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Calling All Deadhead Librarians: Your Job Hunt is Over
Dear Website Visitor, Please answer the following questions as they apply to you. Answering yes to one qualifies you to continue on to the next: 1. Can you read? 2. Do you love The Grateful Dead? 3. No, like really, really love The Grateful Dead? 4. As in, do you love them enough that you’d want to potentially spend the rest of your professional life sorting, cataloging and archiving Grateful Dead music and related literature, manuscripts and relics into one of the country’s most impressive Grateful Dead library collections? 5. Do you have a master’s degree in archives management?... read more
Found in: Music, NewsPearl Jamband: Is Pearl Jam a Modern Grateful Dead?
Pearl Jam has long been linked to flannel, but what about tie-dye? As the band closes in on its second decade making music, Pearl Jam and its follow-them-anywhere fans have slowly become one of the tightest communities in rock ’n’ roll, complete with a vibrant bootleg trade centered around the band’s ever-changing, much-lauded live show that many claim transcends the pomp and circumstance of normal rock shows for something more human. Sound like a mouthful? Sure. Sound like the Grateful Dead? Absolutely.... read more
Found in: Music, Features50 Best Bob Dylan Covers of All Time
As we began to compile this list of the 50 Best Bob Dylan Covers of All Time—asking for input from Paste readers, writers and editors—someone suggested that it might be easier to compile a list of artists who haven't covered Dylan. I've listened to literally hundreds of Dylan covers over the course of the past week, trying to weigh choices like, "Who's version of 'Tomorrow Is a Long Time' is better, Nick Drake or Nickel Creek?" But I don't mean to make it sound like grueling work. My biggest take-away from this exercise is that going to Dylan for source... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayGreen-Collar Rock: Great Nature Songs Vol. 1 (Water)
With this week's inauguration of new President Barack Obama, there's been a lot of talk about green-collar jobs and making long-term investments by implementing environmentally sound policies now. It got me thinking about what we're protecting by doing this—first and foremost, the health and well-being of ourselves and future generations. But it's also about preserving this beautiful natural world we inhabit. There is no shortage of amazing songs that celebrate or draw from this beauty. Classics like John Denver's "Rocky Mountain High" and The Beatles' "Blackbird" come immediately to mind, but there are so many more. Here are a few favorites,... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayAlbert Berger and Ron Yerxa to produce Jerry Garcia biopic
According to the Hollyood Reporter, Little Miss Sunshine producers Albert Berger and Ron Yerxa are set to join their fellow Hamlet 2 producer Eric Eisner in the production of a biopic about Jerry Garcia. The three have just signed on to produce the as-yet unnamed project, which promises a revealing look at the Grateful Dead frontman's youth.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsA Curtain Call for Captain Trips & The Dawg
The final installment of Acoustic Disc’s long-running series of early-’90s Jerry Garcia/David Grisman collaborations, Been All Around This World, features spontaneous, whispery, pull-up-a-stump by the campfire-style versions of everything from folk, country and bluegrass standards to covers of Bob Dylan and Jimmy Cliff. It’s a shame that such a beautiful vein of music must run dry, but the 40 albums these acoustic innovator/ traditionalists brought us will last for ages. (Album available April 27)... read more
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