The Grateful Dead in Concert: Essays on Live Improvisation

The Grateful Dead in Concert: Essays on Live Improvisation
ISBN-10
0786458283
ISBN-13
9780786458288
Category
Music
Pages
365
Language
English
Published
2010-03-10
Publisher
McFarland
Authors
Jim Tuedio, Stan Spector

Description

This book offers a spirited analysis of the unique improvisational character of Grateful Dead music and its impact on appreciative fans. The 20 essays capture distinct facets of the Grateful Dead phenomenon from a broad range of scholarly angles. The band’s trademark synergizing focus is discussed as a function of complex musical improvisation interlaced with the band members’ collective assimilation of an impressive range of marginal musical forms and lyrical traditions. These facets are shown to produce a vibrant Deadhead experience, resulting in community influences still morphing in new directions 45 years after the band’s initial impact.

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