DVD
Long strange trip : the untold story of the Grateful Dead
Publication Information
Burbank, CA : Rhino Entertainment, [2018]
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (approximately 242 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
MPAA rating: R.
Summary
For 30 years, the Grateful Dead earned the unparalleled devotion of an ever-growing global tribe of fans by turning a unique blend of rock, folk, bluegrass, jazz, and R&B influences into a springboard for improvisation that inspired the whole genre of jam bands today. Now director Amir Bar-Lev reveals the epic journey of this furiously inventive and irreverent group of musicians, from their Beat-influenced beginnings in Bay Area coffeehouses, to the glory days of the psychedelic revolution in the Haight-Ashbury, to triumphant tours of Europe in the 1970s, to an unexpected surge of MTV-fueled fame in the 1980s, to the struggles with addiction and unruly crowds that ended with the death of guitarist Jerry Garcia in 1995. Drawing on a treasure trove of prevously unseen archival footage--including home movies and backstage rehearsals--Bar-Lev presents an astonishingly intimate insiders' view of the band that will satisfy the curiosity of the most hardcore Deadhead, while providing newbies with a rollicking introduction to the band's approach to collective improvisation that changed music forever.
Notes
Title from container.
Originally released as a documentary in 2017.