Conversations With the Dead: The Grateful Dead Interview Book (Citadel Underground Series) [Paperback]

David Gans (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1991 | Series: Citadel Underground Series

A collection of interviews--some vintage, some recent--Conversations with the Dead is the first comprehensive book made up of the Grateful Dead's own words. This book will fascinate any "Dead Head" and even those unfamiliar with the band will be intrigued by the Dead and its loyal following of fans. Photographs.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

This volume is considered the definitive interview book with the band the Grateful Dead. Gans is a noted expert on the Dead, with several books to his credit, and was the producer of a few of their albums. The volume essentially is a collection of interviews with members Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Dan Healy, Mickey Hart, and Jerry Garcia, who, alas, is no longer grateful, just dead. The interviews range from 1977 to 1991, and the text is buttressed with numerous photos. This edition also includes a new introduction. The band remains immensely popular, making this a solid purchase.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

About the Author

David Gans is a musician, author of Playing in the Band, and host of the nationally syndicated radio show "The Grateful Dead Hour." He has also produced three albums, including the Grateful Dead's gold-record-winning boxed set, So Many Roads (1965–1995). He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 342 pages
• Publisher: Citadel Pr (September 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0806512237
• ISBN-13: 978-0806512235
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,588,836 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another Must-Have for Deadheads, May 9, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Conversations With the Dead: The Grateful Dead Interview Book (Citadel Underground Series) (Paperback)

This is probably the single best book I've ever read about the Dead. It's so much more immediate and satisfying to hear how things went down from the Dead themselves than from a faceless biographer. David Gans asks the questions *I* would have asked Jerry & Bob & Phil & Mickey & Billy. You'll feel like you're there hanging out in their living room with them. A wonderful insight into what made that magical machine run for over 30 years...
--Mike Dobbs

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Primary Dead, December 22, 2010

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Robin Russell (Pembroke, Bermuda) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Conversations With The Dead: The Grateful Dead Interview Book (Kindle Edition)

This is the best collection of primary material available on the Grateful Dead. David Gans is a well informed interviewer who asks the right questions. As a musician, Gans is able to delve into what made the music of the Grateful Dead so arresting. Insights galore on every page, plus excellent photographs, often by the great Herb Greene.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Conversations With the Dead, March 8, 2011

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JEzrine - See all my reviews

This review is from: Conversations with the Dead: The Grateful Dead Interview Book (Paperback)

I think years from now the book will be pointed to as a benchmark in the art of interviewing-- at the very least. It's of course by far the most revealing portrait of these people, what makes them tick, what they are about, that has ever been produced.