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A Long Strange Trip

The Inside History of the Grateful Dead

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A Long Strange Trip

By: Dennis McNally
Narrated by: Sean Runnette
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From 1965 to 1995, the Grateful Dead flourished as one of the most beloved, unusual, and accomplished musical entities to ever grace American culture. The creative synchronicity among Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann, Mickey Hart, and Ron "Pigpen" McKernan exploded out of the early 60s roots and folk scene, providing the soundtrack for the Dionysian revels of the counterculture.

Dennis McNally, the band's historian and publicist for more than 20 years, takes listeners back through the Dead's history in A Long Strange Trip. McNally not only chronicles their experiences in a fascinatingly detailed fashion, but veers off into side trips on the band's intricate stage setup, or the magic of the Grateful Dead concert experience. McNally carries the Dead's saga through the 70s and into the more recent years of constant touring and incessant musical exploration. Written with the same zeal and spirit that the Grateful Dead brought to its music, the book takes listeners on a personal tour through the band's inner circle, highlighting its frenetic and very human faces. A Long Strange Trip is not only a wide-ranging cultural history, it is a definitive musical biography.

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Comprehensive History • Detailed Narratives • Remarkable Personalities • Encyclopedic Coverage • Insightful Perspective

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A perfect balance of historical accounts and storytelling written in a way that any psychonaut can appreciate.

Wonderful telling of an extraordinary story.

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I really enjoyed this book reminded me of my days in college and following the Dead

Awesome

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A fantastic listen full of high times and low spells…only saw the dead twice in 1993 but I am as described in the book a “dead head” for life. No one did or will ever do again what the Grateful Dead were able to do.

Inspiration move me brightly

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loved it. it's long but worth it if you like reading about bands that formed in the 60s and the whole hallucinogenic drug scene. never did hard drugs but that culture is fascinating to me for some reason.

long for sure

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This was my first Grateful Dead book. It was a very good history of the band. It was a fine example of how even the most flawed individuals can really make a difference in this world.

Long strange trip

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