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Growing Up Dead: The Hallucinated Confessions Of A Teenage Deadhead (2009)

by Peter Conners(Favorite Author)

3.7 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0306817330 (ISBN13: 9780306817335)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Da Capo Press

review 1: This book filled me with nostalgia for the gone but not forgotten, incredible, magical, carnival that was the Grateful Dead show. Filled with funny and entertaining stories, quips, lessons throughout made for a very quick read. One of the best explanations of what its like to be a deadhead and how life altering it can be, including his apt depiction of the entire Grateful Dead “show” as opposed to just a concert. Additionally, kudos to Conners for his kind writing about Brent Mydland and his opinion of the importance of Brent’s contribution to the band and the devastation of his death. As skilled and passionate as Peter Conners is writing about the subject, I still believe that it is nearly impossible to convince the depth of this passion and joy of the Grateful Dead... more experience to those who never experienced it. Roughly quoting the late great Bill Graham, the Grateful Dead truly were the only band to do what they did. As a sad consequence, as every deadhead knows, there will never be another Grateful Dead show. All that’s left are the memories (of which I can gratefully say I’ve had a few) and all of those brilliant recordings.
review 2: A fun read. His experience was totally different from mine, which is of course why I read this book. I don't think he should have gone into the histories of the band, etc. That part of the story has already been covered in much better books. I think an '80's deadhead is pretty presumtuous explaining that anyway.I enjoyed the simpler descriptions of Dead culture, it brought up a lot of memories. Deadheads are like no other humans on this planet. :) less

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