
Monterey Pop, Joel Selvin, 1992
Bill Graham Presents, Bill Graham, Robert Greenfield, 1992
The Space Between the Notes: Rock and the Counter-Culture, Sheila Whiteley, 1992
Rage & Roll : Bill Graham and the Selling of Rock, John Glatt, 1993
Takin' It To The Streets: A Sixties Reader, Alexander Bloom, Wini Breines (Editors), 1994
The Fillmore East : Recollections of Rock Theater, Richard Kostelanetz, 1995
Rock & Roll: An Unruly History, Robert Palmer, 1995
Psychedelia: The Long Strange Trip, Martin Huxley, 1995
The Answer Is Always Yes, Paul Foster, 1995
San Francisco : The Musical History Tour, Joel Selvin, 1996
Kaleidoscope Eyes : Psychedelic Rock from the '60s to the '90s, Jim DeRogatis, 1996
Rock and Roll: A Social History, Paul Friedlander, 1996
I Want to Take You Higher, Parke Puterbaugh, James Henke, 1997
20th Century Rock and Roll : Psychedelia, Belmo, 1999
Somebody To Love? A Rock-And-Roll Memoir, Grace Slick, Andrea Cagan, 1999
Echoes Of The Sixties, Marti Childs/Jeff March, 1999
Amazing Dope Tales, Stephen Gaskin, 1999
Plunderphonics, Pataphysics & Pop Mechanics: Introduction to Musique Actuelle, 1999
Dancing In The Streets: A Rock and Roll History, Robert Palmer, 199?
Tomorrow Never Knows : Rock and Psychedelics in the 1960s, Nick Bromell, 2000
Rhino's Psychedelic Trip, Alan Bisbort, Parke Puterbaugh, Howard Kaylan, 2000
Turn! Turn! Turn!: The '60s Folk-Rock Revolution, Richie Unterberger, 2002
Exploding: The Highs, Hits, Hype, Heroes, and Hustlers of the Warner Music Group, Stan Cornyn, 2002
Eight Miles High: Folk-Rock's Flight from Haight-Ashbury to Woodstock, Richie Unterberger, 2003
Got a Revolution! The Turbulent Flight of Jefferson Airplane, Jeff Tamarkin, 2003
Turn On Your Mind: Four Decades of Great Psychedelic Rock, Jim DeRogatis, 2003

Music reference
An American Rock History: California The Golden State 1963-1985, McLean / Joynson, 1987
The Flashback: The Ultimate Psychedelic Music Guide, 1988
Encyclopedia of Rock, Pop and Soul, Irwin Stambler, 1989
Rock Movers and Shakers, Dafydd Rees, Luke Crampton, 1991
The Rolling Stone Illustrated History Of Rock & Roll, 1992
The Rolling Stone Album Guide, 1992
Fuzz, Acid and Flowers: A Guide to American Garage, Psychedelic and Hippie Rock (64-75), 1993
The New Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll, 1995
Cult Rockers, Wayne Jancik, Tad Lathrop, 1995
The Great Rock Discography, Martin C. Strong, 1996
The Great Psychedelic Discography, Martin C. Strong, 1998
Rock: The Rough Guide, 1999
Family Trees and Discographies, Manfred Schwanbeck, Peter Krause, 2001
The Psychedelic Rock Files, Jerry Lucky, 2003

Posters / 'Rock Art'
Mouse & Kelley, Stanley Mouse and Alton Kelley, 1979
Rick Griffin. Gordon McClelland, 1980
The Art of Rock : Posters from Presley to Punk, 1987
Freehand : The Art of Stanley Mouse, 1993
Design Library: Promotion, Stephen Knapp (Editor), 1995
Dead On The Wall: Grateful Dead and Deadhead Iconography from 30 Years On The Bus, 1996
High Art : A History of the Psychedelic Poster, 1999
The Art of the Fillmore : The Poster Series 1966-1971, 1999?
Rolling Stone : The Complete Covers, Holly George-Warren, Shawn Dahl (Editors), 2000
Rolling Stone: The Illustrated Portraits, Fred Woodward, Holly George-Warren (Editors), 2000
High Societies : Psychedelic Rock Posters from Haight-Ashbury, 2001

Photographs
The Hippies, Jan Meadoff, Michael Rosenberg, 1967
Aquarian Odyssey: A Photographic Trip Into The Sixties, Don Snyder, 1979
The Book of the Dead : Celebrating 25 Years With the Grateful Dead, 1990
Baron Wolman's Classic Rock Gallery Favorites, Vol. 1, Baron Wolman, 1991
Classic Rock & Other Rollers, Baron Wolman, 1992
Woodstock 1969, The First Festival, Elliott Landy, 1994
Live at the Fillmore East : A Photographic Memoir, 1997
Between the Dark and Light: The Grateful Dead Photography of Jay Blakesberg, October 2002

A more general list of photography books covering rock photography or the sixties is included on the San Francisco sixties music book page.

Fiction with a Grateful Dead theme or connection
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Brokedown Palace, Stephen Brust, 1986
Dead Tour, Alan N. Izumi, 1988
The Millennium Shows, Philip E. Baruth, 1994
Polaroids From The Dead, Douglas Coupland, 1996
Get Outta Town: A Tale of the Dead, the IRS, and Coffee, Ted Ringer, 199?
Tales of Tour, Alex Kolker, 2000
Tiger In A Trance, Max Ludington, 2003

A more general list of fiction set in the late sixties in the Bay Area is included on the San Francisco sixties music book page.

Poetry/Lyrics (See also The Robert Hunter section)
The Pill Versus The Springhill Mine Disaster, Richard Brautigan, 1968
Far Away Radios, Robert M. Petersen, 1980
Rock Voices: The Best Lyrics Of An Era, Matt Damsker (Editor), 1980
Alleys of the Heart : The Collected Poems of Robert M. Petersen, 1988
When the Grateful Dead Came to St. Louis, Charlotte Gordon, 1997

Comics
Commies From Mars, The Red Planet : The Collected Works, Tim Boxell et al, 1985
Grateful Dead Comix, No. 1, 1991
Grateful Dead Comix, No. 2, 1991
Grateful Dead Comix, No. 3, 1991
Grateful Dead Comix, No. 4, 1992
Grateful Dead Comix (Collection), Jeff Tamarkin, David Scheiner (Editors), 1992
Grateful Dead Comix, No. 5, 1992
Grateful Dead Comix, No. 6, 1992
Rock N' Roll Comics: Grateful Dead 45, 1992
Rock N' Roll Comics: Grateful Dead 46, 1992
Rock N' Roll Comics: Grateful Dead 47, 1992
Grateful Dead Comix, No. 7, 1993
Grateful Dead Comix, Vol. 2, No. 1, 1993
Grateful Dead Comix, Vol. 2, No. 2, 1994
Dog Moon, Robert Hunter/Timothy Truman, 1996

Deadheads
Grateful Dead: The Official Book of the Deadheads, P. Bassett, C. Bassett, J. Grushkin , 1983
Deadheads: Rago And Friends, Claire Burch, 1993
Deadheads: Stories from Fellow Artists, Friends, and Followers of the Grateful Dead, L. Kelly, 1995
Deadhead Social Science: You Ain't Gonna Learn What You Don't Want...., Adams/Sardiello, 2000
Deadhead Forever: The Long, Strange Trip of Michael "Haze" Hayes, Michael "Haze" Hayes, 2001

A list of books about hippies is included on the San Francisco sixties music book page.

Tapes & set list guides
The Deadbase, Jr.: The Portable Guide to Grateful Dead Songlists, 1995
Deadbase X : The Complete Guide to Grateful Dead Song Lists, 1997
Dead To The Core: An Almanack of the Grateful Dead, 1997
The Taper's Compendium - Volume 1: 1959 to 1974, 1998
The Taper's Compendium - Volume 2, 1999
Deadbase XI : The Complete Guide to Grateful Dead Song Lists, 1999
The Taper's Compendium - Volume 3, 2000

Folk tales, myths and legends
The Grateful Dead, G. H. Gerould, 1908
The Water of Life : A Tale of the Grateful Dead, 1989
Grateful Dead Folktales, Bob Franzosa (Editor), 1989
Don't Give Up The Ghost: The Delacorte Book Of Original Ghost Stories, David Gale (Editor), 1993
Crazy Wisdom Tales for Deadheads : A Shamanic Companion to the Grateful Dead, 1996
Dead Dreams : Under Eternity With the Grateful Dead a Mytheological History, 1998
The Grateful Dead : The History of a Folk Story, 2000
A Tale of the Grateful Dead, 2000

Books for kids
Panther Dream : A Story of the African Rainforest, Wendy and Bob Weir, 1993
Baru Bay: Australia, Wendy and Bob Weir, 1995
The Teddy Bear's Picnic, Jerry Garcia, David Grisman, Bruce Whatley, 1996
There Ain't No Bugs On Me, Jerry Garcia, David Grisman, Bruce Whatley, 1999
What Will You Wear, Jenny Jenkins, Jerry Garcia, David Grisman, Bruce Whatley, 2000
My First Dancing Bears: Colors, 2001

Recipes
The Hippie Cookbook, Gordon & Phyllis Grabe, 1970
The Hippie Ghetto: The Natural History of a Subculture, William L. Partridge, 1970
Cooking With the Dead: Recipes and Stories from Fans on the Road, Elizabeth Zipern, 1995
Kind Veggie Burritos: Recipes for Touring, Tailgating, Camping and Home, Beth Livingston, 1995
Made With Love, Elizabeth Peace Zipern, 1996

Miscellaneous
Grateful Dead Tour Scrapbook: The Complete Guide To Bean Bear Collectibles, 2000
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Amazon already has Phil Lesh's forthcoming book "Searching for the sound; My Life in the Grateful Dead" listed-

* Hardcover: 352 pages
* Publisher: Little, Brown; (April 18, 2005)
* ISBN: 0316009989