Book description
The legendary bass player tells the full, true story of his years with Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead in this "insightful and entertaining" (Austin Chronicle) memoir of life in the greatest improvisational band in American history.
In a book "as graceful and sublime as a box of rain"…
Why read it?
1 author picked Searching for the Sound as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I find this book particularly intriguing because Phil Lesh was the first of the Grateful Dead band members to produce a full memoir.
In it he recalls his unlikely path from young symphonic composition student to rock star, with all the attendant joys and sorrows. He writes of his heartfelt appreciation for his bandmates, as well as for those devoted fans that supported them.
The timing of the publication also presents an interesting perspective: his reflections were committed to a writing at a time when it was not at all clear how robust the Deadhead movement would be after Jerry…
From Thomas' list on the Grateful Dead and their fans.
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