Why the Grateful Dead Matter (Paperback)

from markknapp

I thought this would be some sort of deep sociopolitical study, but it is lighter than that. The writer is a Deadhead, and funny. An enjoyable read, broken into small chapters about particular topi...

from ecataldi

If you had asked me a decade ago if I ever thought that I'd be listening to The Grateful Dead or any other hippie jam band music I most likely would have laughed. I grew up a heavy metal kid and ev...

from dalaimomma

Why the Grateful Dead matter by Michael Benson...so excited to be selected to receive a copy of my own. I absolutely loved the cover of this book. Front to back, it's style falls right into the who...

from CrowVoice

Reading this book as a "non-deadhead," feels a bit like reading the Book of Psalms as an atheist: I get it that the writer feels Jehovah or Jerry is the greatest, but merely reading isn't quite con...

from jugglingpaynes

From what I understand, Why the Grateful Dead Matter by Michael Benson sets out to do just that: explain why the Grateful Dead matter. Chapters are set up as reasons, and each chapter goes into det...