Grateful Dead Book Reviews

Within a few months, David Gans assembled Not Fade Away, a collection of tributes and reflections drawn from the online world, much of it orbiting The WELL, one of the earliest and most influential virtual communities. Published in November 1995, the book preserves the sound of people reacting in real time from the first das of mourning. Where so much of the early coverage flattened Garcia into cliché, Gans turned toward the voices of a community trying to make sense of the l

Visual gold, Jim Marshall’s Grateful Dead book works less as a traditional photo collection and more as a backstage pass. Marshall had a rare gift for being close without intruding and the result is a series of exceptional images that feel candid and natural.