Table of Contents
Foreword ix
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction: Box of Rain xiii
1 I Am Who I Am: A Primer on the Grateful Dead's Twelve Official Members 1
2 Prelude: A Brief History of the Grateful Dead 9
3 Friends of the Devil: Who's Who in Deadland 19
4 Sing Me Back Home: Ten Artists Who Influenced the Grateful Dead 31
5 A Band Beyond Description: A Dozen Elements That Shaped the Dead's Music 39
6 That's When It All Began: The San Francisco Scene of the '60s 48
7 The Music Never Stopped: Why Does the Grateful Dead Still Interest People? 57
8 False Alarm: Why Naysayers Were Wrong About the Dead Not Being a Studio Band 67
9 Trouble Behind, Trouble Ahead: Five Reasons People Hate the Dead 75
10 Cryptical Envelopment: The Dead's Studio Recordings, 1967-69 84
11 High Time: The Dead's Studio Recordings, 1970-75 94
12 Now We Play for Clive: The Dead's Studio Recordings, 1977-89 109
13 New Ones Comin' as the Old Ones Go: Why There Are Two Aoxomoxoas 122
14 I Was There: Bob Weir on Haight-Ashbury and Monterey Pop 131
15 Looks Like Rain: Why the Dead Didn't Really Blow It at Woodstock 134
16 Live/Dead: How the Dead Established the Double Live Rock Album 142
17 One Man Gathers: A Look at the Dick's Picks Live CD Series 149
18 I Was There: David Lemieux on Archiving the Dead's Catalog 158
19 He's Gone: What Role Did the Late Ron "Pigpen" McKernan Play in the Dead? 164
20 Dark Star: What Place Did Tom Constanten Have in the Dead's Music? 172
21 Ship of Fools: The Dead's Ten Worst Decisions 180
22 I'll Sing to Them This Story: The Significance of Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay 186
23 I Was There: Dean Grabski's Tales of a Taper 197
24 Playing in the Band: A List of Significant Dead Concerts 201
25 Ace: A Dead Album with Weir as the Leader of the Band 208
26 One Old Score: The Great Lost Grateful Dead Studio Album of 1972 216
27 Sing Me a Song of My Own: Dead-Related Solo Albums and Record Labels 225
28 Sunshine Daydreams: Rare Films, DVDs, and TV Programs 236
29 Eyes of the World: A Roundup of Unreleased Live Dead Footage 244
30 For the Faithful: A Dozen Essential Bootlegs 267
31 Searching for the Sounds: Fifteen Obscure Dead Collectibles 277
32 Ripple in Still Water: What Happened When Deadheads Invaded a Town? 286
33 I Was There: Toni Brown on Documenting the Dead 295
34 Strange Deadfellows: Five Surprising Grateful Connections 299
35 Days Between: The Final Dead Album That Never Was 305
36 Built to Last: Ten Places the Dead Left Their Mark on Popular Culture 315
37 Garcia the Seer: How a Guitarist Became a Cultural Icon 324
38 Unbroken Chain: A Dozen Artists Influenced by the Dead 331
39 With a Net: Online Resources for Deadheads 339
Selected Bibliography 343
Index 345