Robert Weir, and Jerry Garcia, will be from legitimate song books, whenever possible.Īs appropriate, some lyrics will include an analysis section, which will provide technical information on the lyric's construction, and some potentialĪvenues for interpretation. Lyrics by others, such as Robert Petersen, Will be his own library of lyrics, on the World Wide Web. He has kindly agreed to allow me to use full text for all lyrics as of April 24, 1996! Hunter has also posted his lyrics on the web! For John Perry Barlow's lyrics, the standard text The standard text for Robert Hunter's lyrics will be his A Box of Phrases which might benefit from some elucidation, without attempting to give definitive "interpretations," since that's a very personal endeavor. The standard procedure will be to provide links for words or This site provides footnotes for Grateful Dead lyrics. Thanks to all who participated! I have enjoyed doing the work, and I continue to love the music and the words. So the website, as it stands, will become more and more of an artifact, and less and less of a living thing. This will include no longer updating broken links, or correcting errors of fact. I am now laying it to rest, and will not be updating the site further. Introduction to the Project What follows is the introduction I wrote a long time ago when I started this project. For more information on the book and upcoming events such as book signings, see the information page. Note: For more up-to-date and exhaustive discographies,Īnnouncing the print publication of The Complete Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics. Take a look! Join the WELL and become a participant! Hostedīy David Gans, Alex Allan, and myself. Readable by the world, featuring discussions of each Grateful Dead song. Please read and contribute to "deadsongs.vue, a WELL Conference Note: for a broader search on Grateful Dead-related topics, try This Old Engine No further updating to this site will be done, barring unforeseen circumstances. All Grateful Dead lyrics © Ice Nine Publishing. (The opinions expressed are those of the author, not of the University of California.) Notes and essays © 1995-2007 David Dodd, or by their authors. "Wandering around Haight, you’d end up bumping into everyone you wanted to find and - as the song goes - strangers would stop strangers, just to shake their hand," says Grateful Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann.The Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics, by David Dodd "I can't figure out if it's the end or beginning." The Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics Dedicated to the memory of Jerry Garcia.ġ997-98 Research Associate, Music Dept., Univ. It was not uncommon to run into musicians like the Grateful Dead and Janis Joplin as well as members of psychedelic rock outfits such as Jefferson Airplane and Quicksilver Messenger Service, many of whom lived within a few blocks of one another. The Haight-Ashbury area became known as a mecca for artists and their go-with-the-flow followers. Thompson coined the neighborhood's nickname "Hashbury" in "The New York Times" Magazine, but the portmanteau didn't stick around as long as the residents. In May of 1967 - just before the Summer of Love - Hunter S. As San Francisco gained a reputation for acceptance amid the stifling confines of 1950s America, free souls flocked to the Haight neighborhood, which had been popularized by the media as a haven for disaffected youth. Nearly the perfect center of the city, the intersection of Haight and Ashbury Streets was once one of the cheapest parts of town. All hippie tour itineraries should include a visit to the epicenter of the Summer of Love.
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