Here is an exciting collection of writings about The Grateful Dead, offering both classic and hard-to-find essays, reporting, and reviews. Arranged in chronological order, these pieces add up to a full-scale history of the group - from Tom Wolfe's account of the Dead's first performance (at an Acid Test in 1965), to Ralph Gleason's 1967 interview with the 24-year-old Jerry Garcia, to Mary Eisenhart's obituary of the great guitarist. Alongside the words of Tom Wolfe, George W.S. Trow, and Robert Christgau, readers will findpoetry, fiction, drawings, and an offering of rare and revealing photographs.  "The Grateful Dead Reader" brims with some of the best writing on music, on popular culture, and on a band that helped define a generation.

Paperback, 352 pages