Newton, Jim - Here Beside The Rising Tide: Jerry Garcia, The Grateful Dead, And An American Awakening

A history of the Grateful Dead that kaleidoscopes into an examination of the American counterculture through the life of its iconoclastic frontman, Jerry Garcia, and his merry band. A PORTRAIT OF AMERICA THROUGH THE LENS OF ONE OF ITS MOST BELOVED BANDS:The Grateful Dead and Jerry Garcia have a fascinating, important story on their own, but Newton uses the band as a throughline as he talks about the American counterculture through the late 20th century.