Dancing with the Dead
Subtitle: a photographic memoir ; my good old days with the Grateful Dead & the San Francisco music scene, 1964-1974
By: Rosie McGee
Publisher: Tioli Press & Bytes
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Rohnert Park, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 322
ISBN-13: 9780984985210
Subjects: Psychedelic rock music; Rock music fans; Rock music; History and criticism; Anecdotes; Biography; Grateful Dead (Musical group)
Description: Photographer and Grateful Dead insider Rosie McGee tells dozens of previously-untold stories of living, traveling and working with the Dead during their first decade as a band. The book is illustrated with 200 of her rare and candid photographs, many never before seen in print. Not just for Deadheads or baby boomers--this book is for anyone seeking a woman's intimate account of the San Francisco rock music community in the Sixties, rare in a field of such books most often written by men. Included are firsthand stories of Autumn Records; The Matrix nightclub; the Acid Tests; Olompali; life in the Haight-Ashbury; the Human Be-In; the Grateful Dead (and the author's) bust at 710 Ashbury; New York, Toronto and Montreal with the Dead and Jefferson Airplane; Monterey Pop; Altamont; the Dead's Europe '72 tour; and encounters with individuals as diverse as Tom Donahue, Phil Spector, Lenny Bruce, Janis Joplin, Owsley Stanley, Timothy Leary, Jesse Colin Young, Julie Christie and many others.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-320).