I highly recommend this this book for anyone who is into the Grateful Dead. It attempts to catalog/catagorize in 400 pages everything that has ever been written about the Dead. In doing so it also becomes a record of the history of the band through the years. It covers nearly 3000 entries all annotated with helpful information. It is a great tool for anyone that has and extensive collection of Dead related books/magazines/articles. It was very helpful in allowing me to catalog my collection. Although it is a bit expensive it was well worth it!

another piece of psychophanthic dead-lit, I've read more interesting stuff. i wish someone would publish something thought provoking and intelligent on the dead, i feel ripped off having bought this book (I have to have everything you see). nothing new here, buy only if you have to have everything (like me)
Peace.

I'd already read a lot of this stuff, and the editor's text was annoying and pretentious (check out his website for more laughs...) Well, at least I borrowed it from a friend. Don't get me wrong - I love the Dead!

This book is a nice edition for "a favorite book on the Dead." Prior writings on the band are generally tell-alls by former friends and insiders. However, this is just honest from the seat of the pants good writing by many insightful commentators from the earliest days to the final days. I saw the Dead perform 25 times between 1983-93; and after reading this book I felt that it answered alot of questions. The Dead have always been one of the most difficult bands to capture in words, so you won't be dissapointed in this entertaining and deadon book on the good 'ole Grateful Dead.