Dead Days: A Grateful Dead Illustrated History

by Herb Greene

Herb Greene was a young commercial photographer living in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood in San Francisco when the LSD inspired subculture sprang up. Greene worked days as a staff photographer for a San Francisco department store and photographed the Haight Street hippies in his free time. Greene soon met up with the Grateful Dead, photographed them and a lifelong friendship was born. Greene's 30 year history with the Dead can be traced through this vast collection of photographs.

Genres: Music

172 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1995

About the author

Herb “Herbie” Greene was an American photographer known for his portraits of musicians and bands from San Francisco's counterculture in the 1960s and 1970s. Many of his images were published by Rolling Stone, by record labels, and in books. Greene's photographed subjects include the Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, Grace Slick, Led Zeppelin, Rod Stewart, Jeff Beck, The Pointer Sisters, Carlos Santana, and Sly Stone.