Joel Selvin is an award-winning journalist who has covered pop music for the San Francisco Chronicle since 1970. Selvin is the author of the bestselling Summer of Love and coauthor, with Sammy Hagar, of the #1 New York Times bestseller Red. He has written sixteen other books about pop music. Selvin lives in San Francisco, California.
Pamela Turley is an Atlanta-based freelance writer and editor.
"Fare Thee Well is a detailed look at the post-Garcia careers of
all remaining Dead members, rendered in engaging, storytelling
fashion."--Under the Radar
"Fare Thee Well is a masterful summation of the agonies, trials,
and tribulations that beset the Grateful Dead after Jerry Garcia
passed away. It made me sigh with sorrow AND give thanks (virtually
simultaneously) for such a gifted group of musicians. This book
will appeal to every Deadhead on the planet. I loved it."--Sam
Cutler, author of You Can't Always Get What You Want: My Life with
the Rolling Stones, the Grateful Dead, and Other Wonderful
Reprobates
"Fare Thee Well is by turns sad, surprising, and uplifting, and a
crucial addition to any Bookshelf of the Dead."--Houston Press
"Fare Thee Well tells the tale of how the Deadheads rescued the
Grateful Dead from themselves. Bereft of their heart leader after
Jerry Garcia died in 1995, the love of Deadheads kept the music
alive so that the phenomena is not merely enduring but
growing--long, strange, and still a trip."--Dennis McNally, author
of A Long, Strange Trip: The Inside History of the Grateful
Dead
"Fare Thee Well tells Classic Rock's film noir story."--Daily
Beast
"[Fare Thee Well] engages readers intrigued by the Dead's mystique.
For Deadheads, sure, but also rock fans who may wonder where the
road led after Jerry died."--Kirkus
"A deep--and deeply reported--dive into the highs and lows of the
Grateful Dead world post-1995, Fare Thee Well is the in-depth
postscript we need on life after Garcia. As the surviving members
navigate their jarring new world, you'll be shocked, surprised, and
unexpectedly moved."--David Browne, author of So Many Roads: The
Life and Times of the Grateful Dead
"A hundred years from now, Jerry Garcia may be remembered as a
prophet and Bob, Mickey, Phil, and Billy as his disciples.
Illuminating, astounding, and accurate, Fare Thee Well is a
remarkable account of the successes and failures by the talented,
individualist remaining members of the Grateful Dead since the
death of their leader Jerry Garcia. I read it in one
sitting."--Steve Miller, founder of the Steve Miller Band
"An enthusiastic but clear-eyed and enjoyably gossipy piece of
modern rock history."--Publishers Weekly
"An unblinking and balanced look at the infighting, backbiting,
rancor and resentments among the surviving 'core four' band
members."--Paul Liberatore, Marin Independent Journal
"As always, Joel Selvin boldly goes where others fear to tread.
Fare Thee Well is essential reading for all those who have followed
the saga of the good old Grateful Dead to this point in
time."--Robert Greenfield, author of Dark Star: An Oral Biography
of Jerry Garcia and Bear: The Life and Times of Augustus Owsley
Stanley III
"I felt like the child of a divorce, but this book showed me I
never needed to worry, not when I was under the power of something
as great as the Grateful Dead."--Steve Parish, author of Home
Before Daylight: My Life on the Road with the Grateful Dead
"Most [Grateful Dead] books end with the 1995 death of Jerry
Garcia. Fare Thee Well...takes the opposite approach...[it]
examines every sad twist, turn, and betrayal involved in the Dead's
various offshoot groups leading up to their 2015 Fare Thee Well
reunion."
--Rolling Stone
"Selvin smartly steers clear of tie-dyed '60s mysticism, offering
instead a reported look at the lives of the remaining "core four"
members. It is a breezy history, not only of the many incarnations
of Dead bands that popped up, but also of how the four men grappled
with their own ambitions."--Washington Post
"Selvin's history of the resurrection of the band after Garcia's
death is at the same time a sad and (somewhat) heartening
story."--Vintage Guitar
"This phenomenon after its leader dies and how and what it became
is a great and inspiring story."--Marty Balin, founder of Jefferson
Airplane
"Well-written...[Selvin] has covered the Dead nearly since their
inception and did extensive research and interviewing for this
book."--Library Journal
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