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Book Talk: Black music, white culture and a legendary U.S. highway

3827 days ago

Reuters — BOSTON (Reuters) - Author Dennis McNally accompanied the Grateful Dead as a publicist and historian on the band's “long strange trip,” and he chronicled Jack Kerouac, the Beat Generation author of “On the Road.” more info

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Grateful Dead academic conference set for San Jose State University

3829 days ago

Mercury News, California — 'So Many Road: The World in the Grateful Dead' opens Nov. 5 at SJSU. more info

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Martin Scorsese Signs On as Executive Producer of Grateful Dead Documentary

3834 days ago

Time — The documentary is set to be released next year, coinciding with the 50th anniversary of band's founding more info

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The Grateful Dead Announce 50th Anniversary Documentary Prod. By Martin Scorsese

3834 days ago

Stereogum — The Grateful Dead turn 50 next year and to celebrate the occasion, they’ll release a career-spanning documentary directed by Amir Bar-Lev, who also had a hand in 2010′s The Tillman Story and 2007′s My Kid Could Paint That. Most notably, the fil... more info

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Catching Up With Steve Gunn :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview

3851 days ago

Aquarium Drunkard — With 2013’s Time Off, guitarist Steve Gunn took a leap that often proves disastrous for guitar soli performers: he started singing. His albums had featured vocals before, but Time Off was different. On it, Gunn embraced proper songcraft, echoing th... more info

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Berkeley Hawaiian Music Festival set for Freight & Salvage

3858 days ago

Mercury News, California — Also, longtime Grateful Dead publicist Dennis McNally releases new book, 'On Highway 61.' more info

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Today's Music Picks: Grateful Dead biographer now explores 'Highway 61'

3860 days ago

Mercury News, California — Dennis McNally, the Grateful Dead's former publicist, will read from 'On Highway 61' Oct. 7 at Diesel bookstore in Oakland. more info

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John Oswald on Plunderphonics, "Grayfolded" and audio collage

3878 days ago

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Last weekend The Times published a profile of the sound artist John Oswald, who has just released an LP version of "Grayfolded." The recording, which is a nearly two-hour sound collage of dozens of live versions of the Grateful Dead's "Dark Star," wa... more info

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Revisiting the transitive nightfall of John Oswald's 'Grayfolded'

3881 days ago

L.A. Times - Entertainment — In 1994, John Oswald turned live recordings of the Grateful Dead's 'Dark Star' into an epic sonic collage. 20 hears later, he reworked the early mash-up into an even more-expansive three-LP edition.In 1994, John Oswald turned live recordings of the G... more info

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Further (pre-Beachwood Sparks) get best-of compilation (stream it); The Tyde touring with Christopher Owens (dates)

3889 days ago

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis Before they formed Beachwood Sparks and The Tyde, Brent and Darren Rademaker spent a good chunk of the '90s making noise with their band Further. (Not to be confused with Grateful Dead offshoot Furthur.) Having survived life... more info

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