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    izzie
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    There's lots of 'em! Books about the Dead, by the Dead, both collectively and individually. And then there's books about us, the Deadheads, too! What's your current read?

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    Dead to the Core
    I'll agree with the comment Oroboros posted earlier - Wybenga's book is a great read. I've had it for probably ten years now and it's one I go back to all the time - very conversational, funny. Dude's got a good turn of phrase.
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    majick
    you might want to post that request in the In Search Of,,, topic. I'm sorry, I have no clue about this myself, but someone there might.
  • majicklaughfter
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    song book
    i'm looking for the underground songbook "whoa oh what i want to know"if you have any leads e-mail me at zapme340@hotmail.com thanx
  • marye
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    Steve!
    Nice to see you hereabouts, and glad you're enjoying that tenure!
  • SteveG
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    Grateful Dead and Philosophy
    It's available at Amazon and through book stores, but it's cheapest if you go through the publisher, Open Court It was a heck of a lot of fun to put together. It's a collection of essays from a bunch of different folks, all heads turned phil profs coming from Eastern, Western, classical, modern perspectives all looking at different aspects of the band and deadhead culture. Man, I love having tenure.
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    New Grateful Dead Book
    ...shall we go, you and I while we can... By Steven Gimbel called "Grateful Dead and Philosophy", available now thru Amazon.com and probably through bookstores, I'm just not sure.
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    I love the Parish book too
    Definitely a unique perspective. Re Hank Harrison, we do all know he's Courtney Love's father, right? (You know it's gonna get stranger...)
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    home before daylight
    i like the book home before daylight by steve parish,great stories from the crew
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    The Dead by Hank Harrison
    I have just recently begun re-reading this book. I got this book a number of years ago from my good friend/deadhead/excellent guitarist Bob. I read the book in the early 90's and was living in the Bay Area at the time. This book was particularly interesting to me because i was living in the Bay Area. Reading about Jerry and Pig and Bobby and Phil jamming at the coffee shop in palo alto, the boys living in SF in the early days, familiar addresses in which the structures of those days are no longer . . .It just made me feel even closer and a family member and gave me a chance to relive all those moments i was born a little too late for . . . Check it out! ~KRISSY~
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    A Bloomin' BOOK!
    Books are good. Books CAN be great, & even bad. But, isn't it a tad bit better to be out there, living, PARADING... instead of sittin' there, with your head stuck betwixt some papers, all bound together by a Job who was probably forced in some labour camp to cut & bind & paste his or her way through the day, whizzing every now & then, just so some Ashley could sell you the book for a pittance???? I mean, ask yourselves. But, look at ya, pinin' away with the thoughts of yesterworlds. Readin', dreamin', driftin'... YEAH, Books.Now, on the other hand, Librarys are cool... they're full of books. Looks like rain all stacked up on neatly aligned shelving units, with a lodged ceiling fan gently scattering the stuffy air inside your town. Remember the Library in the motion picture "The Time Machine"? Hu, well, do ya, kid? Don't let that happen here. OK? Support your loco wordsmiths....
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There's lots of 'em! Books about the Dead, by the Dead, both collectively and individually. And then there's books about us, the Deadheads, too! What's your current read?
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I'm not sure about the current inventory, but before you go paying scalper bux on eBay I'd check with our own Blair Jackson (blairj), editor/publisher of said Golden Road, to see what back issues he's got available for, like, normal prices. I think some are really gone, but there are plenty of some others.
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Longtime Grateful Dead family member Rosie McGee has a new book, which for the moment is electronic-only, available for all the usual devices. Getting good reviews from people who were there at the time...
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What are other good books to buy? I am going to purchase when I get money which are Desolate Angel by Dennis McNally, and A Long Strange Trip by Dennis McNally, I don't have either of those books. I do have An American Life, and A Signpost to New Space. I do already have both of those. So, outside of the books I mentioned what are some other good ones?
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please help php out here and give advice about your faves! I've been sort of monopolizing the suggestions in the original thread. Thanks!
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The Illustrated Trip have only a few others tho
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mentioned, but worth repeating Searching for the Sound by phil is a great read and The Grateful Dead Family Album is great for all of the pics........lots and lots of pics.
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How about some rare footage links?
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Rare Footage?
How about some rare footage links?
Care to share?