Sweet Chaos: The Grateful Dead's American Adventure Paperback - 1999
by Carol Brightman; Brightman
A social and cultural history of the Grateful Dead, America's greatest folk/rock institution, by a "National Book Critics Circle Award"-winning author. 8-page photo insert.
First line
The Captain has just informed me that we're going into Operation Crystallization, announces a hidden voice.
From the rear cover
San Francisco's Grateful Dead brought its psychedelic blend of folk, bluegrass, and blues to the 1960s counterculture, along with a romance for the Beats and a love of anarchy that made it something more than a band. Without radio play and virtually unnoticed by the press, the Dead forged a vast underground following whose loyalty survives to the present day.
National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author Carol Brightman returns to the band's roots -- to Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters, the acid tests and the heady days of Haight-Ashbury, the free concerts in Golden Gate Park and the formative shows at New York's Fillmore East -- to uncover the secrets of the band's longevity. Drawing on exclusive interviews with band members, staff and crew, Deadheads, other musicians, journalists -- and her own experience as a 60s activist -- Brightman shows us how, amid the turbulent Free Speech Movement and antiwar rallies, the Grateful Dead's abandonment to music, drugs, and dance offered the faithful a shelter in the storm. Her riveting, in-depth portrait of Jerry Garcia, the "nonleader leader" who held to a vision of the Grateful Dead's destiny even as he recoiled from the juggernaut it became, shows us how it was that a Dead concert became something halfway between a revival meeting and a family reunion.
An absorbing and exhilarating exploration, SWEET CHAOS offers, at last, a complete understanding of the Dead phenomenon and its place in American culture.Details
- Title Sweet Chaos: The Grateful Dead's American Adventure
- Author Carol Brightman; Brightman
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Pbk. Ed
- Pages 368
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Pocket Books, New York
- Date 1999-09-01
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780671011178 / 0671011170
- Weight 0.99 lbs (0.45 kg)
- Dimensions 9.25 x 6.12 x 1.01 in (23.50 x 15.54 x 2.57 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Chronological Period: 1950-1999
- Dewey Decimal Code 782.421
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