The Grateful Dead: Europe ’72, Hundred Year Hall, Grayfolded 1969-1996 (with John Oswald)

Far out, too much: people still sneer at The Grateful Dead, using these phrases as a kind of sardonic shorthand to dismiss high-‘60s ideals. But as anyone who has entered their world knows, it was the explicit business of the Dead to be too much: why play for five minutes when 35 might be more fun?