Live Dead by John Brackett - 9781478020707

Live DeadThe Grateful Dead, Live Recordings, and the Ideology of Liveness\nAuthor(s): John Brackett\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Duke University Press, United States\nImprint: Duke University Press\nISBN-13: 9781478020707, 978-1478020707\nSynopsis\nThe Grateful Dead were one of the most successful live acts of the rock era. Performing more than 2,300 shows between 1965 and 1995, the Grateful Deads reputation as a live band was-and continues to be-sustained by thousands of live concert recordings from every era of the groups long and colorful career. In Live Dead, musicologist John Brackett examines how live recordings-from the groups official releases to fan-produced tapes, bootlegs to Betty Boards, and Dicks Picks to From the Vault-have shaped the general history and popular mythology of the Grateful Dead for more than fifty years. Drawing on a diverse array of materials and documents contained in the Grateful Dead Archive, Live Dead details how live recordings became meaningful am.