Libraries, musicologists, and Deadheads alike will want a copy of this comprehensive annotated bibliography that contains most of what has been written over the past 30 years about this legendary American musical institution and its fans, the Deadheads. The approximately 4,000 annotations serve as a chronolgical history, an aid to researchers, and a guide for fans and collectors. The Grateful Dead appeared on the San Francisco music scene in 1965, and over the course of their career inspired a wide array of writing. This work includes the entire spectrum. The work includes every book published about the band, every article that appeared in a major magazine or journal, chapters and entries in books, and articles from The San Francisco Chronicle and The San Francisco Examiner newspapers. Several magazines in their entirety were devoted (and remain devoted) to following the band, and this bibliography chronicles the material that appeared in those fan magazines. In addition to author, subject, and title indexes, an index to artists and photographers is included, since the Grateful Dead inspired a large body of artistic and photographic work.
Libraries, musicologists, and Deadheads alike will want a copy of this comprehensive annotated bibliography that contains most of what has been written over the past 30 years about this legendary American musical institution and its fans, the Deadheads. The approximately 4,000 annotations serve as a chronolgical history, an aid to researchers, and a guide for fans and collectors. The Grateful Dead appeared on the San Francisco music scene in 1965, and over the course of their career inspired a wide array of writing. This work includes the entire spectrum. The work includes every book published about the band, every article that appeared in a major magazine or journal, chapters and entries in books, and articles from The San Francisco Chronicle and The San Francisco Examiner newspapers. Several magazines in their entirety were devoted (and remain devoted) to following the band, and this bibliography chronicles the material that appeared in those fan magazines. In addition to author, subject, and title indexes, an index to artists and photographers is included, since the Grateful Dead inspired a large body of artistic and photographic work.
Prefaces
Books, Articles, Chapters, and Papers
Recording Reviews
Fan Magazines and Band Newsletters
Author and Composer Index
Artist and Photographer Index
Subject Index
Book and Periodical Title Index
A comprehensive annotated bibliography presenting most of what has been written about this legendary American musical institution and its fans.
DAVID G. DODD is Branch Manager of the Civic Center Library of
the Marin County Free Library in San Rafael, California. He saw his
first Grateful Dead concert in 1976. He is currently working on The
Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics, which can be viewed on the World
Wide Web.
ROBERT G. WEINER is a Reference Librarian at the Mahon Library,
Lubbock, Texas. He has published articles and reviews on popular
culture, some of which have appeared in Popular Music and Society,
the Internet group H-PCAAA, Public & Access Services Quarterly,
ERIC, the West Texas Historical Association Yearbook, and the East
Texas Historical Journal. He recently published an article entitled
Atomic Music in the anthology, On the Culture of the American
South.
"For 30 years, the Grateful Dead made a glorious call into the
world. David Dodd and Robert Weiner's annotated bibliography is the
world's answer, chronicled with impeccable scholarship and a love
for their subject that shines through in every line. Catalogued
here, for future researchers and Deadheads-to-come, are the
interviews and scribes, the pop-crit ruminations and the academic
nets cast, the nearly forgotten tales of would-be anthropologists
gone native--a magician's library of hilarious and significant lore
rescued from the abyss: all the luminous ephemera and era-defining
milestones accumulated as the Dead streaked through the American
sky on the trail of the Wild Good."- Steve Silberman coauthor of
Skeleton Key: A Dictionary for Deadheads
"If you want to learn the printed history of the Grateful Dead,
read David Dodd and Robert Weiner's bibliography. It's a long
strange trip, and they're the librarians for it."-Dennis McNally
Grateful Dead publicist and official historian
"What an amazing work--a labor of love and a definitive record. I
had a feeling someone was out there, someone noticed...Thanks for
collecting all the scattered bones, for making history come alive.
And thanks for the memories."-Mickey Hart Grateful Dead drummer
"A godsend for Grateful Dead enthusiasts, authors Dodd and Weiner
have compiled a concise index that is more than just a handy guide
to the most significant articles written about the band and the
cultural milieu that surrounded it....Kudos to [the authors] for
their painstakingly extensive research."-Relix
"Dodd and Weiner have combined the best tenets of bibliography,
librarianship, and group rock fandom in their creation of this
work....[A] well-executed bibliography, [and] one that should act
as a model for others."-Reference & User Services Quarterly
"The abundance of written and recorded Grateful Dead material makes
the band a terrific topic for an annotated bibliography....[T]his
volume takes an important step in the bibliographic control of this
sometimes ephemeral material....In all, this is an excellent
work."-ARBA
?A godsend for Grateful Dead enthusiasts, authors Dodd and Weiner
have compiled a concise index that is more than just a handy guide
to the most significant articles written about the band and the
cultural milieu that surrounded it....Kudos to [the authors] for
their painstakingly extensive research.?-Relix
?Academic and larger public libraries with popular music
collections will want to acquire this well-designed reference
work.?-Choice
?Dodd and Weiner have combined the best tenets of bibliography,
librarianship, and group rock fandom in their creation of this
work....[A] well-executed bibliography, [and] one that should act
as a model for others.?-Reference & User Services Quarterly
?The abundance of written and recorded Grateful Dead material makes
the band a terrific topic for an annotated bibliography....[T]his
volume takes an important step in the bibliographic control of this
sometimes ephemeral material....In all, this is an excellent
work.?-ARBA
"Academic and larger public libraries with popular music
collections will want to acquire this well-designed reference
work."-Choice
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