irishdrew83's review
1.0
Have you ever seen a book that looks interesting, but at the same time wondered why someone bothered to write it? I’m not saying you go into the pages with low or no expectations. Things just don’t add up, and you’ve got a ton of questions from the outset. You might want to try it. Still, you can’t understand the purpose behind the book. I like the Grateful Dead. When I saw Peter Connor’s Cornell ’77: The Music, the Myth, and the Magnificence of the Grateful Dead’s Concert at Barton Hall (an obnoxiously long title might I add), it had my attention. I couldn’t understand why anyone would write a book about one random Grateful Dead concert. They played thousands. Perhaps a book about their final concert before Jerry Garcia died, the final Winterland show on New Year’s Eve 1978, or a legendary tour like Europe in 1972. It didn’t take long to see Cornell ‘77 is a vanity project on someone’s part...
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To read the rest of this review go to https://drewmartinwrites.wordpress.com/2017/02/14/cornell-77-2017-review/
old_tim's review
5.0
How could I possibly give this anything less than 5 stars? Look, if you are someone who seems the title & thinks "cool", then you should read this book. It won't change your life, but it's fun. If you just don't see the point, then really it's not for you.
Now I want someone to start a series a la the 33 1/3 series, but each book on a different Dead show. Publishers get this going!
http://fedpeaches.blogspot.com/2017/05/play-americas-favorite-song.html
Now I want someone to start a series a la the 33 1/3 series, but each book on a different Dead show. Publishers get this going!
http://fedpeaches.blogspot.com/2017/05/play-americas-favorite-song.html
acdbrn1960's review
5.0
I was at this show, it was 5th Dead show I saw, and every show since I compare to that show, what was it ? what made it so great? I am not sure, maybe the venue, the weather, the crowd, or just the band was so fuckin' on that night.
I had to beg my mother to let me go, I am from Rochester NY and the show was on a Sunday and I was a Jr in High School and had to be at school on Monday. In the end of course she let me go, but that was just the beginning that summer I followed the Dead to every show until the first day of my senior year, then I left Rochester forever 2 years later traveling the world and getting a PHD in the meantime.
I never returned to Rochester and my mother blamed it all on that one Dead show in May of 1977, and Peter Conners has done what very few could, recount that show. It's a great book, even if your not a Dead fan. The 70's was an odd time in America and the Dead got me thru it. Well worth the read!!!
I had to beg my mother to let me go, I am from Rochester NY and the show was on a Sunday and I was a Jr in High School and had to be at school on Monday. In the end of course she let me go, but that was just the beginning that summer I followed the Dead to every show until the first day of my senior year, then I left Rochester forever 2 years later traveling the world and getting a PHD in the meantime.
I never returned to Rochester and my mother blamed it all on that one Dead show in May of 1977, and Peter Conners has done what very few could, recount that show. It's a great book, even if your not a Dead fan. The 70's was an odd time in America and the Dead got me thru it. Well worth the read!!!
jfranco77's review
4.0
I've always loved Cornell, and I've got a special fondness for 1977 since it's the year I was born. So the Cornell '77 Dead show was one of the first "bootlegs" I ever had. (Downloaded from Napster, if you can believe it)
This book is mostly a history of Dead bootlegs and recordings, as well as the history of the Betty Boards and who ultimately owned them. Still, Conners does spend a good amount of time talking about the East Coast swing that included the Cornell show, and talking through each song in the concert. This was an enjoyable read and is probably best for a moderately intense Deadhead who isn't as familiar with all the history.
This book is mostly a history of Dead bootlegs and recordings, as well as the history of the Betty Boards and who ultimately owned them. Still, Conners does spend a good amount of time talking about the East Coast swing that included the Cornell show, and talking through each song in the concert. This was an enjoyable read and is probably best for a moderately intense Deadhead who isn't as familiar with all the history.
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