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"The Grateful Dead are one of the most influential rock and roll bands ofall time, but every story has a start. The Grateful Dead Origins takes an in depth and personal look at the formation of one of the most important American rock bands of all time, exploring the early days of Jerry Garcia, Phil Lesh, Bob Weir, Pigpen, Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart, and their transition from being a bar cover band to one of the greatest sounds in history. TheGrateful Dead Origins showcases the beginning of the band through the early 1960's San Francisco Haight Ashbury era, becoming the house band for the Ken Kesey's psychedelic ""acid tests,"" while telling a personal tale of the highs and lows of the tightly knit community that would grow around them, culminating at their historic performance at Woodstock, just one more show on their legendary road trip that would soon follow... This official Graphic Novel will also feature an accompanying album of rare Grateful Dead music."

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"Chris Miskiewicz is an actor & comic book writer. He's the writer of the multi-award winning comic book series, ""Thomas Alsop"" voted best mini-series of the year for its English & Danish translated editions. His next graphic novel is ""Grateful Dead Origins,"" the first approved biographical retelling of the legendary rock band's early years, published by Rhino Records & Z2 Comics. As well as the science fiction adventure series, ""This Is Where We Fall"" - As an actor Chris has appeared on CBS's ""Bull,"" HBO's ""Bored to Death,"" and USA Networks' ""White Collar."""

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