Full Description
In the studio and more than 2,300 concerts between 1965 and 1995, the Grateful Dead performed more than 400 different songs. Their music continues to be tremendously popular as surviving band members and countless tribute bands memorialize the legacy the band left us upon the death of lead guitarist and singer, Jerry Garcia.
The Grateful Dead's 100 Essential Songs examines the band's remarkable musical journey, pairing song analyses and memories with an online list of recommended recordings. Beyond a mere summary of each song, the descriptions here compare individual performances as they relate to the evolution of the band's style and the waning health but vibrant spirit of Garcia. Welcoming readers into the unbroken chain of the Dead's legacy, this book is indispensable for Deadheads, students of popular music, rock musicians, and anyone marveling at how the Dead's appeal continues today.
With linked performances and studio recordings to allow readers to listen along with the book, as well as other song analyses and first-hand narratives of the authors' experience at hundreds of Dead concerts, the book will appeal to Deadheads, students of popular music, rock musicians, and anyone marveling at how the Dead's appeal continues today.
The online song list may be accessed under the features tab at https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781538110584.
Contents
Title Page
Frontispiece
Preface
Deadication
Table of Contents
Introduction
Quick Start Guide
The 100 Most Essential Songs
Alabama Getaway
Althea
And We Bid You Goodnight
Attics of My Life
Beat It On Down the Line
Bertha
Bird Song
Black Muddy River
Black Peter
Black Throated Wind
Box of Rain
Brokedown Palace
Brown Eyed Women
Candyman
Casey Jones
Cassidy
Caution (Do Not Stop on Tracks)
China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider
China Doll
Cold Rain and Snow
Comes a Time
Crazy Fingers
Cumberland Blues
Dancin' in the Streets
Dark Star
Days Between
Deal
Dire Wolf
Dupree's Diamond Blues
El Paso
The Eleven
Estimated Prophet
Eyes of the World
Feel Like a Stranger
Fire on the Mountain
Foolish Heart
Franklin's Tower
Friend of the Devil
Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad
Good Lovin'
Greatest Story Ever Told
Hard to Handle
He's Gone
Hell in a Bucket
Help On The Way > Slipknot > Franklin's Tower
Here Comes Sunshine
High Time
I Know You Rider
I Need a Miracle
Iko Iko
It Must Have Been The Roses
Jack a Roe
Jack Straw
Lazy Lightning > Supplication
Lazy River Road
Let It Grow
Looks Like Rain
Loser
Lost Sailor > Saint of Circumstance
Lovelight
Me & My Uncle
Mexicali Blues
Might as Well
Mississippi Half Step Uptown Toodleloo
Morning Dew
The Music Never Stopped
Not Fade Away
One More Saturday Night
The Other One
Peggy-O
Playing in the Band
The Promised Land
Ramble on Rose
Ripple
Row Jimmy
Saint of Circumstance
Saint Stephen > The Eleven
Samson & Delilah
Scarlet Begonias > Fire On The Mountain
Shakedown Street
Ship of Fools
So Many Roads
Stagger Lee
Standing on the Moon
Stella Blue
Sugar Magnolia > Sunshine Daydream
Sugaree
Supplication
Tennessee Jed
Terrapin Station
They Love Each Other
Throwing Stones
To Lay Me Down
Touch of Grey
Truckin
Unbroken Chain
Uncle John's Band
US Blues - (Wave That Flag)
Viola Lee Blues
Weather Report Suite > Let It Grow
West LA Fadeaway
Wharf Rat
The Wheel
Bonus Tracks
Online Resources
Bibliography and Sources: For Further Reading
Acknowledgements and Thanks
About the Authors
