Catch Grateful Dead 1977 Conceived By Howard F. Weiner Textbook

any insight into pretty much anything except set lists I couldnt even recommend this less than mediocre run down of a single year to even my fellow deadheads The title implies a lot than it delivers and to save you the timejust listen to the shows You will not learn anything about the Terrapin Nation how it came to rise or even what it is A better title would have been yet another Deadhead having a conversation with himself about the best insert song title spoiler alert whichever version you're going to say you're wrong The lastchapters were the only thing that remotely captured my attention when the author told the tale of a pilgrimage to Ithaca At least then though fleeting at best we got some slight texture to the store Everything before is the author reviewing songs laying his own taste and opinions on everything offering up no stories historical perspective backstory or anything that the reader couldn't get anywhere elseThe book ends with a list of the best shows ofand the best versions of songs played that year Thosepages are pretty much the only thing needed from this book Use that as a guide and only a guide and go listen for yourself For the Grateful Dead and their devoteeswas one long party from start to end and author Howard Weiner takes us on that ride again From the legendary gigs in Cornell Englishtown and the Winterland to the releases of The Grateful Dead movie and Terrapin Station this is a blow by blow narrative of a band peaking at the right moment in history Once upon a time the Dead had the largest cult following in music but before their days were numbered they became an American institution andwas the year that changed their fate These psychedelic pranksters from the streets

of San Francisco became the embodiment of professionalism in the thick of the schizoid seventies as they mobilized a new generation of Deadheads with inspired performances A blueprint for future activitycatapulted the Grateful Dead on to the golden road of unlimited prosperity and fame.