Searching for the Sound (Abridged): My Life in the Grateful Dead Audiobook

" granted the writing, for the most part, is sub-par, i really enjoyed this book. being a huge fan of the dead since i was younger, i was completely fascinated by lesh's insight on the band's development musically and spiritually. my favorite period of the band's career was it's inception in '65 until about 1973, when wake of the flood< was released. While the remainder of the music from the 70s was good, I think that their earlier period was most interesting (as is often the case), mainly due to their constant experimentation and evolution from genre to genre, while still maintaining their own unique sound and vision. it seems that much of the blame can be placed on drug use, which really pushed the members apart from one another, in terms of why they fell apart musically. "

" Surprisingly fast-paced and compact (from a member of the Grateful Dead), this book gives an awesomely trippy account of the band's heady early days, the peak of their musicianship in the early 1970s, their drug-fueled decline and resurgence during the 1980s til Garcia's death. A must-read for fans and an interesting read for those not on the bus. "

" A thorough book given the short number of pages from beginning to end. Lesh takes the story from the very beginning of his interest in music and his meeting up with Jerry Garcia. The book does not stray form the main concept of music and expanding their sound, which created a cult like following. "

" The only memoir by a member of the band, I enjoyed it very much but was disappointed that there wasn't more attention paid to the songwriting process and the actual relationship between the members. Maybe that's what you get when you have a book written by a guy. :) Still, interesting and informative. "

" If you're a Grateful Dead fan and want an insight into the development of their sound through the eyes of an original member, this is a good book and a quick read. "

" Fed my recent Grateful Dead obsession by reading the bassist's memoir. Fascinating and well written. "

" great read. very fast. what impacted me the most from this book was the love that phil has for his family and his bandmates. "

" Grateful Dead bass player and founding member Phil Lesh gives us his autobiography, what his life with the Dead was really like. And "what a long, strange trip it's been." Fascinating story. "

" I am so not the right audience for this book. I don't like the Grateful Dead, but yet there I went reading about it. Call me curious, but I just didn't buy it. This is more about my tastes than the book's merits. Really, why did I read it? "

" I loved learning what happened behind the scenes with the Grateful Dead. Phil writes quite well, too. Fun to read for an old Deadhead. "

" even if you aren't a deadhead this book is worth the read. very insightful in regards to music and life and what it means to be part of something larger then yourself. "

" If you love the grateful dead this book will interest you. Phil Lesh does a great job of retelling his experiences and life with the band. "

" The first book by a member of the Grateful Dead, about BEING IN the Grateful Dead! "

" This is a fast read. I love music books that are written by someone in the band. Phil Lesh was there for all of it. He's a cool guy. "

" interesting in that Phil gives you an insider's look at the intellectual, emotional and technical efforts that went into constructing the Grateful Dead's music. A must read for any Deadhead. "

" Get Phil's POV of this iconic bands trials and tribulations. This is the only Grateful Dead memoir I've read so far, but it was a great read. I think even all you non-heads out there will find this book entertaining. "

" Awesome learned a lot about Jerry Garcia I didn't know. "

" This is a great autobiography that held many surprises for me. Plus, the audiobook has snippets of songs at the end of each CD. "

" Interesting read if you're a Deadhead. "

" Interesting reading for the Phil-zone heads! Phil is lucid, smart (as always as a player) & extremely honest. "

" full of historical information as well as thoroughly enjoyable story telling. i laughed, i cried, i learned. Phil's brilliant sense of remembrance brings these pages into three dimensional form from cover to cover. i absolutley adore this man, his music and his story. gdf. "

" I had fun reading this. "

" Amazing. Love the memoir vibe. Read this book when you're studying vocab for the GRE's. Or want to expand just for fun. Seriously, it's got all the words in it. "

" very enjoyable and pretty fair, albeit one man's version. fairly frank and direct, though some controversies are skipped (and that's not necessarily a criticism). if you're a fan, read it. "

" interesting in that Phil gives you an insider's look at the intellectual, emotional and technical efforts that went into constructing the Grateful Dead's music. A must read for any Deadhead. "

" The first book by a member of the Grateful Dead, about BEING IN the Grateful Dead! "

" This is a fast read. I love music books that are written by someone in the band. Phil Lesh was there for all of it. He's a cool guy. "

" Wow, Phil Lesh is a great writer!!!!! I'm not that electronically savvy so a lot of the sound parts baffled me but his music history and the relationship of the Grateful Dead family was powerful. I especially admired his intelligence, wry sense of humor and honesty. "

" Fed my recent Grateful Dead obsession by reading the bassist's memoir. Fascinating and well written. "

" I forgot that the dead were at Altamont and woodstock Phil Lesh is a pisces! "

" Interesting read if you're a Deadhead. "