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Podcast: New Books in Popular Culture
Episode: John Brackett, "Live Dead: The Grateful Dead, Live Recordings, and the Ideology of Liveness" (Duke UP, 2023)
Description: The Grateful Dead were one of the most successful live acts of the rock era. Performing over 2300 shows between 1965 and 1995, the Grateful Deadās reputation as a ālive bandā wasāand continues to beāsustained by thousands of live concert recordings from every era of the groupās long and colorful career.Ā InĀ Live Dead: The Grateful Dead, Live Recordings, and the Ideology of LivenessĀ (Duke UP, 2023),Ā musicologist John Brackett examines how live recordingsāfrom the groupās official releases to fan-produced tapes, bootlegs to āBetty Boards,ā andĀ Dickās PicksĀ toĀ From the Vaultāhave shaped the general history and popular...