Here Beside The Rising Tide - Jim Newton

A History Of The Grateful Dead That Kaleidoscopes Into An Examination Of The American Counterculture Through The Life Of Its Iconoclastic Frontman, Jerry Garcia, And His Merry Bandin Early 1960s Palo Alto, Jerry Garcia Randomly Opened A Dictionary To A Fable In Which An Appreciative Soul Repays The Generosity Of A Traveler By Delivering Him A Fortune, A Gift Of The Grateful Dead. After A Traumatic Car Accident That Injured Him And Killed A Close Friend, Garcia Had Recently Resolved To Build The Life He Wanted, Which Meant Making Music. He Had Practiced Relentlessly And Caromed Across The Northern California Folk And Bluegrass Scene, Gathered Up Some Fellow Musicians And Formed A Band.now They Had Their Name.following The History Of The Grateful Dead Means Tracking American Political And Cultural History Through A Period Of Tumult And Radical Reconsideration.