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Cornell '77 - The Music, the Myth, and the Magnificence of the Grateful Dead's Concert at Barton Hall (Hardcover)
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Cornell '77 - The Music, the Myth, and the Magnificence of the Grateful Dead's Concert at Barton Hall (Hardcover)
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On May 8, 1977, at Barton Hall, on the Cornell University campus,
in front of 8,500 eager fans, the Grateful Dead played a show so
significant that the Library of Congress inducted it into the
National Recording Registry. The band had just released Terrapin
Station and was still finding its feet after an extended hiatus. In
1977, the Grateful Dead reached a musical peak, and their East
Coast spring tour featured an exceptional string of performances,
including the one at Cornell.Many Deadheads claim that the quality
of the live recording of the show made by Betty Cantor-Jackson (a
member of the crew) elevated its importance. Once those
recordings-referred to as "Betty Boards"-began to circulate among
Deadheads, the reputation of the Cornell '77 show grew
exponentially.With time the show at Barton Hall acquired legendary
status in the community of Deadheads and audiophiles.Rooted in
dozens of interviews-including a conversation with Betty
Cantor-Jackson about her recording-and accompanied by a dazzling
selection of never-before-seen concert photographs, Cornell '77 is
about far more than just a single Grateful Dead concert. It is a
social and cultural history of one of America's most enduring and
iconic musical acts, their devoted fans, and a group of Cornell
students whose passion for music drove them to bring the Dead to
Barton Hall. Peter Conners has intimate knowledge of the fan
culture surrounding the Dead, and his expertise brings the show to
life. He leads readers through a song-by-song analysis of the
performance, from "New Minglewood Blues" to "One More Saturday
Night," and conveys why, forty years later, Cornell '77 is still
considered a touchstone in the history of the band.As Conners notes
in his Prologue: "You will hear from Deadheads who went to the
show. You will hear from non-Deadhead Cornell graduates who were
responsible for putting on the show in the first place. You will
hear from record executives, academics, scholars, Dead family
members, tapers, traders, and trolls. You will hear from those who
still live the Grateful Dead every day. You will hear from those
who would rather keep their Grateful Dead passions private for
reasons both personal and professional. You will hear stories about
the early days of being a Deadhead and what it was like to attend,
and perhaps record, those early shows, including Cornell '77."
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