Blair Jackson
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Garcia: An American Life
5 editions
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1999
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This Is All a Dream We Dreamed: An Oral History of the Grateful Dead
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6 editions
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2015
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Grateful Dead: The Illustrated Trip
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5 editions
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2003
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Goin' Down The Road: A Grateful Dead Traveling Companion
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1992
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Grateful Dead Gear: The Band's Instruments, Sound Systems and Recording Sessions From 1965 to 1995
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2006
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Grateful Dead: The Music Never Stopped
2 editions
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1983
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Backstage Pass: The Fillmore - Rock's Greatest Venue
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2010
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Pigpen Forever: The Life and Times of Ron McKernan
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Feed Your Head: San Francisco’s Psychedelic Rock Revolution: From the Acid Tests to Altamont
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2010
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Classic Tracks: The Studios, Stories And Hit Makers Behind Three Decades Of Groundbreaking Songs
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2006
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“Speaking more generally about what attracted him to bluegrass banjo, he said it was 'just the sound of the instrument, and then the fire, you know; the speed and all that. I was attracted by the intensity of it, really. And I was drawn to that incredible clarity-- when something is going along real fast and every note is absolutely clear. That, to me, was really amazing-- the Earl Scruggs instrumentals...' But Garcia refused to commit himself to just one style of music. Though bluegrass became his overriding obsession for about two years, he still dabbled in folk, old-timey and blues whenever the opportunity arose and there were players around.”
― Garcia: An American Life
― Garcia: An American Life
“Hunter he had these big tins of crushed pineapple that he'd gotten from the army,' Garcia said, 'and i had this glove compartment full of plastic spoons, and we had this little cooperative scene, eating this crushed pineapple day after day and sleeping in the cars and walking around.”
― Garcia: An American Life
― Garcia: An American Life
“Garcia had traded his Sears electric guitar for an acoustic model shortly after arriving in Palo Alto, and late that spring Barbara bought him a better guitar, and shortly after that, a lovely sounding Stella twelve-string.”
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