Comments on: The B List: 10 Favorite Grateful Dead Books

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 15:09:47 +0000

Phil’s book should DEFINITELY be number 1, but otherwise nice list.

By: John J. Wood

John J. Wood — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 17:14:12 +0000

AS far as I am concerned, you left out four glaring omissions:

1. “Garcia: An American Life” – Blair Jackson. Blair tells the story of Jerry in a tasteful vein that is most respectful to the Garcia legacy.

2. “Goin’ Down The Road: A Grateful Dead Traveling Companion” – Blair Jackson. A great compilation of articles, interviews and such from The Golden Road, which was THE GD fanzine back in the day (sorry Relix and Dupree’s, but they were always one to two levels above you!).

3. “Dead Base” – John Scott, Stu Nixon & Mike Dolgushkin. If you want to know what seeing and experiencing the GD was like from 1988 – 1995, look up any of the annual DeadBase editions, let alone the big book. I admit bias, as I was a proud contributor to DeadBase from 1988-95.

4. “The Deadhead’s Taping Compendium” – Michael Getz & John Dwork – In some ways, it’s DeadBase Revisited (and I contrubited a few reviews in the first edition), but there are plenty of fine reads in every edition, and yet shows others’ insights on the GD from the recordings side.

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By: John

John — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 13:33:32 +0000

It’s really hard to believe that you could leave Garcia by Blair Jackson out of that list. That’s right up at the top of my list. (Which also contains most of what you have listed!)

By: Bobby M

Bobby M — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 17:16:17 +0000

Here I sit in Atlantic City… I still maintain that Tiger In A Trance is sublime. Max Ludington is a pal and was a tour-mate in the mid 1980′s (Wow, I date myself!) – He nails the feel of that time period with brutal honesty and heart. I laughed, I cried. I put on 10/12/84 and smiled.

By: Augustus Westus

Augustus Westus — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 15:59:14 +0000

Dead To The Core by Eric Wybenga. I have all of these books and this is still one of my faves. Out of print and very much worth the hunt. Think of it like trying to find a rare, previously unknown Betty Board…

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 14:40:55 +0000

Blair Jackson’s collection of 80′s interviews Going Down the Road is one of my favorites.

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By: parkerjh

parkerjh — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 02:11:17 +0000

Great list, have them all except for Lesh’s book ironically. Need to pick it up now to round out the list. Was glad to see Annotated Lyrics make the list, love that book. DeadBase seems like a logical choice as well: lots of great reading. And one that may not technically be about the Dead, but that EVERY fan MUST read: Electric Kool Aid Acid Test.

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