Summary: Featuring an incredible array of the greatest musicians of the '70s and early '80s. It stands alone in the history of rock n roll as the first ever late-night live concert show on TV, capturing the spirit of a time when rock was exploding in so many new, exciting directions. For nine thrilling years, The Special brought audience the very best live music from every genre, rare performances right...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC MIDShenk, David
Summary: Skeleton Key puts the reader on the Merry Pranksters' bus behind the real Cowboy Neal, uncovers the origins of Cherry Garcia, follows the dancing bear on its trip from psychedelic artifact to trademarked icon, and unlocks the Dead's own tape vault.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 782.42 SHESummary: The impact of Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead on fellow musicians, producers, writers, photographers, young people, artists, road crew, and the band itself date back as far as 1965.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Carol Pub. Group 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 782.42 KELSummary: There is nothing like a Greatful Dead concert!Since 1965, there have been over 3,000 Greatful Dead concerts, from the Panhandle of Golden Gate Park to the Gizeh Pyramids. At each of them, someone has stepped "on the bus" and become a Dead Head. Now, all of the Dead Head voices and visions have come together. Greatful Dead: The Official Book of the Dead Heads is a splendid mixture of musicians,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. Morrow 1983
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: No Grateful Dead fan will be able to resist Goin' Down the Road. Here is the history of the band, as revealed in interviews with Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, and Robert Hunter, among others; memories of the band's early days; a tribute to beat hero Neal Cassady, a defining influence on the band; background on the traditional and blues songs the Dead cover in their shows; and descriptions of their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harmony Books 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 782.42 JACSummary: In 1970, such names as Janis Joplin, The Band, and The Grateful Dead traveled by a customized train for five days to Toronto, Calgary, and Winnipeg for a mega-concert at each stop. This experience was filmed and some footage was locked away, until now.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: New Line Home Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC FESSummary: "This collective of progressive bands started [the RIO] movement that remains one of the reference points that many listeners, musicians, and distributors use to describe a cooperative approach of making and distributing non-mainstream music"--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zeitgeist Media 2012
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC ROMSummary: In the late 60s music began to evolve into a heavier sound. With blues-inspired, guitar-driven sound and trippy lyrics, this new hard rock soared to the top of the charts. Includes Jefferson Airplane, The Doors, The Who, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Standing Room Only 2004
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC SIXSummary: These legendary documentaries have only been released on VHS until now. Penelope Spheeris' Decline of Western Civilization was perceived as shocking and outrageous at the time of its original release in 1981. Parts II and III were no less extraordinary and unprecedented. Today, museums and educational institutions around the world present them as historically significant works of art....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shout Factory 2015
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC DEC1 available in Sight & Sound Print Material, Call number: SSC DVD MUSIC DEC
Summary: Includes interviews with The Grateful Dead, Tom Wolfe, Timothy Leary and Ken Kesey. Also includes four live performances by The Grateful Dead.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shout Factory LLC 2006
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC TOMContents: Start -- Can -- Damo Suzuki's network -- Floh de Cologne -- Kraftwerk -- Krautwerk -- Floh de Cologne -- Neu! -- La Düsseldorf -- Japandorf -- faUSt -- Wume.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC KRASummary: Within a few minutes of the news that Grateful Dead leader Jerry Garcia had passed away, tributes to him began appearing on the Internet. Highly personal, sincere, and moving, these fan's voices form the heart of Not Fade Away. Some tell stories of meetings with Jerry or recall a favorite concert, others explain how his music changed their lives. The effect is of a communal oral history--told,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thunder's Mouth Press 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 782.42 NOTSummary: Examines the long career of the Grateful Dead featuring new interviews with the surviving members of the group and never-before-seen footage of the group's performances.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rhino 2018
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Summary: In the mid-1960s, a new twist on contemporary rock music emerged out of San Francisco. Known as 'psychedeliad', it was pioneered by a close-knit community of local bands who merged traditional American musical forms with new sounds often developed under the influence of psychedelic drugs. Bound up with the social and cultural changes of the era, it was a combination that made for radical...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sexy Intellectual 2012
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC DAWGrateful Dead (Musical group)
Summary: Seventeen of the greatest songs ever performed by the Grateful Dead. Our one-of-a-kind album-matching folio includes multiple pages of color photos featuring the Grateful Dead in performance and a few candid shots spanning more than two decades.
Format: notated music
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Publications 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 784.54 GRAVarious Artists
Contents: Cigarette lighter / Japanese Telecom. -- Breakout / Ectomorph. -- Minors at night / Adult. -- Fogdust vs. Detroit / Paris the Black Fu. -- It's time / Keith Tucker. -- Whatchulookinat / DJ Godfather. -- Hoes / DJ Assault. -- No no / Aaron-Carl. -- If snow was black / Detroit Grand Pubahs. -- Murder scene / Andy Toth. -- A.M. / Maersk. -- Capture / Tony Ollivierra. -- Character maps remix /...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Intuit-Solar 1969
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC COMLABRADFORD (MUSICAL GROUP_
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1999
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK LABRASummary: Disc 1 is a documentary that includes new material, songs from four of the bands albums, and a producer's commentary. Disc 2 includes the bands performances, extras, and tour diary.
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Publisher / Publication Date: XL Recordings Ltd. 2007
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC HEIMASummary: "Take a trip with Sonic Youth and Nirvana as they stumble through their 1991 European club & festival tour! Let filmmaker Dave Markey put you on stage, off stage and backstage! Witness the boredom! The cynicism! And rock harder than you may ever have rocked before!"--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Geffen Records 2011
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC NINTimberlake, Justin
Summary: "In his first book, Justin Timberlake creates a characteristically dynamic experience, one that combines an intimate, remarkable collection of anecdotes, reflections, and observations on his life and work with hundreds of candid photographs from his personal archives that range from his early years to the present day, in locations around the world, both on and off the stage. Justin discusses...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Design, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018