The Complete Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics

The Complete Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics

Celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the most popular and enduring band ever: â€œEven the most hardcore Deadheads will be impressed by this obsessively complete look at the Grateful Deadâ€™s lyricsâ€ (Publishers Weekly).

The Complete Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics is an authoritative text, providing standard versions of all the original songs you thought you knew forwards and backwards. These are some of the best-loved songs in the modern American songbook. They are hummed and spoken among thousands as counterculture code and recorded by musicians of all stripes for their inimitable singability and obscure accessibility. How do they do all this? To provide a context for this formidable body of work, of which his part is primary, Robert Hunter has written a foreword that goes to the heart of the matter. And the annotations on sources provide a gloss on the lyrics, which goes to the roots of Western culture as they are incorporated into them.

An avid Grateful Dead concertgoer for more than two decades, David Dodd is a librarian who brings to the work a detectiveâ€™s love of following a clue as far as it will take him. Including essays by Dead lyricists Robert Hunter and John Perry and Jim Carpenterâ€™s original illustrations, whimsical elements in the lyrics are brought to light, showcasing the American legend that is present in so many songs. A gorgeous keepsake edition of the Deadâ€™s official annotated lyrics, The Complete Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics is an absolute must-have for the fiftieth anniversaryâ€”you wonâ€™t think of this cultural icon the same way again. In fact, founding band member Bob Weir said: â€œThis book is great. Now Iâ€™ll never have to explain myself.â€
Country USA
Brand Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer Simon & Schuster
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 100 2-c illustrations thru-ou; 2x4pg 4-c
ReleaseDate 2015-10-13
UnitCount 1
UPCs 787721896302
EANs 9781501123320

Country	USA
Brand	Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer	Simon & Schuster
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	100 2-c illustrations thru-ou; 2x4pg 4-c
ReleaseDate	2015-10-13
UnitCount	1
UPCs	787721896302
EANs	9781501123320

The Complete Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics

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