Growing Up Dead: The Hallucinated Confessions of a Teenage Deadhead (Book Trailer)

Told against the backdrop of the American landscape of the late '80s to the mid-'90s, Growing Up Dead is the story of Peter Conners's journey from straight-laced suburban kid to touring Deadhead. Peter discovered the Grateful Dead in 1985, at the age of 15, through friends who exchanged bootleg tapes of live Grateful Dead concerts. A teenager living in the suburbs of Rochester, New York, he became exposed to an entirely new way of life, and friends who were enjoying more freedom and less parental guidance. At the age of 16, he attended his first Grateful Dead concert on June 30, 1987 - he was hooked. Between 1987 and 1995, Conners would attend Dead 'shows' all over the United States. He traveled with a makeshift 'family' of other Deadheads in a Volkswagen camper, selling drugs and whatever else would provide gas money to the next concert. His hair was a wild, unkempt bush and baths were infrequent. In short, he had progressed from suburban kid, to Grateful Dead fan, to full-blown Deadhead. Chronicling this progression, which culminates with the 1995 death of Jerry Garcia, Conners reveals the truth behind Deadhead culture and history. The result is a riveting insight into the obsessive fandom that made The Grateful Dead the most successful touring band of all time, as well as a cultural phenomenon.

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[pleased9]

Lose the cigarette.

[RJPX50]

i am the bus

[HaydenFromHell]

such an awesome book this is. I can relate to it so much.

[BOAeditionslimited]

Thanks, glad you like it. Screenplay written and producer working to put film funding together. Nothing too concrete yet though.

[axwell21]

good book. Movie adaptation in the works?

[ninetales00]

Hey, I just finished reading Growing up Dead. SOOOO GOOD. Im 15,and have basically exact same situation. suburbs, pot, school, pot, pot. Anyways, very good book, funny, serious, made me think and feel. Thanks :)

[baronvontitan]

Glad to have you on board man....my advice though is to not worry about most of the albums and check out Live/Dead...the 5/8/77 absolutely mythical tape and the Amsterdam show from the Europe tour. Everybody Knows The Best Dead Is Live!!

[slashcobainstradlin]

great book, just finished it. never listened to the dead much at all before reading this, i got it because i never really got what the shows were all about. got all their albums now and loved the book

[maddiechink69]

i bought this book today and im bout to read it. so far its good :)

[ndutton]

wow--very neat