03601nam 22006373 450 991088680080332120240927174334.09781478027324147802732010.1515/9781478027324(CKB)5580000000511545(MiAaPQ)EBC30789644(Au-PeEL)EBL30789644(OCoLC)1399582872(MdBmJHUP)musev2_115389(DE-B1597)672591(DE-B1597)9781478027324(Perlego)4261393(EXLCZ)99558000000051154520231019d2023 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierGet Shown the Light Improvisation and Transcendence in the Music of the Grateful Dead /Michael Kaler1st ed.Durham :Duke University Press,2023.©2023.1 online resource (305 pages)Studies in the Grateful Dead Series1-4780-2497-6 1-4780-2034-2 An Autobiographical Introduction -- The Grateful Dead: A Spiritually Motivated, Improvising Rock Band -- Setting the Scene -- How the Grateful Dead Learned to Jam -- Improvisational Tactics, 1965- -- Writing About Improvisation -- Other Improvising Rock Bands: A Comparative Look -- Music, Transcendent Spiritual Experience, and the Grateful Dead -- The Grateful Dead's Spiritual Context -- What They Did."Of all the musical developments of rock in the 1960s, one in particular fundamentally changed the music's structure and listening experience: the incorporation of extended improvisation into live performances. While many bands-including Cream, Pink Floyd, and the Velvet Underground-stretched out their songs with improvisations, no band was more identified with the practice than the Grateful Dead. In Get Shown the Light Michael Kaler examines how the Dead's dedication to improvisation stemmed from their belief that playing in this manner enabled them to touch upon transcendence. Drawing on band testimonials and analyses of early recordings, Kaler traces how the Dead developed an approach to playing music that they believed would facilitate their spiritual goals. He focuses on the band's early years, the significance of playing Ken Kesey's Acid Test parties, and their evolving exploration of the myriad musical and spiritual possibilities that extended improvisation afforded. Kaler demonstrates that the Grateful Dead developed a radical new way of playing rock music as a means to unleashing the spiritual and transformative potential of their music"--Provided by publisher.Studies in the Grateful Dead (Duke University Press)Improvisation (Music)Social aspectsRock musicSocial aspectsHistory20th centuryRock musicUnited StatesHistory20th centuryMUSIC / Genres & Styles / RockbisacshRELIGION / GeneralbisacshImprovisation (Music)Social aspects.Rock musicSocial aspectsHistoryRock musicHistoryMUSIC / Genres & Styles / RockRELIGION / General782.42166092/2MUS035000REL000000bisacshKaler Michael966183MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910886800803321Get Shown the Light4234847UNINA00887nas 2200277 a 450 991022862080332120250523012720.0(CKB)1000000000293206(CONSER)sn 83016490 (EXLCZ)99100000000029320619830831b18491866 ky engtxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Daily true deltaNew Orleans, La. M.G. Davis and John Maginnis1849-18661 online resource"The daily" appears in small type within title ornament.Print version: Daily true delta (New Orleans, La. : 1849) (DLC)sn 83016490 (OCoLC)9865338 New Orleans (La.)NewspapersNEWSPAPER9910228620803321exl_impl conversionThe Daily true delta2583692UNINA