{"product_id":"garcia-an-american-life-paperback","title":"Garcia: An American Life - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBlair Jackson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe was there when \u003cb\u003eDylan\u003c\/b\u003e went electric, when a generation danced naked at Woodstock, and when \u003cb\u003eKen Kesey\u003c\/b\u003e started experimenting with acid. \u003cb\u003eJerry Garcia\u003c\/b\u003e was one of the most gifted musicians of all time, and he was a member of one of the most worshiped rock 'n' roll bands in history. Now, \u003cb\u003eBlair Jackson\u003c\/b\u003e, who covered the Grateful Dead for twenty-five years, gives us an unparalleled portrait of Garcia--the musical genius, the brilliant songwriter, and ultimately, the tortured soul plagued by his own addiction. With more than forty photographs, many of them previously unpublished, \u003cb\u003eGarcia: An American Life\u003c\/b\u003e is the ultimate tribute to the man who, Bob Dylan said, \"had no equal.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn unparalleled portrait of Jerry Garcia -- the musical genius, the brilliant songwriter, and ultimately, the tortured soul plagued by his own addiction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe was there when Dylan went electric, when a generation danced naked at Woodstock, and when Ken Kesey started experimenting with acid. He was one of the most gifted musicians of all times, and he was a member of one of the most worshiped rock 'n' roll bands in history. Now, veteran rock journalist Blair Jackson has stitched together Garcia's story from more than a hundred of his own interviews with Garcia and his friends, lovers, and bandmates, and from thousands of pages of source material from the '50s through the '90s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith more than forty photographs, many of them previously unpublished, Garcia: An American Life is the ultimate tribute to the man who, as Bob Dylan said, \"had no equal\".\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBlair Jackson\u003c\/b\u003eis a longtime journalist whose area of expertise includes \u003cb\u003eJerry Garcia\u003c\/b\u003e and the \u003cb\u003eGrateful Dead\u003c\/b\u003e. His quarterly magazine, \u003cb\u003eThe Golden Road\u003c\/b\u003e, was for ten years the authoritative resource on the \u003cb\u003eGrateful Dead\u003c\/b\u003e. He is the author of \u003cb\u003eGoing Down the Road: A Grateful Dead Traveling Companion\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 560\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 8.8 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52107352211757,"sku":"9780140291995","price":26.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/XgQgr0NaFs9780140291995.webp?v=1780426225","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/garcia-an-american-life-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}