The Resource No simple highway : a cultural history of the Grateful Dead, Peter Richardson
No simple highway : a cultural history of the Grateful Dead, Peter Richardson
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- Summary
- "For almost three decades, the Grateful Dead was America's most popular touring band. No Simple Highway is the first book to ask the simple question of why--and attempt to answer it. Drawing on new research, interviews, and a fresh supply of material from the Grateful Dead archives, author Peter Richardson vividly recounts the Dead's colorful history, adding new insight into everything from the acid tests to the band's formation of their own record label to their massive late career success, while probing the riddle of the Dead's vast and durable appeal. Arguing that the band successfully tapped three powerful utopian ideals--for ecstasy, mobility, and community--it also shows how the Dead's lived experience with these ideals struck deep chords with two generations of American youth and continues today. Routinely caricatured by the mainstream media, the Grateful Dead are often portrayed as grizzled hippy throwbacks with a cult following of burned-out stones. No Simple Highway corrects that impression, revealing them to be one of the most popular, versatile, and resilient music ensembles in the second half of the twentieth century. The band's history has been well-documented by insiders, but its unique and sustained appeal has yet to be explored fully. At last, this legendary American musical institution is given the serious and entertaining examination it richly deserves"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 73 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
-
- Ecstasy
- Mobility
- Community
- Isbn
- 9781250010629
- Label
- No simple highway : a cultural history of the Grateful Dead
- Title
- No simple highway
- Title remainder
- a cultural history of the Grateful Dead
- Statement of responsibility
- Peter Richardson
- Subject
-
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Composers & Musicians
- Biography
- Grateful Dead (Musical group)
- Grateful Dead (Musical group)
- trueJam bands
- MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Rock
- trueMusic and society
- truePopular culture -- History -- 20th century
- trueRock concert tours
- trueRock music -- Social aspects
- Rock music -- Social aspects
- Rock musicians
- trueRock musicians -- United States -- Biography
- United States
- trueUnited States -- Popular culture | History -- 20th century
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "For almost three decades, the Grateful Dead was America's most popular touring band. No Simple Highway is the first book to ask the simple question of why--and attempt to answer it. Drawing on new research, interviews, and a fresh supply of material from the Grateful Dead archives, author Peter Richardson vividly recounts the Dead's colorful history, adding new insight into everything from the acid tests to the band's formation of their own record label to their massive late career success, while probing the riddle of the Dead's vast and durable appeal. Arguing that the band successfully tapped three powerful utopian ideals--for ecstasy, mobility, and community--it also shows how the Dead's lived experience with these ideals struck deep chords with two generations of American youth and continues today. Routinely caricatured by the mainstream media, the Grateful Dead are often portrayed as grizzled hippy throwbacks with a cult following of burned-out stones. No Simple Highway corrects that impression, revealing them to be one of the most popular, versatile, and resilient music ensembles in the second half of the twentieth century. The band's history has been well-documented by insiders, but its unique and sustained appeal has yet to be explored fully. At last, this legendary American musical institution is given the serious and entertaining examination it richly deserves"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- collective biography
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10396468
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1959-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Richardson, Peter
- Dewey number
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- 782.42166092/2
- B
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- plates
- portraits
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Grateful Dead (Musical group)
- Grateful Dead (Musical group)
- Rock musicians
- Rock music
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Composers & Musicians
- MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Rock
- Rock music
- Rock musicians
- United States
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- a cultural history of the Grateful Dead
- Label
- No simple highway : a cultural history of the Grateful Dead, Peter Richardson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-353) and index
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- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Ecstasy -- Mobility -- Community
- Control code
- 1077179
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 73 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781250010629
- Isbn Type
- (Hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2014036345
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, portraits
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9781250010629
- (OCoLC)878023937
- Label
- No simple highway : a cultural history of the Grateful Dead, Peter Richardson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-353) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Ecstasy -- Mobility -- Community
- Control code
- 1077179
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 73 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781250010629
- Isbn Type
- (Hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2014036345
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, portraits
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9781250010629
- (OCoLC)878023937
Subject
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Composers & Musicians
- Biography
- Grateful Dead (Musical group)
- Grateful Dead (Musical group)
- trueJam bands
- MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Rock
- trueMusic and society
- truePopular culture -- History -- 20th century
- trueRock concert tours
- trueRock music -- Social aspects
- Rock music -- Social aspects
- Rock musicians
- trueRock musicians -- United States -- Biography
- United States
- trueUnited States -- Popular culture | History -- 20th century
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