The Tragic Odes of Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead is a multifaceted study of tragedy in the group's live performances, showing how Garcia engineered psychic renewal by leading songs of grief, mortality, and ironic fate in a participatory theatrical context focused on catharsis through dance and communal sublime experience.
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For decades, scholars have found the Grateful Dead's work and example to be rich and rewarding interdisciplinary topics. Brent Wood's thoughtful exploration of the band's tragic odes and their intersection with Jerry Garcia and the Dead's complex history marks a welcome addition to the discourse, offering provocative readings of seminal songs and creative connections to a range of writers, ideas, and theories in philosophy, literary history, and cultural studies.
Nicholas Meriwether, Center for Counterculture Studies
This is a valuable book, masterfully balancing diverse topics such as the Dionysian rituals of ancient Greece, Nietzsche, the Cold War, LSD, Frankenstein, shamanism, and more in its reappraisal of Jerry Garcia's songs as "tragic odes." The Dead's story has been told many times, but this book goes beyond the usual discourse of band history and fan culture to probe into a web of fascinating intertextual and historical reference points that account for the unique catalytic power of this much beloved band. Brent Wood's writing casts the Grateful Dead's "long, strange trip" in a new light.
Kevin Holm-Hudson, University of Kentucky School of Music
Nicholas Meriwether, Center for Counterculture Studies
This is a valuable book, masterfully balancing diverse topics such as the Dionysian rituals of ancient Greece, Nietzsche, the Cold War, LSD, Frankenstein, shamanism, and more in its reappraisal of Jerry Garcia's songs as "tragic odes." The Dead's story has been told many times, but this book goes beyond the usual discourse of band history and fan culture to probe into a web of fascinating intertextual and historical reference points that account for the unique catalytic power of this much beloved band. Brent Wood's writing casts the Grateful Dead's "long, strange trip" in a new light.
Kevin Holm-Hudson, University of Kentucky School of Music