tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195590583641426943.post3921789859543915802..comments2024-03-26T23:10:34.814-07:00Comments on Grateful Dead Sources: October 1973: The Business of the DeadLight Into Asheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195590583641426943.post-54778867445727985522015-03-31T10:45:27.398-07:002015-03-31T10:45:27.398-07:00That may be the best article on Owsley - a hilario...That may be the best article on Owsley - a hilarious look at what he was like in the pre-Dead days. <br /><br />Charles Perry was a Rolling Stone editor & writer for many years, starting in '68 - here's an article he wrote in 1976 on the history of the late-60s Haight-Ashbury scene:<br />http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/features/from-eternity-to-here-19760226 <br /><br />In 1984 he published The Haight-Ashbury: A History, a recommended book which is basically an expanded version of that article. <br />Here's a recent interview with him on the subject: <br />http://archive.voxmagazine.com/stories/2007/07/26/haight-charles-perry/ Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195590583641426943.post-14988803245849839502015-03-31T05:05:29.092-07:002015-03-31T05:05:29.092-07:00Great insight indeed. Thanks for putting these up...Great insight indeed. Thanks for putting these up here. Perry must have had good contacts to get such a detailed look at the band's organization. The author's name seems familiar. Apparently he shared a boarding house with Bear back when Owsley first moved to Berkeley in 1964.<br /><br />If you haven't seen it, here is a later Rolling Stone article by him reminiscing about the early scene.<br /><br />http://chanceofrain.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Owsley-Me%C2%A0.htmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195590583641426943.post-91028075666558698352015-03-01T23:27:18.832-08:002015-03-01T23:27:18.832-08:00By the way, Perry also wrote a detailed article on...By the way, Perry also wrote a detailed article on Alembic and the Dead's guitars & sound system a couple months earlier: <br />http://deadsources.blogspot.com/2012/12/summer-1973-alembic.html Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195590583641426943.post-25268456071156656232015-03-01T23:05:11.105-08:002015-03-01T23:05:11.105-08:00One of the most unique and valuable articles on th...One of the most unique and valuable articles on the Dead, this piece is so densely packed with information that extra comments are almost superfluous. Charles Perry did a great job here.<br /><br />This article was reprinted in Rolling Stone's Garcia tribute book, however it was heavily edited there (aside from various lines, the sections on Susila's store, the list of quippies, and the Oklahoma City show were entirely omitted).<br /><br />Perry caught the first show of the fall tour, 10/19/73. He focuses mostly on the "quippie" perspective of the show, saying very little about the music or audience.<br />Though the "wall of sound" was technically a '74 innovation, clearly the Dead were already working with a massive wall of speakers in '73. Here they're hoping to cut back on the sound equipment next year, and maybe just tour in select locations...Cutler suggests that they'll "prune the tree a little." Garcia is already uneasy with the band's success: "this ain't exactly what we had in mind...we're trying to redefine." It would take them another year, though, to finally tire of touring large halls with their immense sound system and large roadie crew. <br />Ironically, Cutler says that "they haven't been happy with their performances in the last year." Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.com