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So Many Reads: A Grateful Dead Book Club @somanyreads.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

friendly reminder: be sure to message me or email me at somanyreads at gmail dot com to get added to the list, the means by which you’ll get the Zoom link for the meetings. thanks!!

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So Many Reads: A Grateful Dead Book Club @somanyreads.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

shoutout to Liz at bigpimpdogman for our amazing new logo! 😍💀🌹⚡️ #somanyreads

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So Many Reads: A Grateful Dead Book Club @somanyreads.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

reminder: DM me your email if you’d like to be added to the mailing list, which is the means by which you get the zoom link for meetings 💀🌹⚡️ #somanyreads

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So Many Reads: A Grateful Dead Book Club @somanyreads.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

always a hoot presenting at the Grateful Dead Studies Association at SWPACA

Picture of me presenting at a conference with a slide on the projector that states “‘camp is a mode of seduction’ — Sontag”

Picture of me presenting at a conference

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So Many Reads: A Grateful Dead Book Club @somanyreads.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

join us on Zoom Monday, March 16th as we discuss Here Beside the Rising Tide with the author, Jim Newton! if you’re not on the list, the means by which you get the link, please DM me 💀🌹⚡️ #somanyreads

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So Many Reads: A Grateful Dead Book Club @somanyreads.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

join us on Monday, January 12th at 7:30 PM Central to discuss Birdenwheel with author Lindsay Rice! remember, to participate, you need to get on the list — to do so, email me at somanyreads at gmail 💀🌹⚡️

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Corry342 @corry342.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Undiscovered Garcia country, even now: a reel with two unreleased Peter Rowan tracks with Jerry Garcia has surfaced. Recorded August 21, 1973 at the Record Plant. 4 other tracks were released on Rowan's 1979 Texican Badman album. Updated an old blog. hooterollin.blogspot.com/2011/10/apri...

Jerry Garcia played on two unreleased Peter Rowan demos recorded at the Record Plant in Sausalito on August 21, 1973. The Dead were recording Wake Of The Flood at the time. Warners financed the demo. Bill Kreutzmann, John Kahn and David Grisman played on the demos, and Chris and Lorin Rowan sang. 4 other tracks from the demo were on Rowan's 1979 album Texican Badman, released in Italy.

The reel from the Record Plant demo by Peter Rowan on August 21, 1973 with two tracks featuring Jerry Garcia on electric guitar ("Lazy Bones" and "Dragon On The Moon." I have not heard the tracks.

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So Many Reads: A Grateful Dead Book Club @somanyreads.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

great news — Len Dell’Amico will be joining us to discuss his book, Friend of the Devil, at our next meeting on Monday, September 15th at 7:30 PM Central! hope to see you there #somanyreads 💀🌹⚡️

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Brian A. Anderson @thebanderson.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

What are you doing Monday evening? Join me on Zoom at the @somanyreads.bsky.social Dead book club, where I’ll be chatting all things LOUD AND CLEAR. 8 PM CT. Will be a good and heady hang! (DM the So Many Reads account for invite link.)

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Bryan Thomas @munkiman.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Remembering the originator of the phrase "Keep on Truckin'," blues guitarist & vocalist Blind Boy Fuller, born Fulton Allen on July 10, 1907, in Wadesboro, NC (d. February 13, '41), known for his fingerpicking guitar, soulful vocals, and songs w/ blues, ragtime & folk influences. More: alt text

Blind Boy Fuller was one of the most popular of the recorded Piedmont blues artists with rural Black Americans, a group that also included Blind Blake, Josh White, and Buddy Moss.

Fuller's repertoire included a number of popular double entendre "hokum" songs such as "I Want Some Of Your Pie", "Truckin' My Blues Away" (the origin of the phrase "keep on truckin'"), and "Get Your Yas Yas Out" (adapted as "Get Your Ya-Yas Out" for the origin of a later Rolling Stones album title), together with the autobiographical "Big House Bound" dedicated to his time spent in jail.

Though much of his material was culled from traditional folk and blues numbers, he possessed a formidable finger-picking guitar style.

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So Many Reads: A Grateful Dead Book Club @somanyreads.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

happy Jai Alai day! A fun fact about this show that I learned from @thebanderson.bsky.social’s book is that the crew had to “bust out the sledgehammers” in the words of Steve Parish to get the Wall of Sound into the venue, leading to the Dead having to pay to repair the exterior later

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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

small ridiculousness: the owsley stanley foundation seems to have found a few tapes of sparky & the assbites from hell, the grateful dead's roadies' band. maybe what the shaggs sound like to people who don't like the shaggs? sorry for the fb link. www.facebook.com/OwsleyStanle...

Ramrod on guitar, Steve Parish on drums, Rex Jackson bass, Dan Healy on guitar, Sparky Raizene on harmonica, Danny Rifkin on piano

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JamBase @jambase.com · 14/05/2025

Dennis McNally's 'The Last Great Dream: How Bohemians Became Hippies and Created the Sixties' explores the circumstances that gave birth to the 1960s counterculture. Preview the newly available book from the best-selling author + former #GratefulDead publicist www.jambase.com/article/the-...

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Read An Excerpt Of Dennis McNally's New Book 'The Last Great Dream: How Bohemians Became Hippies & Created The Sixties

Read a portion of Dennis McNally's newly release book examining the rise of the 1960s counterculture, 'The Last Great Dream: How Bohemians Became Hippies and Created the Sixties.'

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So Many Reads: A Grateful Dead Book Club @somanyreads.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

we meet tonight (Monday 5/12) to discuss Deal by Bill Kreutzmann and Benjy Eisen! join us at 7:30 PM Central on Zoom. if you need the link, send me a message

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Listen To The Music Play @gratefulbook.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

5/12/1991 Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View, CA – This show is a gem, energized by Bruce Hornsby's presence. The band delivers expressive material, making it a standout performance. Written listening guide is at: www.gratefuldeadbook.com/post/this-we... youtu.be/vcWy03QTSBY

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05/12/1991 Review - On This Day In Grateful Dead History

YouTube video by Listen To The Music Play

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Listen To The Music Play @gratefulbook.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

🎸🌹 4/25/1983: The Spectrum, Philly! Parts of this epic show are on Dave's Picks Vol. 39. A spirited performance with classic staples & new gems. Sadly, only audience recordings exist, but they're worth a listen! #GratefulDead #LiveDead www.gratefuldeadbook.com/post/this-we... 🎶⚡

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So Many Reads: A Grateful Dead Book Club @somanyreads.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

such a privilege to hear Jay Blakesberg speak and see his work on exhibit at Lake Forest College 💀🌹⚡️ #somanyreads

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So Many Reads: A Grateful Dead Book Club @somanyreads.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

happy promised land April fools to those who celebrate Check out 1980-04-01 (Capitol Theater) by Grateful Dead on @relistenapp relisten.net/grateful-dea...

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1980-04-01 | Grateful Dead | Relisten

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So Many Reads: A Grateful Dead Book Club @somanyreads.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

looking forward to hearing Jay Blakesberg speak at Lake Forest College on Tuesday! what a treat 📸

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So Many Reads: A Grateful Dead Book Club @somanyreads.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Have you written a book about the Dead? DM me to add it to our list and our potential reading selections! #somanyreads

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So Many Reads: A Grateful Dead Book Club @somanyreads.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

join us tomorrow for a book club mulligan tomorrow night with Ken Babbs! (Monday 3/17 at 7:30 PM Central) if you need the zoom link, DM me your email 💀🌹⚡️ #somanyreads

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So Many Reads: A Grateful Dead Book Club @somanyreads.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Join us on Monday, March 10th to discuss Cronies with the author, Ken Babbs! If you need the Zoom link, DM me your email, and I can add you to the list! 💀🌹⚡️ #somanyreads

Ken Babbs, holding a teddy bear in one hand and a trombone in the other

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So Many Reads: A Grateful Dead Book Club @somanyreads.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

first presentation of the Grateful Dead Scholars Caucus at #SWPACA, featuring Nicholas Meriwether and G. Ganter

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So Many Reads: A Grateful Dead Book Club @somanyreads.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

on my way to Albuquerque for SWPACA for the Grateful Dead Scholars Caucus! 💀🌹⚡️

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So Many Reads: A Grateful Dead Book Club @somanyreads.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

in a little over a week, @thebanderson.bsky.social and I will be talking about his new book Loud and Clear at SWPACA! can’t wait!

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So Many Reads: A Grateful Dead Book Club @somanyreads.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

For the Chicagoans in the group, check out this event for Brian A. Anderson’s upcoming book, Loud and Clear: The Grateful Dead’s Wall of Sound and the Quest for Audio Perfection! Can’t wait 🤩 gmantavern.com/event/loud-a...

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Loud and Clear: The Grateful Dead's Wall of Sound and the Quest for Audio Perfection | Gman Tavern

Thursday, June 19 312unes Presents...A Gman Author Series Loud and Clear: The Grateful Dead's Wall of Sound and the Quest for Audio Perfection Author Brian

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So Many Reads: A Grateful Dead Book Club @somanyreads.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

got new stickers made just for SWPACA in Albuquerque #somanyreads 📚💀🌹⚡️

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So Many Reads: A Grateful Dead Book Club @somanyreads.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

great mail day — looking forward to discussing this book with @thebanderson.bsky.social at SWPACA in February! 📚💀🌹⚡️ #somanyreads

Picture of a book titled Loud and Clear: The Grateful Dead’s Wall of Sound and the Quest for Audio Perfection by Brian Anderson

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So Many Reads: A Grateful Dead Book Club @somanyreads.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

send an email to somanyreads@gmail.com to be added to the list for book club!

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So Many Reads: A Grateful Dead Book Club @somanyreads.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

great news — Ken Babbs will be joining us for our next discussion of his book Cronies! join us on Monday, March 10th! 📚💀🌹⚡️ #somanyreads

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So Many Reads: A Grateful Dead Book Club @somanyreads.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

looking forward to talking all about book club on Tales from the Golden Road with @dgans.bsky.social on Sirius XM tomorrow! 📚💀🌹⚡️

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So Many Reads: A Grateful Dead Book Club @somanyreads.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

OTDIGDH — one of my favorite random shows! Grateful Dead • 1979-01-10 (03:19:31) • Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY, USA relisten.net/grateful-dea...

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1979-01-10 | Grateful Dead | Relisten

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So Many Reads: A Grateful Dead Book Club @somanyreads.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

please DM me your email if you’d like to be added to the list! the email list is the means by which I distribute the zoom link, so please be sure you’re on the list if you’d like to participate. thanks!

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So Many Reads: A Grateful Dead Book Club @somanyreads.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

our next meeting is Monday, March 10th at 7:30 PM central, at which we’ll be discussing Cronies by Ken Babbs — hope to see y’all there! 📚💀🌹⚡️

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