Perspectives on the Grateful Dead : critical writings / edited by Robert G. Weiner ; foreword by Rebecca G. Adams ; afterword by Steve Silberman.

Other author Weiner, Robert G., 1966- editor.
Format Book
Publication InfoWestport, CT : Greenwood Press, 1999.
Descriptionxxiv, 245 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Subjects
Grateful Dead (Musical group)
Deadheads (Music fans)--United States.
Rock music--History and criticism.

SeriesContributions to the study of music and dance ; no. 55
Contributions to the study of music and dance ; no. 55. ^A466730
Contents Precisely how and why I didn't kill Jerry: ethnography, surrealism, and The millennium shows / Philip E. Baruth -- A pilot study in dream telepathy with the Grateful Dead / Stanley Krippner -- Legally dead: the Grateful Dead and American legal culture / David Fraser and Vaughan Black -- The Grateful Dead onstage in "world music" / Thomas Vennum, Jr. -- "No, but I've been to shows": accepting the Dead and rejecting the Deadheads / David L. Pelovitz -- Why are there so many Jewish Deadheads? / Douglas M. Gertner -- Bakhtinian carnival, corporate capital, and the last decade of the Dead / Brad E. Lucas -- Understanding "show" as a Deadhead speech situation / Natalie Dollar -- Is there a day of the month effect in "Beat it on down the line?" / Robert K. Toutkoushian -- The Grateful Dead experience: a factor analytic study of the personalities of people who identify with the Grateful Dead / William McCown and Wendy Dulaney -- "High time" and ambiguous harmonic function / Walter Everett -- Space, motion, and other musical metaphors / Shaugn O'Donnell -- The Grateful Dead legendstock: based on Alan Trist's Water of life-A tale of the Grateful Dead / Marjorie C. Luesebrink -- The Grateful Dead vs. the American dream? / Jason Palm -- The annotated "Ramble on rose": an installment in The annotated Grateful Dead lyrics (a work in progress) / David Dodd -- "Laid my proposition down/laid it on the line": gambling and the storyteller in Robert Hunter's lyrics / Anissa Craghead -- Grateful Dead: manifestations from the collective unconscious / Mary Goodenough -- Clinging to the edge of magic: shamanic aspects of the Grateful Dead / Nancy Reist -- The Grateful Dead as community / Rachel Wilgoren -- Deadhead tales of the supernatural: a folkloristic analysis / Revell Carr -- The piping of heaven: reckless musings on philosophical Taoism and the Grateful Dead phenomenon / Joseph P. Noonan III -- The ripple effect / Joseph Holt -- Afterword: the curriculum of joy / Steve Silberman.
Abstract The Grateful Dead, one of the most meticulously documented rock bands, significantly influenced American music and popular culture. Its popularity has endured for three decades despite mixed critical reception. Jerry Garcia, thought of among many as a musical icon and spokesperson for more than one generation of fans, was often equally scorned by various critics. This collection of scholarly essays attests to the varied fields of interest the band and its followers, known as Deadheads, have affected, including psychology, law, and ethnomusicology. The contributions explore the diversity of the culture of fans, empirically analyze the music, apply literary criticism to the lyrics, and explore Dead-related philosophical and theological concepts--in other words, they are as eclectic as the myriad Grateful Dead fans themselves. Appealing to Grateful Dead scholars, fans, and collectors alike, these twenty-two essays are grouped by subject, and each essay includes a bibliography of resources for further research.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 99010607
ISBN0313305692 (alk. paper)

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