Why read The Silver Snarling Trumpet?

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Discovered at last, the legendary lost manuscript of Grateful Dead co-founder and primary lyricist Robert Hunter, written in the early 1960s-a wry, richly observed, and enlightening remembrance of 'the scene' in Palo Alto that gave rise to an incredible partnership of Hunter and Jerry Garcia, and then to the Grateful…

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1 author picked The Silver Snarling Trumpet as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Elisabeth M. Lee

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I love origin stories. This book would appealto all who are intersted in the late 50's early 60's music scene. Robert Hunter met Jerry Garcia in Palo Alto and joined a group of acquaintances that lived together in one room. They discussed art, music, literature and the world. Friends came in an out of their lives as they shared one cup of coffee with refills and haunted Kepler's bookstore. They worked odd jobs and played music at local schools. Eventually the friends would find new pastures, and Garcia would leave the beatnik lifestyle and trek up to San Francisco, and…

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