|  | Phil Lesh audio book "Searching For The Sound: My Life With The Grateful Dead" Direct link here: http://tinyurl.com/searchingforthesound Produced and Directed by Elisa Shokoff who has developed similar projects for Quincy Jones, Bob Dylan, Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek Voyager, this audio book Phil Lesh discusses "the path of least resistance" that the band chose, as he puts it, reading about the dilemmas with Jerry Garcia, the death of Bill Graham and other highs and lows of his journey with one of the most legendary bands in the history of rock music. The member of the pioneering group reads his biographical material with no emotion, as if a computer was reinterpreting his thoughts. Abridged for audio by Jan Werner (who has worked on Aryn Kyle's "The God Of Animals"), recorded at The Plant Studios in Sausalito, CA engineered by Grateful Dead engineer Robert Gatley. Editing and post production by Steven Strassmann. | There is a bonus live recording of "Box of Rain" performed on March 19, 1990 at the Hartford Civic Center, Hartford Connecticut (Track #15 on the fifth disc of this 5 CD set). It's a nicely packaged documentary in a sturdy black sleeve booklet from Books on Compact Disc, Simon & Schuster Audio. "Box Of Rain" is light and happening, and it is a shame that Lesh didn't put lots and lots of public domain music from Archive.org underneath his speaking. There are certainly enough compositions covered by the band whose copyrights have expired while the music is available for download on the internet. A little creativity would've made the reading far more exciting. The emotionless speaking of the words on the page is a stark contrast to the fun live track which helps conclude the package. Ice Nine publishing gave permission for these titles "Unbroken Chain", "Mountains Of The Moon", "A Touch Of Grey", "The Stranger", "Two Souls In Communion" and "Box Of Rain" while Peer International did the same for the Noah Lewis composition "Viola Lee Blues." |
Official Press Release The bass player for the greatest improvisational band in American history tells the full, true story of his life, Jerry Garcia, and the Grateful Dead.
Phil Lesh first met Jerry Garcia in 1959 in the clubs of Palo Alto, California. At Garcia's suggestion, Lesh learned to play the electric bass and joined him in a new group that blended R & B, country, and rock 'n' roll with an experimental fervor never before heard. In time for the Grateful Dead's fortieth anniversary, Phil Lesh offers the first behind-the-scenes history of the Dead. Lesh chronicles how the Dead's signature sound emerged, flowed, and swelled to reach millions of devoted fans, from their first gigs at Frenchy's Bikini-A-Go-Go for an audience of three, to the legendary Acid Tests, to packed stadiums around the world. | | In San Francisco during the Summer of Love, at Woodstock, Altamont, and the Great Pyramids of Giza, the Grateful Dead have been at the center of some of rock's defining moments. Phil Lesh recounts what it's been like to live at the heart of this whirlwind— impressing Miles Davis and Dizzy Gillespie, sharing the stage with Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin, and the Rolling Stones. Lesh describes what it was like to storm heaven night after night—and the price he and others have paid. Bad management, drug addictions, depression, and insecurities persistently plagued the band members and would culminate with the most tragic blow of all — the death of Jerry Garcia.
Searching for the Sound is a ruthlessly honest look inside one of the greatest American bands. It includes a bonus live recording of Box of Rain performed on March 19, 1990 at the Hartford Civic Center, Hartford Connecticut.
Other audio cds abridged by Jan Werner Aryn Kyle's "The God Of Animals" Robert Gatley Credits Searching For The Sound - soundbites on AMG |
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