Why the Grateful Dead Matter by Benson, Michael -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Page Title Page Copyright Dedication Contents Introduction: Light the Song 1. They’re an American Band 2. Of Jerry Garcia, Savior 3. Dead Shows Are Like Snowflakes 4. The Dead Are Epicurean 5. “Ripple” Is So Zen 6. They Invented a New Form of Music 7. Concert Sound at a Whole New Level 8. They Played the Pyramids 9. Their Instruments Were Custom-Made 10. Pigpen Sang the Blues 11. Bobby Brought the Muscle and the Sunshine 12. Rock Scully Was Their Manager 13. They Didn’t Buy into the Jinx 14. The Birth of the Dead Was a Familial Process 15. Of the Acid Tests 16. The Lyrics of Robert Hunter Are Great Poetry 17. The Band Has a Philosophy 18. Of Academics and Business 19. Of Mountain Girl 20. Deadheads Roam the Earth 21. Crickets Played on Blues for Allah 22. Dead World Is a Kinder, Gentler Place 23. Their Most Spontaneous Moment Became Their Finest Hour 24. They Overcame So Much and Forged On 25. There Is Sugaree 26. The Commitment to a Concise Aesthetic and Traditional Song Structures 27. When Youth Was God, Jerry Played Old 28. Of the Art 29. The Concert Films 30. Their Music Is So Flexible 31. Of the Forty-Five-Minute “Sugaree” 32. Of Englishtown, and the Myriad Glories of ’77 33. When Jerry Died the Vibe Lived On 34. The Music Never Stops Acknowledgments Further Reading

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