Fare Thee Well, Joel Selvin
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Fare Thee Well
The Final Chapter of the Grateful Dead's Long, Strange Trip

Author: Joel Selvin, Pamela Turley

Narrator: John Glouchevitch

Unabridged: 10 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Da Capo Press

Published: 06/19/2018

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

A tell-all biography of the epic in-fighting of the Grateful Dead in the years following band leader Jerry Garcia's death in 1995

The Grateful Dead rose to greatness under the inspired leadership of guitarist Jerry Garcia, but the band very nearly died along with him after his sudden death in 1995. So long defined by Garcia's artistic vision, the surviving "Core Four" were reduced to conflicting agendas, strained relationships, and catastrophic business decisions that would lead the iconic band into utter disarray for the next twenty years.

Acclaimed music journalist and New York Times bestselling author Joel Selvin was there for much of the turmoil following Garcia's death, and in this book, he offers a never-before-explored insider account of the ebbs and flows that occurred in the decades that followed. Culminating in the landmark tour bearing the same name, Fare Thee Well charts the arduous journey from Garcia's passing all the way up to the uneasy agreement between the Core Four that led to the series of shows celebrating the band's fiftieth anniversary-finally allowing for a proper, and joyous, sendoff of the group revered by so many.

Author Bio

Joel Selvin has covered pop music since 1970 for the San Francisco Chronicle. He is coauthor of the #1 New York Times bestseller Red and author of the award-winning Ricky Nelson and Summer of Love. He lives in San Francisco, California.

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