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OverviewPhotographer 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Carolyn mountain Girl Garcia , Tiffany Waggoner , Edward BearPublisher: Tioli Press & Bytes Imprint: Tioli Press & Bytes Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9780984985210ISBN 10: 0984985212 Pages: 340 Publication Date: 28 August 2013 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationI was so lucky that my parents chose San Francisco when we arrived in the U.S. as French immigrants. How could they know that their sheltered younger daughter would grow up to rebel beyond their wildest fears, running off to join the circus of the Bay Area's most notorious band? - Rosie McGee Her candid photographs of the Dead have appeared in books, documentaries and publications including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and Rolling Stone magazine. Rosie McGee loves being back in the San Francisco Bay Area after a 20-year absence. She has a counterculture son living in Eugene, OR: he had no need to rebel. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |