The Grateful Dead die in de mid sixties hun entree maakte zorgde dat voor een geheel nieuwe stroming die lekker tekeer ging tegen het 'mainstream' Amerika. 'Dead Heads' op t-shirts, op armen getatoeëerd, op posters, het kon allemaal en zorgde tevens voor een enorme hechte en trouwe schare fans die de band overal volgden. De dvd bevat natuurlijk geweldig materiaal zoals home videos, recording sessies, tv-opnames en interviews.
When the grateful dead surfaced in San Fransisco in the mid 1960s, with their psychedelic imagery and mass following of dead heads, they spearheaded a new and rebellious counterculture that joyfully rejected mainstraeam America.
The dead were an unlikely blend of talents, from the folk roots of Jerry Garcia to the blues of Rod Pigpen McKernan, to the innovative bass playing of Phil Lesh and the inventive percussion of Mickey Hart and Bill Kruetzmann. Their early, experimental album Anthem of the sum bewildered and frustrated their record company, but The Dead's music evolved with the changes in their personal lives and in 1970 they produced American Beauty, an acoustic album of outstanding folk-based melodies. As Mickey Hart says: We were coming out of our space suit and…planting our feet firmly back on earth.
This film charts how the Dead evolved from Anthem to Beauty, and examines how these very different records were made. It includes rare footage of the Dead in their prime from TV apperarances and recording sessions to home videos as well as extensive interviews with band members, lyricist Robert Hunter and many musicians from the era.

Bevat:
1 Truckin'
2 Candyman
3 That's it for the other one
4 Robert Nelson's 1967 move
5 Mountains of the moon
6 Saint Stephen
7 China cat sunflower
8 Attics of my life
9 Friend of the devil
10 Ripple
11 Sugar magnolia
12 Box of rain
13 Brokedown palace