Michael Kaler demonstrates that the Grateful Dead developed a radical new way of playing rock music as a means to unleashing the spiritual and transformative potential of their music.
Michael Kaler demonstrates that the Grateful Dead developed a radical new way of playing rock music as a means to unleashing the spiritual and transformative potential of their music.
Acknowledgments ix An Autobiographical Introduction 1 1. The Grateful Dead: A Spiritually Motivated, Improvising Rock Band 5 2. Setting the Scene: Where They Came From 22 3. How the Grateful Dead Learned to Jam: Building a Framework for Improvisation 45 4. Improvisational Tactics, 1965–1974: Roads Taken, and Some That Were Not Taken 73 5. Writing About Improvisation: Approaches to Understanding Spontaneous Playing 125 6. Other Improvising Rock Bands: Similar Directions, Different Motivations 139 7. Music, Transcendent Spiritual Experience, and the Grateful Dead: How They Came Together 161 8. The Grateful Dead’s Spiritual Context: The Acid Tests and Afterwards 185 9. What They Did: How the Grateful Dead Joined Their Musical and Spiritual Imperatives 201 Appendix. Grateful Dead Personnel and Performances 237 Notes 241 Bibliography 265 Index 281
Acknowledgments ix An Autobiographical Introduction 1 1. The Grateful Dead: A Spiritually Motivated, Improvising Rock Band 5 2. Setting the Scene: Where They Came From 22 3. How the Grateful Dead Learned to Jam: Building a Framework for Improvisation 45 4. Improvisational Tactics, 1965–1974: Roads Taken, and Some That Were Not Taken 73 5. Writing About Improvisation: Approaches to Understanding Spontaneous Playing 125 6. Other Improvising Rock Bands: Similar Directions, Different Motivations 139 7. Music, Transcendent Spiritual Experience, and the Grateful Dead: How They Came Together 161 8. The Grateful Dead’s Spiritual Context: The Acid Tests and Afterwards 185 9. What They Did: How the Grateful Dead Joined Their Musical and Spiritual Imperatives 201 Appendix. Grateful Dead Personnel and Performances 237 Notes 241 Bibliography 265 Index 281
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