Troy, Sandy. One More Saturday Night. St. Martin’s Press, 1991.
———. Captain Trips: A Biography of Jerry Garcia. Thunder’s Mouth Press, 1994.
Watson, Steven. The Birth of the Beat Generation: Visionaries, Rebels and Hipsters, 1944–1960. Pantheon Books, 1995.
Wolfe, Tom. The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test. Bantam, 1968.
NEWSPAPER AND MAGAZINE ARTICLES
Abbott, Lee. “Dead Reckoning and Hamburger Metaphysics.” Feature (March 1979).
Adamson, Dale. “Jerry Garcia Says Grateful Dead Aren’t Dead—They Are Just De-Controlled.” Houston Chronicle (March 28, 1976).
———. Title not available; interview with Garcia. Houston Chronicle (January 7, 1979).
Aronowitz, Alfred. “Closed Circuit Concerts.” New York Post (December 21, 1971).
Barich, Bill. “Still Truckin’.” New Yorker (October 11, 1993).
Barlow, John Perry. “Cassidy’s Tale.” Literary Kicks (date unknown).
Bashe, Philip. “What a Long, Strange Trip It’s Been: A Conversation With Jerry Garcia.” Good Times (April 22, 1980).
Bell, Max. “The Grateful Dead’s First Annual Pyramid Prank.” New Musical Express (September 30, 1978).
Block, Adam. “Garcia on Garcia, 1977.” BAM (December 1977 and January 1978).
Bowman, Rob. Grayfolded liner notes (1996).
Bromberg, David N. “Interview: Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead.” Jazz & Pop (February 1971).
Carlin, Peter, and Ken Baker. “War of the Wives.” People (January 27, 1997).
Carlini, John. “Jerry Garcia and David Grisman: The Continuing Process.” Guitar Extra! (fall 1991).
Cincinnati Inquirer. “New Mrs. Garcia from Cincinnati” (February 16, 1994).
Crowe, Cameron. “Grateful Dead Show Off New Bodies.” Creem (January 1974).
Dead Heads newsletter, 1972–75.
Drabanski, Emily. “Dead Heads Rejoice! The Dead to Play Santa Fe.” The New Mexican (October 15, 1982).
Duncan, Harry. “Grateful Dead Rides Again.” Madison Kaleidoscope (March 31, 1971).
Dwork, John. “DDN Interviews Owsley.” Dupree’s Diamond News (issue 25, August 1993).
Eisenhart, Mary. “Aging Gratefully: The Dead’s Flattering Touch of Grey.” BAM (December 18, 1987).
Epand, Len. “State of the Artful Dead.” Zoo World (August 15, 1974).
Fedele, Frank. “‘Fuck No, We’re Just Musicians’: An Interview with Jerry Garcia.” Long Beach Sunset Press (December 1971).
Fields, Rick. “A High History of Buddhism.” Tricycle (fall 1996).
Forte, Robert. “Domains of Consciousness: An Interview with Jack Kornfield.” Tricycle (fall 1996).
Gans, David, and Marty Martinez. “Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir and Phil Lesh on the 1972 European Tour.” Goldmine (February 2, 1996).
Garbarini, Vic. “In Search of the Grateful Dead.” Musician (September 1981).
Gates, David. “Dylan Revisited.” Newsweek (October 6, 1997).
Golden, Tim. “Why a Star Is Spinning in His Grave.” New York Times (December 31, 1996).
The Golden Road. Material was drawn from most of the twenty-seven issues published by Blair Jackson and Regan McMahon from winter 1984 through the 1993 annual. Articles not written by Blair quoted in the book:
Brown, Steve. “If I Told You All That Went Down: A Fond Look Back at Grateful Dead Records” (issue 11, summer 1986).
Eisenhart, Mary. “Robert Hunter: Songs of Innocence, Songs of Experience” (issue 4, fall 1984).
Groenke, Randy, and Mike Cramer. “One Afternoon Long Ago . . . : A Previously Unpublished 1967 Interview with Jerry Garcia” (issue 7, spring 1985).
Levy, Dan. “Branford Blows with the Dead” (issue 23, summer 1990).
Marcus, Steve. “Garcia: ‘The Point Is I Survived It. Here I Am’” (issue 12, fall 1986).
Gorman, Peter. “Albert Hoffman: An Interview.” High Times (May 1993).
Greuber, Mike, et al. “The Dead Just Keep On Truckin’.” Harvard Independent (March 4, 1971; part 2: March 11, 1971).
Guitar Player magazine (in chronological order):
Stuckey, Fred. “Jerry Garcia: It’s All Music” (April 1971).
Sievert, Jon. “Jerry Garcia: Founder of the Grateful Dead” (October 1978).
———. “Jerry Garcia: New Life with the Dead” (July 1988).
———. “Garcia and Weir: Further.” Special Grateful Dead issue (fall 1993).
Obrecht, Jas. “Turn On, Turn Up, Trip Out: The Rise and Fall of San Francisco Psychedelia” (February 1997).
Hard Road. “Jerry Garcia” (July 20, 1970).
Henderson, Randi. “Jerry Garcia: ‘Dead’ Head Is Keeping the Sixties Alive.” Baltimore Sun (April 8, 1982).
Herbst, Peter. “A Message from Garcia: Nothing Exceeds Like Success.” Boston Phoenix (November 19, 1974).
Hinckle, Warren. “May the Baby Jesus Open Your Mind and Shut Your Mouth: The Hippies.” Ramparts (March 1967).
Horowitz, Donna. “Garcia vs. Garcia: Two of Jerry’s Three Wives Fighting Tooth and Nail.” San Francisco Examiner (January 5, 1997).
Hunt, Ken. “Jerry Garcia: Folk, Bluegrass and Beyond.” Swing 51 (issue 7).
———. “‘Sometimes the Cards Ain’t Worth a Dime, If You Don’t Lay ’Em Down’: The Robert Hunter Interview.” Dark Star Magazine (November 1979 interview, publication date unknown).
Hunter, Robert. “Robert Hunter, Dark Star.” Crawdaddy (January 1975).
Itkowitz, Jay. “Rapping with the Dead’s Jerry Garcia.” Good Times (November 1970).
James, Viola. “Garcia Takes Legion on Funk Crusade.” Circus (July 1975).
Johnson, Greg. “A Dead Head for Business.” Los Angeles Times (August 18, 1996).
Kates, Marcy. “The Image Is Hippie, but ‘Grateful Dead’ Also Know Business.” Wall Street Journal (November 22, 1974).
Kent, Bill. “The Grateful Dead Is Just Circling.” Camden (N.J.) Courier-Post (August 29, 1980).
Kokot, John. “A Summer Day of Music: Allman Bros., the Band, the Dead.” New Times (July 28, 1973).
Lake, Steve. “Rock ’n’ Roll Misfit.” Melody Maker (September 14, 1974).
———. “Weir: ‘Rock Has Ceased to Progress.’” Melody Maker (September 21, 1974).
Levy, Arthur. “Jerry Garcia: Up from the Dead.” Creem (August 1975).
Lindenmuth, Gary. “Rock Star Flies In, Gets One-Year Suspension.” Unknown origin (March 1973).
McClanahan, Ed. “A Brief Exegesis of Certain Socio-Philosophical Themes in Robert Hunter’s Lyrics to ‘New Speedway Boogie.’” Realist (March–April, 1971).
McEnroe, Colin. “The Grateful Dead’s Weir Ponders Group Character.” Hartford Courant (May 9, 1980).
McKaie, Andy. “Bob ‘Ace’ Weir: Inside Straight on the Dead’s Full House.” Crawdaddy (August 1972).
Meyer, Bruce. “The Grateful Dead Still Alive and Vibrating.” Latrobe (Pa.) Bulletin (July 1, 1976).
Morley, Paul. “What a Long, Predictable Trip It’s Become.” New Musical Express (March 28, 1981).
Morse, Steve. “Hunter Finds Life Beyond the Dead.” Boston Globe (March 7, 1997).
Oliver, Christopher. “Onions and Orchids at the Rockfest.” New York Daily News (July 29, 1973).
Peterzell, Paul. “Heated Fight Over Garcia’s Estate.” Marin Independent Journal (August 4, 1996).
Platt, John. “Rhythm Devil: An Interview with Mickey Hart.” Comstock Lode (Autumn 1981).
Relix magazine (in chronological order):
Moore, Jerry. “Six Hours Before the Mast” (November 1976).
Hall, John. “Jerry Garcia: True Confessions in Hartford, Parts 1 and 2” (November 1977, January 1978).
Dym, Monte, and Bob Alson. “The Man Behind the Words: An Interview with Robert Hunter” (January and June 1978).
Brown, Toni. “So Far: A Transcript of a Grateful Dead Press Conference” (February 1988).
Peters, St
eve. “Built to Last: An Exclusive Interview with Jerry Garcia” (December 1989).
Ruhlmann, William. “Mickey Hart Interview” (October 1991).
Jones, Greg, and Andrew Pickard. “Crazy Fingers: Jerry Garcia and the Banjo” (April 1992).
Juanis, J. C. “Dawgwood Revisited: David Grisman Remains at the Forefront of the Acoustic Music Movement” (April 1993).
Robinson, Lisa. “Creem Interview w/Grateful Dead.” Creem (December 1970).
Rodgers, Jeffrey Pepper. “In the Dawg House: Jerry Garcia and David Grisman’s Acoustic Reunion.” Acoustic Guitar (January 1994).
Rolling Stone magazine (in chronological order):
“Dead Head for Paradise and Points East” (March 9, 1968).
“Fillmore Scene Moves to New Carousel Hall” (August 10, 1968).
“Grateful Dead Ungrateful; Sued” (July 26, 1969).
“New Orleans Cops and the Dead Bust” (March 7, 1970).
“‘The Stones Have Not Acted Honorably’” (April 30, 1970).
Fong-Torres, Ben. “New Riders in the Circus Circus” (September 2, 1971).
“Grateful Dead Bust Their Dad” (September 2, 1971).
Hopkins, Jerry. “The Beautiful Dead Hit Europe” (June 22, 1972).
Gleason, Ralph. “Perspectives: Full Circle with the Dead” (September 29, 1972).
“Garcia Arrested: Watch Your Speed” (April 26, 1973).
Grissim, John. “Garcia Returns to Banjo: Splendor in the Bluegrass” (April 26, 1973).
Siegel, Joel. “Watkins Glen Jam Tops Woodstock; 600,000 Fans” (August 30, 1973).
Perry, Charles. “Alembic: Sound Wizards to the Grateful Dead” (September 27, 1973).
———. “A New Life for the Dead: Jerry Garcia Is Checking Cash-Flow Charts” (November 22, 1973).
Epand, Len. “Garcia and Saunders: A Most Informal Group” (June 20, 1974).
Grissim, John. “The Dead After a Decade: ‘Allah’ Means Business” (November 6, 1975).
Young, Charles M. “The Awakening of The Dead” (June 16, 1977).
Fong-Torres, Ben. “15 Years Dead” (August 7, 1980).
Gilmore, Mikal. “The New Dawn of the Grateful Dead” (June 16, 1987).
Goldman, Fred. “On a Roll: The Rolling Stone Interview with Jerry Garcia” (November 30, 1989).
Henke, James. “Alive and Well: The Rolling Stone Interview with Jerry Garcia” (October 31, 1991).
DeCurtis, Anthony. “The Music Never Stops: The Rolling Stone Interview with Jerry Garcia” (September 2, 1993).
Fricke, David. “He Had Faced His Demons: Deborah Koons Garcia on Jerry” (September 21, 1995; expanded interview in the Rolling Stone book Garcia).
Wilkinson, Alec. “Bob Weir: Friend of the Devil” (July 9, 1998).
Rothman, Sandy. “Reflections on Jerry Garcia’s Banjo Playing.” Unpublished manuscript (1995).
Rowland, Mark. “Bring Me the Head of Jerry Garcia.” St. Louis Post-Dispatch (August 14, 1980).
———. “Jerry Garcia and Elvis Costello: Strange Bedfellows.” Musician (March 1991).
———. “Days of the Living Dead.” Musician (October 1996).
San Francisco Chronicle (in chronological order):
Bess, Donovan. “Far-Out Voices in the Debris” (January 1, 1966).
Robertson, Bob. “Kesey Wears a Tie—For a Few Hours” (January 21, 1966).
Gleason, Ralph. “Censure, Praise for ‘Trips’ Festival” (January 30, 1966).
———. “The Tribes Gather for a Yea-Saying” (January 16, 1967).
“Cops Raid Pad of Grateful Dead” (October 3, 1967).
Gleason, Ralph. “Stones’ Plan for Free S.F. Concert” (November 24, 1969).
———. “A Few Guesses on Rolling Stones” (November 28, 1969).
———. “Bad Vibes for Rolling Stones” (December 5, 1969).
———. “The Rolling Stones Are Right On” (December 5, 1969).
———. “Who’s Responsible for the Murder?” (December 8, 1969).
———. “More Questions for Rolling Stones” (December 12, 1969).
“An Arrest in Grateful Dead Embezzling” (August 11, 1971).
“Minister Gets Six Months” (March 3, 1972).
Hunt, Dennis. “Playing the Small Rock Clubs Is a ‘Release from the Dead’” (April 1, 1972).
Selvin, Joel. “Garcia Returns to a First Love” (March 14, 1973).
“Garcia Arrested—With Drugs” (March 30, 1973).
Selvin, Joel. “The Grateful Dead Decides to Try a Guiding Hand” (July 28, 1977).
———. “End of the Road for Grateful Dead” (December 9, 1995).
———. “Garcia’s Final Trip Takes Him to India” (April 9, 1996).
Saporita, Jay. “Keith and Donna on the Road.” The Aquarian (December 3, 1975).
Sekuler, Eliot. “Grateful Dead and Round: Innovative Independence.” Record World (April 12, 1975).
Selvin, Joel. “Hello/Goodbye: Mickey Hart and the Grateful Dead.” Mojo (November 1996).
Silberman, Steve. “Standing in the Soul: Robert Hunter Interview.” Poetry Flash (December 1992).
Silver, Sam. “Merl Saunders’ Musical Fire.” Night Times (May 2, 1972).
Simon, Peter. “Making Musical Miracles: An Interview with Jerry Garcia.” New Age Journal (May 1975).
Smolin, Barry. “Drumming at the Edge of Jerry: An Interview with David Kemper.” Dupree’s Diamond News (issue 36, summer 1997).
Snyder-Scumpy, Patrick. “The Allman Brothers: Boogie or Bust.” Crawdaddy (October 1973).
Stafford, Peter. “Bill Graham on Acid.” Crawdaddy (May 1969).
Staska, Kathie, and George Mangrum. “Jerry Garcia Discusses Grateful Dead, Albums.” Hayward Daily Review (October 12, 1972).
Sutherland, Steve. “Tripping in the Timeless Zone.” Melody Maker (March 28, 1981).
Swenson, John. “The Sound and the Fury.” College (October 1973).
———. “Back from the Dead.” Guitar World (December 1987).
Territo, Joe. “A Talk with Jerry Garcia” (three parts). Marin Independent Journal (June 3, June 10 and June 17, 1982).
Thompson, Hunter. “The ‘Hashbury’ Is the Capital of the Hippies.” New York Times Magazine (May 14, 1967).
Tolces, Todd. “Deadlines.” Melody Maker (January 24, 1976).
Watrous, Peter. “Touch of Grey Matter: The Grateful Dead Are Different from You and Me.” Musician (December 1989).
Watts, Michael. “Honour the Dead.” Melody Maker (April 15, 1972).
———. “Curse of the Pharaohs Nixes Dead’s London Gigs.” Melody Maker (September 23, 1978).
———. “Dead on the Nile.” Melody Maker (September 23, 1978).
White, Steven. “We Got L.A. by the Balls.” Staff (December 10, 1971).
White, Timothy. “From the Beatles to Bartok: Jerry Garcia and Bob Weir Trace the Roots of the Dead.” Goldmine (November 2, 1990).
MISCELLANEOUS SOURCES
Transcripts of Joel Selvin’s interviews with Jerry Garcia (April 30, 1992) and Robert Hunter (January 7, 1992), undertaken for his book Summer of Love.
Transcript of Oliver Trager’s interview with Jerry Garcia (January 25, 1993), undertaken for a story in Entertainment Weekly.
Transcript of Alice Kahn’s interview with Jerry Garcia (October 1984), undertaken for an article in the San Jose Mercury News.
Source unknown: Interview with Jerry Garcia in Room 1503 of the Radisson Hotel in St. Paul, Minnesota (July 19, 1981).
WBRU (Providence, Rhode Island) interview with Jerry Garcia and John Kahn (March 11, 1978).
Gary Lambert’s interview of Jerry Garcia and Phil Lesh for KPFA (Berkeley, California; February 11, 1993).
Paul Krassner’s interview of Jerry Garcia (May 1984), broadcast nationally during the set break of the June 21, 1984, Grateful Dead concert at Kingswood Music Theatre in Ontario.
David Gans’s July 1993 interview with Ken Nordine for KPFA.
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July 1993 interview with Garcia on WBEZ in Chicago.
Obey Benz’s interview with Jerry Garcia for the Time-Life History of Rock ’n’ Roll series, conducted in 1994.
1976 interview with Jerry Garcia for the Bay Area television program Miracles, hosted by Father Miles.
The on-line journal of Robert Hunter, posted on www.dead.net.
A lengthy correspondence from Willy Legate.
Jeremy Marre’s 1997 documentary Anthem to Beauty.
Testimony from the Carolyn Garcia vs. Deborah Koons Garcia trial, 1997.
Want to Read More?
In the course of editing this book for space considerations, a number of colorful anecdotes and entire topic areas had to be excised. These are available for your perusal on my Web site, www.blairjackson.com. The site also includes an extensive critical discography of Garcia’s work, an essay on the process of researching and writing Garcia: An American Life, and much more.
JG ON CD: A CRITICAL DISCOGRAPHY
Many Deadheads believe that Jerry Garcia’s musical legacy is best represented by the thousands of hours of bootleg tapes that are in circulation among collectors. Fundamentally I agree with that view, but because the quality of traded tapes varies so much and it’s so difficult to amass a good collection, I’ll limit myself to commenting on available CDs, which are of uniform quality and available to everyone. For info on tapes I suggest you consult three exhaustive—and superb—books devoted entirely to reviews of tapes in circulation: The Deadhead’s Taping Compendium, Vol. 1 (1959–1974), Vol. 2 (1975–85), and Vol. 3 (1986–1995), compiled by Michael Getz and John Dwork and published by Owl/Henry Holt. Besides detailed tape reviews, each book presents fascinating interviews with Grateful Dead sound personnel through the years and with tapers. And Vol. 1’s lengthy discussion of the Acid Tests by Nick Meriwether is by far the most comprehensive discussion of the musical and technical apsects of those events I’ve seen. I would also recommend that you pick up Deadbase: The Complete Guide to Grateful Dead Song Lists, now in its eleventh edition. It remains an invaluable resource for the serious or casual tape collector.
While most of the CDs below can be found in record stores, some Grateful Dead Records (GDR) releases can be purchased only through Grateful Dead Merchandising: (800) 225-3323. Grateful Dead and solo albums are rated on a five-star system and reflect all my biases. If it seems like I’m an easy grader, its because I think most of these CDs really are quite good. As a child of the pre-bootleg tapes vinyl records age, I also probably have a much higher opinion of the Dead’s studio albums than those weaned on live tapes exclusively. For years, the studio records and official live albums are what sustained me between shows, so I think fondly of them.
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