Garcia [Hardcover]

Calif.) Rolling Stone (San Francisco (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1996

Featuring more than 150 photographs of the late rock musician, a combination of material taken from the past thirty years of Rolling Stone and new essays and pictures chronicles Jerry Garcia's entire life and career. 150,000 first printing.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 238 pages
• Publisher: Little Brown & Co (T); 1st edition (January 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0316754498
• ISBN-13: 978-0316754491
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.9 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,828,272 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A very kind read, September 7, 2000

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T. Willis (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Garcia (Hardcover)

If there were going to be a textbook for the Dead and Jerry Garcia, this would be it. But don't worry it isn't dull. It's very well written. The author gives a little background on each person that touched Garcia's life and where they fit into the scheme of the whole story. It also tells the story behind each of the songs Garcia wrote or collaborated on and his relationships with the different instuments he mastered. It is easy to get lost in the book while reading it. The stories and history flow very well. I will admit that sometimes the author gets the reader lost in too much detail but it isn't distracting enough to ruin the reading experience. I highly reccommend it to Jerry fans and Deadheads. I will warn you that reading the book may make you wish there was a Dead tour to hop onto - if only there were.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The quintessential memorial to Garcia., May 13, 1996

By A Customer

This review is from: Garcia (Hardcover)

A great book covering the history of the Grateful Dead and the many articles about Garcia and the Dead featured in Rolling Stone Magazine over the years. It includes many interviews and the best compilation of pictures of Jerry and the whole scene surrounding him and the band. A must have for every Deadhead

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Recycled Rolling Stone, March 11, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Garcia (Hardcover)

Several of the reviewers apparently got this book mixed up with another one. There is no "author"--this book is a collection of articles and interviews, mostly from Rolling Stone, over three decades. The photos throughout the book are very nice, and the interviews are well done. I only give it four stars because Rolling Stone never really gave the Grateful Dead the credit and coverage they deserved while Garcia was alive, so I'm not going to give RS full credit for doing it now. (Rolling Stone was started in San Francisco, yet it wasn't until 1973 that they bothered to get around to an interview with Garcia!)