Reading the Dead: A Basic Grateful Dead Bibliography Nicholas ...

Reading the Dead: A Basic Grateful Dead Bibliography Nicholas Meriwether and Robert G. Weiner This bibliography has a narrow focus: to list the works that scholars and students of the Dead phenomenon need in order to form a basic understanding of the Dead, as well as provide some notion about what they are likely to encounter in their own research. The list of works on and associated with the Dead and the Deadheads is extensive and growing; the only full-length bibliography on the band listed more than 2,000 entries as of 1999 (see Dodd and Weiner, The Grateful Dead and the Deadheads). We have also included a representative sample of some of the more ancillary items, which serve to indicate the range of topics that can be explored under the rubric, Grateful Dead phenomenon. If diehard Dead bibliophiles find nothing new here, we hope they’ll at least find something thought-provoking about the selection. Though far from comprehensive, this lists a majority of the books written about and by the band, with a few titles on surrounding contexts that cast significant light on the Dead, such as the Haight-Ashbury and rock poster art. We did not list outdated and superseded secondary treatments such as Burt and North’s West Coast Story, nor could we include such ancillary topics as the grateful dead legend, which has its own well-developed body of scholarship; Deadhead scholars should start with family member Alan Trist’s The Water of Life: A Tale of the Grateful Dead (Eugene, OR: Hulogosi, 1999). Non-Deadrelated primary material we also excluded, such as Weir’s children’s books; we did, however, include Hunter’s poetry, which is so strongly tied in with his lyrics. Likewise, most of Barlow’s non-Dead primary work on Internet-related issues is not included. Like the band’s music, many of these works can fit several categories. Hank Harrison’s unreliable but nonetheless unavoidable books are classified here as primary, though in subject they are clearly secondary; this is because Harrison’s accounts feature interviews and his own impressions as an early member of the scene—the only elements that can be considered reliable, in scholarly terms. Likewise, memoirs involving the band by non–family members are listed here as primary, though works with an exclusively critical focus—such as Carol Brightman’s—are listed as secondary. Deadheads have always been good about allowing their categories to be flexible. The last section is a brief list of useful ancillary titles that describe elements of or contexts for the Dead’s story.

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Books

Brandelius, Jerilyn Lee. Grateful Dead Family Album. New York: Warner, 1989 (ISBN 0446515213).

A fine coffee table book of photographs and memorabilia assembled by a longtime family member, featuring some unusual ephemera, such as Pigpen’s Beat-inspired poetry.

Garcia, J[erry]. Paintings, Drawings, and Sketches. Berkeley: Celestial Arts, 1992 (ISBN 0890876541). A book of lithographs by Garcia, with an introduction from his teacher at the San Francisco College of Arts and Crafts, noted Beat artist Wally Hedricks.

Garcia, Jerry. Harrington Street. New York: Delacorte, 1995 (ISBN 038531353).

A series of illustrated “anecdoubts” that provides a surprisingly revealing look at his childhood and some of the forces that shaped his art.

Garcia, Jerry, Charles Reich and Jann Wenner. Garcia: A Signpost to Space. San Fransisco: Straight Arrow, 1972 (ISBN 0879320311). Charles Reich, ex–Yale Law professor and author of The Greening of America, and Jann Wenner, publisher of Rolling Stone, interview Garcia on a battery of topics, including the formation of the band, a thorough discussion of the acid test era, and the sociological function of the Dead.

Harrison, Hank. The Dead: A Social History of the Grateful Dead. New York: Links, 1973 (ISBN 0825630010. Reprinted 1985, ISBN 0918501075; 1990, ISBN 0918501490). The first book on the Dead, written by a former roommate of Phil Lesh and band hanger-on. Error-ridden though useful.

Harrison, Hank. The Dead. Millbrae, CA: Celestial Arts, 1980 (ISBN 0890872821. Republished 1991 by Archives Press, San Francisco, ISBN 091850113X).

This represents Volumes Two and Three of the trilogy, according to Harrison’s preface; highlights include the band’s 1978 Egypt trip. It maintains its predecessor’s standards.

Hart, Mickey, and Fredric Lieberman. Drumming at the Edge of Magic: A Journey into the Spirit of Percussion. San Francisco: Harper, 1990 (ISBN 006250374X. Reprinted in 1999 by Grateful Dead books, ISBN 1888358181). Entertaining and biographically informative memoir by the Dead’s percussionist and drummer.

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Hart, Mickey, and Fredric Lieberman. Planet Drum: A Celebration of Percussion and Rhythm. San Francisco: Harper, 1991 (ISBN 0062503979. Reprinted in 1999 by Grateful Dead Books, ISBN 1888358203). Drummer Hart’s look at the history and culture of the drum; little Deadrelated information.

Hunter, Robert. A Box of Rain: The Collected Lyrics of Robert Hunter. New York: Viking, 1990 (ISBN 0670834122. Rev. ed. published in 1993, ISBN 0140134514). All of Hunter’s song lyrics for the Dead, Garcia, and others, such as Bob Dylan and Zero. Crucial, especially for the annotations he provides.

Hunter, Robert. Glass Lunch. New York: Penguin, 1997 (ISBN 0140587772).

A collection of poetry including variants of ten poems from Infinity Minus Eleven and elsewhere. Two poems, “Black Rose” and “After the Ball,” speak to his life and work with Garcia.

Hunter, Robert. Night Cadre. New York: Penguin, 1991 (ISBN 014058658x).

Hunter’s first collection of poetry, sounding many of his familiar lyric themes: cards, chance, the West, roses, music.

Hunter, Robert. Sentinel. New York: Penguin, 1993 (ISBN 0140586989). A collection of poetry. Hunter also recorded an album of readings with the same name, released in 1993 by Rykodisc (RCD 20265).

Petersen, Robert M. Alleys of the Heart. Eugene, OR: Hulogosi, 1988 (ISBN 0938793116). Petersen was a friend of Lesh and part of the early Peninsula scene that birthed the Dead. His Beat-influenced poetry resembles the lyrics he supplied for the band.

Secondary Adams, Rebecca, and Robert Sardiello, eds. Deadhead Social Science: You Ain’t Gonna Learn What You Don’t Wanna Know. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press, 2000 (ISBN 0761990720). A groundbreaking and seminal collection of sociological and anthropological essays on Deadhead culture and the Dead phenomenon edited by two leading Dead scholars. A good overview of most of the major critical issues in studying the Dead phenomenon and a thoughtful critique of sociological methodology as well.

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Brightman, Carol. Sweet Chaos: The Grateful Dead’s American Adventure. New York: Clarkson Potter, 1998 (ISBN 051759448x).

The first scholarly monograph on the band, written by the sister of longtime band light designer Candace Brightman. Many fans and scholars take exception to the book’s overly political interpretation, feeling it loses sight of the band’s art, though it benefits from extensive access to the band and family.

Dodd, David, and Robert Weiner. The Grateful Dead and the Deadheads: An Annotated Bibliography. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1997 (ISBN 0313301417). The first and only book-length bibliography of the band and fans, wellindexed with more than 2,000 entries.

Dodd, David, and Diana Spaulding. The Grateful Dead Reader. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 2000 (ISBN 0195124707). A superb anthology of articles, poems, book excerpts and essays that makes a strong claim for the phenomenon’s literary significance.

The Editors of Rolling Stone. Garcia. New York: Little, Brown, 1995 (ISBN 0316754498).

A well-edited and illustrated anthology of articles and interviews principally from Rolling Stone magazine, with several inclusions from other publications and three commissioned for this volume.

Gans, David. Conversations with the Dead: The Grateful Dead Interview Book. New York: Da Capo, 2002 (ISBN 0306810999). A reissue of Gans’ well-edited 1991 Citadel Press book, updated with a new preface and a superb, lengthy interview with former member Ned Lagin, his first in 26 years. First-rate.

Gans, David, ed. Not Fade Away: The On-Line World Remembers Jerry Garcia. New York: Thunder’s Mouth, 1995 (ISBN 156025125). An affectionate collective eulogy, gathered from the WELL and other Internet sources in the immediate aftermath of Garcia’s death in 1995. A fine tribute.

Gans, David and Peter Simon. Playing in the Band: An Oral and Visual Portrait of the Grateful Dead. New York: St. Martin’s, 1985 (ISBN 0312616309. Rev. ed., 1996, ISBN 0312143915).

A fine, early popular group biography, drawing on a wide array of sources, with good overviews and assessments by one of the scene’s foremost authorities.

Getz, Michael M., and John R. Dwork, eds. The Deadhead’s Taping

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Compendium: An In-Depth Guide to the Music of the Grateful Dead on Tape, Vols. 1–3. New York: Henry Holt, 1998–2000 (ISBNs 0805053980, 085061401, 080506141X). A useful if uneven overview of the taping scene and tapes in circulation. Some additional information, especially on Vault historian Dick Latvala, appears in the privately produced fourth installment (The Deadhead Taper’s Addendum. San Francisco: PepperTonic, 2002), though its primarily value is as Deadheadiana.

Greene, Herb. Book of the Dead: Celebrating 25 Years with the Grateful Dead. New York: Delacorte, 1990 (ISBN 0385299478). With an introduction by Robert Hunter and an essay by David Gans. A book of mostly formal photographs, moderately informative.

Greenfield, Robert. Dark Star: An Oral Biography of Jerry Garcia. New York: William Morrow, 1996 (ISBN 0688147828). A quickly edited oral history, written shortly after Garcia’s death. Though primarily sensationalistic and largely based on outsiders, it has some useful information.

Grushkin, Paul, Cynthia Bassett, and Jonas Grushkin. The Official Book of the Deadheads. New York: Quill, 1983 (ISBN 068801504). This first examination of the Dead phenomenon is still the best evocation of the subculture and its rituals. A wonderful if popular account coedited by the editor of The Art of Rock.

Hall, Adrian. Story of the Grateful Dead. Stamford, CT: Longmeadow, 1993 (ISBN 0681418745). A coffee table book so bowdlerized it manages to discuss the band’s Sixties era with almost no references to drugs.

Jackson, Blair. Garcia: An American Life. New York: Viking, 1999 (ISBN 0670886602).

The first serious biography of the late great guitarist, and the first wellresearched monograph on the band. Sadly, a fifth had to be cut at the last minute, including the references; readers should go to the author’s website, , to read some of the excised parts.

Jackson, Blair. Goin’ Down the Road: A Grateful Dead Traveling Companion. New York: Harmony, 1992 (ISBN-0517583372).

An important anthology of articles from the well-edited Deadhead periodical The Golden Road.

Jackson, Blair. Grateful Dead: The Music Never Stopped. New York:

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Delilah, 1983 (ISBN 0933328613).

Out-of-print early popular monograph, written by the editor of The Golden Road and later author of Garcia: An American Life, a positive, fan-oriented snapshot of the band up to the early Eighties.

Jenson, Jamie. Built to Last: 25th Anniversary Album. New York: Plume, 1990 (ISBN 0452264782). A band-authorized biography for their twenty-fifth year. A good, brief history, well written and illustrated.

Kelly, Linda. Deadheads: Stories from Fellow Artists, Friends, and Followers of the Grateful Dead. New York: Citadel, 1995 (ISBN 0806516879).

A collection of interview quotations from Deadheads, some famous, several interesting, and about various topics, some useful.

Lambert, Gary, and Timothy Harris. Access All Areas: Backstage with the Grateful Dead. Petaluma: Acid Test Productions, 1998 (ISBN 1888358165).

A book documenting the art used to decorate the laminates—passes that controlled backstage access at concerts—with some related anecdotes.

McNally, Dennis. A Long Strange Trip: The Inside History of the Grateful Dead. New York: Broadway, 2002 (ISBN 0767911857).

A meticulously researched, authorized but uncensored account of the band by their longtime official historian and publicist, also author of the Kerouac biography Desolate Angel. Indispensable.

Peters, Stephen. What a Long Strange Trip: The Stories Behind Every Grateful Dead Song (1965–1995). New York: Thunder’s Mouth, 1999 (ISBN 1560252332). A compilation of anecdotes and information about the Dead’s songbook. Uneven, with some errors.

Rocco, John, ed. Dead Reckonings. New York: Schirmer, 1999 (ISBN 002864896x). Uneven, early anthology of Dead writings, reproducing—with some errors—several previously published and some new articles, including several scholarly pieces.

Ruhlmann, William. A History of the Grateful Dead. New York: Gallery, 1990 (ISBN 0831739762). Another coffee table book, written by a Relix and Goldmine editor, more extensive and detailed than Hall.

Scully, Rock and David Dalton. Living with the Dead: Twenty Years on

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the Bus with Garcia and the Grateful Dead. New York: Little, Brown, 1996 (ISBN 0316777129). A floridly written, sensationalistic account by a former manager and insider, marred by serious factual errors (e.g., Mickey Hart’s alleged Europe ’72 participation). It adds some nice color to the band’s early Haight-Ashbury days but focuses far too much on the band’s druggie early-Eighties years.

Scott, John, Stu Nixon, and Mike Dolgushkin, eds. DeadBase XI. Cornish, NH: DeadBase, 1999 (ISBN 1877657239).

The eleventh edition in a series of books that is the result of a mammoth computer programming project begun more than a decade ago. A tremendous work of amateur scholarship, it is the only performing history of the band, though maddeningly mute on its data sources.

Shenk, David, and Steve Silberman. Skeleton Key: A Dictionary for Deadheads. New York: Main Street, 1994 (ISBN 0385474024).

Perhaps the best-loved book in Deaddom, this is an articulate, impassioned compendium of well-researched history, folklore, and arcana of the Dead and the Deadheads.

Tamarkin, Jeff and David Schreiner, eds. Grateful Dead Comix: 16 Grateful Dead Classics Interpreted by Leading Comic Book Artists. New York: Kitchen Sink, 1992 (ISBN 1562829718).

Illustrated versions of Dead songs, introduced by comics enthusiast Jerry Garcia.

Trager, Oliver. The American Book of the Dead: The Definitive Grateful Dead Encyclopedia. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1997 (ISBN 0684814021). An uneven Dead encyclopedia, ambitious in scope but less good than Shenk and Silberman.

Troy, Sandy. Captain Trips: A Biography of Jerry Garica. New York: Thunder’s Mouth, 1994 (ISBN 1560250763). A thin, poorly researched first biography of Garcia, written by an occasional Relix contributor. Much inferior to Jackson’s Garcia.

Troy, Sandy. One More Saturday Night: Reflections with the Grateful Dead, Dead Family, and Deadheads. New York: St. Martin’s, 1991 (ISBN 0312059388). Some of the interviews may be helpful for some scholars.

Weiner, Robert G., ed. Perspectives on the Grateful Dead: Critical

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Writings. Westport: Greenwood, 1999 (ISBN 0313305692).

The first academically oriented collection of articles on the Dead, some scholarly.

Wybenga, Eric F. Dead to the Core: An Almanack of the Grateful Dead. New York: Delta, 1997 (ISBN 0385316836). Another Dead encyclopedia.

Zipern, Elizabeth. Cooking with the Dead: Recipes and Stories from the Fans on the Road. New York: St. Martin’s, 1995 (ISBN 0312954832). An interesting and useful snapshot of Deadhead culture.

Zipern, Elizabeth. Made with Love: Stories, Recipes, and Crafts from Grateful Dead Fans. New York: St. Martin’s, 1996 (ISBN 0312958005). A sympathetic, informative look at Deadhead culture by Deadheads.

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Articles and Chapters

Barlow, John Perry. “Selling Wine Without Bottles,” in Peter Ludlow and Mike Godwin., eds. High Noon on the Electronic Frontier: Conceptual Issues in Cyberspace. Cambridge: MIT Univ. Press, 1996 (ISBN 0262621037), pp.9–34. An essay by band lyricist and Internet activist Barlow with a number of biographical references.

Brockman, John. “The Coyote: John Perry Barlow,” in his Digerati: Encounters with the Cyber Elite. San Francisco: HotWired, 1996 (ISBN 1888869046), pp.9–18. An interview with lyrist Barlow with numerous references to the band.

Brown, David Jay, and Rebecca Novick. “Tales of the Living Dead: Jerry Garcia,” in their Voices from the Edge. Freedom, CA: Crossing, 1995 (ISBN 0895947323), pp.54–77. Contains a very good interview with Garcia, his last major one.

Coryat, Karl. “Phil Lesh: Days of the Dead,” in Robert L. Doerschuk, ed., Playing from the Heart: Great Musicians Talk About Their Craft. San Francisco: Backbeat, 2002 (ISBN 0879307048), pp.180–186.

An interview with Lesh focusing on his technique, current projects, and life on the road with the Dead, including historic gigs such as Egypt.

Scopa, Bud. “Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead,” in his The Rock People. New York: Scholastic, 1973, pp.88–120.

VOLUME TWO A good, early interview with Weir, one of 13 in the book. Out of print but common.

Secondary Albanese, Catherine. “Nature in the Twentieth Century,” in her America, Religions and Religion. 3rd ed. Albany: Wadsworth, 1999 (ISBN 0534504574), pp. 492–99. In this textbook chapter, Deadheads are classified as a subculture “exploring nature religion” through a metaphysical relationship to music.

Barnes, Barry. “The Grateful Dead: Customer Loyalty and Service Quality,” in Art Weinstein and William Johnson, eds., Designing and Delivering Superior Customer Value: Concepts, Cases, and Applications. Boca Raton, FL: St. Lucie, 1999 (ISBN 1574442406), pp.181–88.

A positive assessment of the Grateful Dead’s customer service practices from a business theory perspective, identifying five service quality characteristics: reliability, availability, tangibles, empathy, and responsiveness.

Boone, Graeme M. “Mirror Shatters: Tonal and Expressive Ambiguity in ‘Dark Star,’” in John Covach and Graeme M. Boone, eds., Analyzing Rock Music. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 1997 (ISBN 0195100042), pp.169– 206. A ground-breaking musicological essay on the Dead’s magnum opus, “Dark Star.”

Coupland, Douglas. Polaroids from the Dead. New York: HarperCollins, 1996 (ISBN 0060987219). Stories of Deadhead life and the parking lot scene.

Davis, Don, and Carolyn. “An Interesting System: The Grateful Dead,” in their Sound System Engineering. 2nd ed. Indianapolis, IN: Howard W. Sams, 1987 (ISBN 0672218577), pp.533–35. Contains a section on the Dead’s 1974 sound system, the Wall of Sound.

Deloria, Philip. “The Grateful Dead Indians,” in Playing Indian. New Haven: Yale Univ. Press, 1998 (ISBN 0300071116), pp.181–91.

A brief look at American Indian Deadheads and their Dead fanzine, Indian Dead, pointing out their proclivity for political activism.

Haskell, Robert E. “Listening to the Grateful Dead, Live in Concert: An Introduction to Deep Listening,” in his Deep Listening: Uncovering the

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Hidden Meaning in Everyday Conversation. Cambridge: Perseus, 2001 (ISBN 0738204234), pp.1–24. Examines how Deadheads converse and the hidden meanings in those discussions, with a “Grateful Dead, Live in Concert Matrix Map” to illustrate.

Hill, Sam, and Glen Rifkin. “The Grateful Dead: Building a Rock-n-Roll Brand,” in their Radical Marketing: From Harvard to Harley, Lessons from Ten That Broke the Rules and Made it Big. New York: Harper Business, 1999 (ISBN 0887309054), pp.32–54. A favorable assessment of the Dead’s marketing strategies, from a business school perspective.

Lydon, Michael. “The Grateful Dead,” in his Rock Folk. New York: 1971. Reprinted in 1990 by Citadel (ISBN 0806512067), pp.109–36.

Lydon’s chapter is one of the best articles written on the band, a thoughtful contemporary portrayal of the Dead at the peak of the Sixties.

Millman, Robert B. and Ann Bordwin Beeder. “The New Psychedelic Culture: LSD, Ecstasy, ‘Rave’ Parties and the Grateful Dead,” in James A. Inciardi and Karen McElarth, eds., The American Drug Scene. Los Angeles: Roxbury, 1998 (ISBN 0935732888), pp.194–98. As sweeping, sensationalistic, and inaccurate as its title would suggest.

Sacks, Oliver. “The Last Hippie,” in his An Anthropologist on Mars: Seven Paradoxical Tales. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995 (ISBN 0679437851), pp.42–76.

A chapter-long description of an amnesiac Deadhead who responded to the band’s music and temporarily regained reality.

Sardiello, Robert. “Secular Rituals in Popular Culture: A Case for Grateful Dead Concerts and Dead Head Identity,” in Jonathon S. Epstein, ed. Adolescents and Their Music: If It’s Too Loud You’re Too Old. New York: Garland, 1994 (ISBN 0815306148), pp.115–39. An assessment of how Deadhead identity is formed, from the rituals which surrounded Dead concerts to the mythical nature of Deadhead unity.

Sardiello, Robert. “Identity and Status Stratification in Deadhead Subculture” in Jonathon S. Epstein, ed., Youth Culture: Identity in a Postmodern World. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 1998 (ISBN 1557868514), pp.118–47.

Sardiello defines Deadhead identity by three types (Hardcore, New, and Stable) and provides a definition of the Deadhead subculture.

Sarlin, Bob. “Robert Hunter: An Invisible Song-Poet,” in his Turn It Up: I Can’t Hear the Words. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1973. Rev. ed. 1992

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(ISBN 0806513152), pp.75–86.

A fine, one-chapter early critical assessment of the Dead’s principal lyricist.

Seay, Davin, and Mary Neely. “Prophets on the Burning Shore,” in their Stairway to Heaven: The Spiritual Roots of Rock n’ Roll, from the King and Little Richard to Prince and Amy Grant. New York: Ballantine, 1986 (ISBN 0345330226), pp.186–217. An essay on the religious and spiritual aspects of the Dead concert experience.

Scott, Mary, and Howard Rothman. “Grateful and Generous,” in their Companies with a Conscience: Intimate Portraits of Twelve Firms That Make a Difference. Secaucus, NJ: Carol, 1992. (ISBN 1559721448. Reissued 1994, ISBN 0806515023), pp.135–50. A positive assessment of the Dead organization’s business culture and practices, including their philanthropic concerns.

Silberman, Steve. “The Organismic Display Monitor,” in Charles Hayes, ed., Tripping: An Anthology of True-Life Psychedelic Adventures. New York: Penguin Compass, 2000 (ISBN 01401975742), pp.380–84. Veteran Dead critic Silberman writes with insight and balance about a negative tripping experience at a Frost Amphitheater show in the Eighties.

Sylvan, Robin. “Eyes of the World: The Grateful Dead and Deadheads,” in his Traces of the Spirit: The Religious Dimensions of Popular Music. New York: New York Univ. Press, 2002 (ISBN 081479808X), pp.83–116. Based on interviews with Deadheads, the author explains the Dead experience as religious and spiritual, based on academic theological theory.

Related Titles Anthony, Gene. The Summer of Love: Haight-Ashbury at Its Highest. Berkeley, CA: Celestial Arts, 1980 (ISBN 0890872503). A well-designed and profusely illustrated memoir of the Haight-Ashbury by a participant, with an introductory essay by Beat poet Michael McClure.

Grushkin, Paul. The Art of Rock. 2nd printing. New York: Artabras, 1987 (ISBN 0896600254). A lavishly illustrated, well-researched oral history of the rock poster, paying particular attention to the psychedelic artists who illustrated the ballroom scene.

McDonough, Jack. San Francisco Rock: The Illustrated History of San Francisco Rock Music, 1965–1985. San Francisco: Chronicle, 1985 (ISBN

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0877012865).

The first major survey of the topic, by a journalist for Billboard. A useful reference, especially good on the Sixties and the ballroom scene.

Perry, Charles. The Haight-Ashbury: A History. New York: Rolling Stone, 1984 (ISBN 039441098x). A still useful early reference, this well researched chronology of the Haight-Ashbury focuses on the years 1965 to 1970.

Sculatti, Gene, and Davin Seay. San Francisco Nights: The Psychedelic Music Trip, 1966–68. New York: St. Martin’s, 1985 (ISBN 0312699034). A good, journalistic history, largely based on interviews, of the rise of the San Francisco scene and the psychedelic ballroom era.

Slick, Darby. Don’t You Want Somebody to Love: Reflections on the San Francisco Sound. Berkeley: SLG, 1991 (ISBN 0943389089).

A slender though useful memoir of the early Haight Ashbury by Grace Slick’s brother-in-law, a member of the Great Society and author of the song “Somebody to Love.”

Wolfe, Tom. The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test. New York: Bantam, 1968 (ISBN 0553380648). A work that Kesey later called “96% accurate,” Wolfe’s book remains the invaluable New Journalism account of the Acid Test era, as told from the perspective of Kesey and the Pranksters. The best evocation of the lysergic quality of the times.