Comments on: 6 Lessons the Grateful Dead can teach us about writing http://www.bradsreader.com/2009/06/6-lessons-the-grateful-dead-can-teach-us-about-writing/ All Things Literature & Writing Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:59:07 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Uncle Sam http://www.bradsreader.com/2009/06/6-lessons-the-grateful-dead-can-teach-us-about-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-407 Uncle Sam Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:52:32 +0000 http://www.bradsreader.com/?p=978#comment-407 7) Delve into history and read Kerouac ,W.C. Williams , Shakespeare and anybody else. As often said , all Deadheads are just amateur historians at heart. www.gratefuldeadbooks.com (Sugaree playing in background Hartford 77) 7) Delve into history and read Kerouac ,W.C. Williams , Shakespeare and anybody else. As often said , all Deadheads are just amateur historians at heart.

http://www.gratefuldeadbooks.com

(Sugaree playing in background Hartford 77)

]]> By: John Ramseur http://www.bradsreader.com/2009/06/6-lessons-the-grateful-dead-can-teach-us-about-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-400 John Ramseur Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:35:32 +0000 http://www.bradsreader.com/?p=978#comment-400 Huge Deadhead myself. I have another lesson to add to your stack here (a week later, of course): Learn from what you've done before: On XM this Saturday, I was listening to Dick Latvala talk about putting together Dick Pick's Vol.1. He said that the original reason the Boys taped their shows was to listen to themselves afterward. They would study what they had created in order to map out their next excursions from one song to another. Maybe this is a part of your lesson #3, but I thought it was pretty unique. Of course, Latvala brought it up to explain why some shows are missing pieces. Apparently, archiving the music wasn't important to the band until the late 70's. Huge Deadhead myself. I have another lesson to add to your stack here (a week later, of course):

Learn from what you’ve done before:

On XM this Saturday, I was listening to Dick Latvala talk about putting together Dick Pick’s Vol.1. He said that the original reason the Boys taped their shows was to listen to themselves afterward. They would study what they had created in order to map out their next excursions from one song to another.

Maybe this is a part of your lesson #3, but I thought it was pretty unique. Of course, Latvala brought it up to explain why some shows are missing pieces. Apparently, archiving the music wasn’t important to the band until the late 70’s.

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