The Grateful Dead and the Deadheads: An Annotated Bibliography

Libraries, musicologists and Deadheads may want a copy of this comprehensive annotated bibliography that contains most of what has been written about this legendary American musical institution and its fans, the Deadheads, over the past 30 years. The approximately 4000 annotations serve as a chronological history, an aid to researchers and a guide for fans and collectors. The Grateful Dead appeared on the San Francisco music scene in 1965, and over the course of their career inspired a wide array of writing. The work includes books published about the band, articles that appeared in a major magazine or journal, chapters and entries in books, and articles from The San Francisco Chronicle and The San Francisco Examiner newspapers. Several magazines in their entirety were devoted (and remain devoted) to following the band, and this bibliography chronicles the material that appeared in those fan magazines. In addition to author, subject and title indexes, an index to artists and photographers is included, since the Grateful Dead inspired a large body of artistic and photographic work.