Always a high point of a Winterland show.
Reference to a book or a person or a work of art you weren't familiar with, you had to go find out about that thing before you continued with what you wereĭoing: would you ever finish anything? and 2) The mirror ball in Winterland, which would just sort of scatter all over, shedding shards of light without There are two main metaphors for this project that I try to keep in mind: 1) I've always wondered what would happen if, every time you ran into any kind of Of the links are to commercial databases this is not meant as an endorsement. Within each lyric's pages, some links will be to footnotes within that page, and some to sites outside of this web site. I actively encourage anyone with differing interpretations to send them to me via the links provided in each song's pages.
Robert Weir, and Jerry Garcia, will be from legitimate song books, whenever possible.Īs appropriate, some lyrics will include an analysis section, which will provide technical information on the lyric's construction, and some potentialĪvenues for interpretation. Lyrics by others, such as Robert Petersen, Will be his own library of lyrics, on the World Wide Web.
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He has kindly agreed to allow me to use full text for all lyrics as of April 24, 1996! Hunter has also posted his lyrics on the web! For John Perry Barlow's lyrics, the standard text The standard text for Robert Hunter's lyrics will be his A Box of Phrases which might benefit from some elucidation, without attempting to give definitive "interpretations," since that's a very personal endeavor. The standard procedure will be to provide links for words or This site provides footnotes for Grateful Dead lyrics. Thanks to all who participated! I have enjoyed doing the work, and I continue to love the music and the words. So the website, as it stands, will become more and more of an artifact, and less and less of a living thing. This will include no longer updating broken links, or correcting errors of fact. I am now laying it to rest, and will not be updating the site further. Introduction to the Project What follows is the introduction I wrote a long time ago when I started this project. For more information on the book and upcoming events such as book signings, see the information page. Note: For more up-to-date and exhaustive discographies,Īnnouncing the print publication of The Complete Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics. Take a look! Join the WELL and become a participant! Hostedīy David Gans, Alex Allan, and myself.
Readable by the world, featuring discussions of each Grateful Dead song. Please read and contribute to "deadsongs.vue, a WELL Conference Note: for a broader search on Grateful Dead-related topics, try This Old Engine No further updating to this site will be done, barring unforeseen circumstances. All Grateful Dead lyrics © Ice Nine Publishing. (The opinions expressed are those of the author, not of the University of California.) Notes and essays © 1995-2007 David Dodd, or by their authors. The Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics, by David Dodd "I can't figure out if it's the end or beginning." The Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics Dedicated to the memory of Jerry Garcia.ġ997-98 Research Associate, Music Dept., Univ.