{"product_id":"the-grateful-dead-in-concert-essays-on-live-improvisation-9780786443574","title":"The Grateful Dead in Concert: Essays on Live Improvisation","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Jim Tuedio | Stan Spector\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This book offers a spirited analysis of the unique improvisational character of Grateful Dead music and its impact on appreciative fans. The 20 essays capture distinct facets of the Grateful Dead phenomenon from a broad range of scholarly angles. The band's trademark synergizing focus is discussed as a function of complex musical improvisation interlaced with the band members' collective assimilation of an impressive range of marginal musical forms and lyrical traditions. These facets are shown to produce a vibrant Deadhead experience, resulting in community influences still morphing in new directions 45 years after the band's initial impact.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46889250062487,"sku":"9780786443574","price":2852.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780786443574.webp?v=1770264001","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-grateful-dead-in-concert-essays-on-live-improvisation-9780786443574","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}