This was a band that knew no limits and he lived life to the fullest, pushing the boundaries of drugs, drums and high times, through devastating tragedy and remarkable triumph.īut DEAL‘s beating heart is the music - both that of the Grateful Dead, who are celebrating their 50th anniversary this year, as well as their influences and contemporaries. Everything a rock music fan would expect is here, but what sets this apart is Kreutzmann’s incredible life of adventure that was at the heart of the Grateful Dead experience. Martin’s Press on-sale $27.99), Bill Kreutzmann - a founding member and drummer for every one of their over 2,300 concerts-has written an unflinching and wild account of playing in the greatest improvisational band of all time. Now, in his upcoming memoir DEAL: My Three Decades of Drumming, Dreams, and Drugs with the Grateful Dead (St. From the music to their live concert sound systems and recordings, they were forward-thinking champions of artistic control and outlaw artists who marched to the beat of their own drums.

For 30 years, beginning in the San Francisco hippie scene in 1965, they were a musical institution, the original jam band that broke new ground in so many ways. The Grateful Dead are perhaps the most legendary American rock band of all time. Grateful Dead Drummer Bill Kreutzmann To Release Groundbreaking Memoir

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