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Grateful Dead Origins
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This graphic novel will appeal to fans of the Grateful Dead, music history enthusiasts, and readers interested in 1960s American counterculture. It is ideal for those who appreciate graphic storytelling combined with rich musical heritage.
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AVAILABLE NOVEMBER 2022
The Grateful Dead Origins takes an in depth and personal look at the formation of one of the most important American rock bands of all time, exploring the early days of Jerry Garcia, Phil Lesh, Bob Weir, Pigpen, Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart, and their transition from being a bar cover band to one of the greatest sounds in history.
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The Grateful Dead are one of the most influential rock and roll bands of all time, but every story has a start. The Grateful Dead Origins takes an in-depth and personal look at the formation of one of the most important American rock bands, exploring the early days of Jerry Garcia, Phil Lesh, Bob Weir, Pigpen, Bill Kreutzmann, and Mickey Hart, and their transition from being a bar cover band to one of the greatest sounds in history.
The Grateful Dead Origins showcases the beginning of the band through the early 1960's San Francisco Haight-Ashbury era, becoming the house band for Ken Kesey's psychedelic "acid tests," while telling a personal tale of the highs and lows of the tightly knit community that would grow around them, culminating at their historic performance at Woodstock. It was just one more show on their legendary road trip that would soon follow...
This official graphic novel will also feature an accompanying album of rare Grateful Dead music.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781940878300
Publisher: Z2 comics
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 04 August 2020
Country: United States
Imprint: Z2 comics
Contributors:
- Performed by Grateful Dead
- Drawings by Noah Van Sciver
Audience: Tertiary education
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 13.0mm
Width: 168.0mm
Height: 260.0mm
Weight: 363g
Pages: 152
About the Author
Chris Miskiewicz is an actor & graphic novelist. He is the four-time Ringo Award nominated writer of the science-fiction western "This is Where We Fall," the biography "Grateful Dead Origins," and "Elvis: The Graphic Novel," as well as the international award-winning series "Thomas Alsop," voted "best mini-series" for its English & Danish editions.
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