So Many Roads

The Life and Times of the Grateful Dead

By: David Browne

Narrated by: Sean Runnette

No longer dismissed as relics of the hippie era, a new generation has lionized the Dead for creating a culture that paved the way for social networking, free music swapping, and the uncompromising anticorporate attitude of indie rock. Now, fifty years after the band first began changing rock 'n' roll both sonically and psychically, So Many Roads paints the most vivid portrait yet of the Grateful Dead, one of the most enduring institutions in American music and culture.

©2015 Original Material by David Browne (P)2015 HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books

A great story told

Very well done. Another perspective of the story that is the Grateful Dead. Well done.

Stands out

There are plenty of books on the Grateful Dead, but for me this one takes you through the growing pains of the band as they grew in popularity, and really does a great job illustrating the battle between darkness and light.

Enjoyable, well written & researched but pretty negative

I loved this book, great story telling and unique anecdotes but it has to be mentioned that the band and especially its followers are often viewed through a very negative lens and not much focus on what made the band special, especially the last decade when they at times were still amazingly good and always true to themselves (for instance the band’s activism and charity was mostly ignored) Likewise the followers have many positive qualities, highly artistic, entrepreneurial people who value community and culture.

Great first book on the Dead

Would you listen to So Many Roads again? Why?

The writing is exceptional and the reader brings life to a interesting topic. I love the Dead and this is my first book on them.

Deadhead

I thought this history brought a little more insight into the inner workings of the band and associated staff.
I heard band member opinions I hadn't heard before and I've read dozens of books on the Dead . I was pleasantly surprised to glean a bit more from this book !