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Wyn-Ellis, Elanna, 183

Yanovsky, Zal, 44

“You Got to Serve Somebody” tour, 240

Young, Israel G., 62

Young, Neil, 262

Zappa, Frank, 82

Acknowledgments

For providing me with unlimited shelter from the storm and a key to the back door, I would like to thank Nancy Taylor and Jerry Pompili. For coming up with the idea in the first place, my thanks to Paul Bresnick. For hanging in there always, my thanks to Erica Silverman. Thanks to Milton Hare and Marilyn Fletcher for delivering under pressure. For surviving this roller-coaster ride by allowing me the time to work overtime, I congratulate my family.

About the Author

R
OBERT
G
REENFIELD
is an award-winning novelist, screenwriter, and playwright, and is the author of
Bill Graham Presents: My Life Inside Rock and Out, Exile on Main St.: A Season in Hell with the Rolling Stones
, and
Timothy Leary: A Biography
. He lives in California.

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Praise

P
RAISE FOR

dark star

“A fascinating exploration into the life of late legend Jerry Garcia, as told by close friends, relatives, Grateful Dead bandmates, and other members of the music intelligentsia.”

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Billboard

“This testimonial by people who knew him will be embraced like an extra-long set.”

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Playboy

“Greenfield renders an unflinching portrait of one of the most prolific and enigmatic figures in American music.”

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San Francisco Chronicle

“A poignant glimpse of a man with extraordinary power who ultimately used that power against himself.”

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Boston Globe

“Regardless of one's opinion of the man and his band, this is a fascinating book.... All the bases familiar to fans are touched â¦ but Greenfield presents testimonials from people seldom heard at length who knew Garcia long and well.... This one is a must.”

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Booklist

“Likely a must-buy for mourning Deadheads, the book should also interest casual fans (if there are any), as well as those curious about the San Francisco 1960s scene or about the punishing coincidence of a brilliant but vulnerable artist and an extraordinary time.”

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Publishers Weekly

“Readers will finish with a better understanding of this charismatic musician.”

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Library Journal

Other Works

also by robert greenfield

Exile on Main St.: A Season in Hell with the Rolling Stones

Timothy Leary: A Biography

Bill Graham Presents: My Life Inside Rock And Out

S.T.P.: A Journey Through America with the Rolling Stones

The Spiritual Supermarket: An Account of Gurus Gone Public in America

Copyright

Quotations from “Uncle John's Band,” “Box of Rain,” “New Speedway Boogie,” “The Wheel,” “Dark Star,” and “Black Peter” used by permission of Ice Nine Publishing Company, Inc. A hardcover edition of this book was published in 1996 by William Morrow and Company, Inc.

DARK STAR.
Copyright Â© 1996, 2009 by Robert Greenfield. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

F
IRST
H
ARPER PAPERBACK PUBLISHED
2009.

The Library of Congress has catalogued the previous paperback edition as follows:

Greenfield, Robert

Dark Star : an oral biography of Jerry Garcia / Robert Greenfield.

p. cm.

Includes index.

ISBN 0-7679-0035-9 (pbk.)

1. Garcia, Jerry 1942â1995. 2. Rock musiciansâUnited StatesâBiography. 3. Grateful Dead (Musical group)Â Â Â Â Â Â I. Title

ML419.G36G65Â Â Â Â Â Â 1997

782.42166'092âdc21