Reckoning: Conversations With the Grateful Dead

Publication date: 2015

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This story begins at the moment when it seemed that it was ending: August 9, 1995, the day Jerry Garcia left the mortal coil and many assumed the Grateful Dead's music died with him. Best-selling author Alan Paul conducted dozens of interviews with the surviving members of the band as they found their footing and made peace with the Dead's incredible musical legacy. Reckoning gathers the best of these conversations and abounds with depth and insight.

It includes the only interview with Phish/Fare Thee Well guitarist Trey Anasatasio and a member of the Dead (Phil Lesh); extensive, never-published interviews with songwriter Robert Hunter and drummer Bill Kreutzmann; a deep dive with Bob Weir; an insightful talk with Dick Latvala of Dick's Picks fame; and interviews with the guitarists brave enough to stare down the ghost of Jerry: Warren Haynes, Jimmy Herring, John Kadlecik, Steve Kimock and Mark Karan, in addition to Anastasio.