Grateful Dead: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
John Rocco and Brian Rocco (eds.), Dead Reckonings: The Life and Times of the Grateful Dead (1999), compiles the usual and offbeat tales, reviews, and interviews, including a bit from Miles Davis’s autobiography. Rock Scully and David Dalton, Living with the Dead: Twenty Years on the Bus with Garcia and the Grateful Dead (1996), presents the memories and insights of the band’s longtime road manager, Scully. David Gans, Conversations with the Dead: The Grateful Dead Interview Book (1991, reissued 1995), gathers the most pertinent interview material. Robert Hunter, A Box of Rain (1990, reissued 1993), augments Hunter’s collected lyrics with illustrations and memories. Jerry Garcia, Harrington Street (1995), collects guitarist-leader Garcia’s writings and art. Oliver Trager, The American Book of the Dead: The Definitive Grateful Dead Encyclopedia (1997), is the most comprehensive reference work on the Dead, with some 800 entries and many photos. David Shenk and Steve Silberman, Skeleton Key: A Dictionary for Deadheads (1994), is a smaller but useful compendium.
Representative Works
- The Grateful Dead (1967)
- Anthem of the Sun (1968)
- Aoxomoxoa (1969)
- Live/Dead (1969)
- American Beauty (1970)
- Workingman’s Dead (1970)
- Grateful Dead Live (1971)
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Primary Contributors
- Gene Santoro
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified link of Web site: BBC - 'A large amount of weirdness': The long, strange success of the Grateful Dead. | Nov 01, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC - 'A large amount of weirdness': The long, strange success of the Grateful Dead. | Jan 17, 2026 | ||
| Revised Top Questions section. | Jan 11, 2026 | ||
| Updated for the death of Bob Weir. | Jan 10, 2026 | ||
| Updated for the death of Donna Godchaux. | Nov 04, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: DigitalCommons at University of Nebraska - Lincoln - Teaching (and Studying) the Music of the Grateful Dead (PDF). | Oct 01, 2025 | ||
| Corrected description of The Strange Remain: it is a live album, not a studio album. | Jul 11, 2025 | ||
| Added cross-reference. | Jul 07, 2025 | ||
| Media added. | Jun 25, 2025 | ||
| Added top questions. | Jun 25, 2025 | ||
| Moved band members' information into a list. | Oct 26, 2024 | ||
| Article updated for the death of Phil Lesh. | Oct 25, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: California State University, Stanislaus - THE GRATEFUL DEAD PARALLAX. | Nov 09, 2023 | ||
| Replaced photograph. | Aug 30, 2019 | ||
| Added Dead & Company touring band. | Jun 05, 2018 | ||
| Replaced photograph. | Jul 26, 2017 | ||
| Article revised to mention the 2015 Fare Thee Well tour. | Mar 15, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: AllMusic - Grateful Dead. | Jun 27, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - The Grateful Dead. | Jan 25, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Official Site of the Grateful Dead. | Nov 14, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: Official Site of the Grateful Dead Archive Online. | Nov 14, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: Official Site of the Grateful Dead Archive Online. | Nov 14, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: Official Site of the Grateful Dead. | Nov 14, 2012 | ||
| Added photograph. | Jul 21, 2009 | ||
| Updated with information about the Dead's 2008 reunion and 2009 spring tour. | Apr 27, 2009 | ||
| Article revised. | Feb 09, 2000 | ||
| New article added. | Aug 18, 1998 |