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This story begins at the moment when it seemed that it was ending: August 9, 1995, the day Jerry Garcia left the mortal coil and many assumed the Grateful Dead's music died with him. Best-selling author Alan Paul conducted dozens of interviews with the surviving members of the band as they found their footing and made peace with the Dead's incredible musical legacy. Reckoning gathers the best of these conversations and abounds with depth and insight. <br> <br>It includes the only interview with Phish/Fare Thee Well guitarist Trey Anasatasio and a member of the Dead (Phil Lesh); extensive, never-published interviews with songwriter Robert Hunter and drummer Bill Kreutzmann; a deep dive with Bob Weir; an insightful talk with Dick Latvala of Dick's Picks fame; and interviews with the guitarists brave enough to stare down the ghost of Jerry: Warren Haynes, Jimmy Herring, John Kadlecik, Steve Kimock and Mark Karan, in addition to Anastasio. <br> <br>"From how songs were written to how disagreements were settled, Alan Paul asks the type of questions every Deadhead wishes he or she could ask of their favorite band. And even better, Alan elicits the honest answers every fan wants to hear from the Dead." <br>-David Browne, author, So Many Roads: The Life and Times of the Grateful Dead <br> <br>"Alan Paul is the rarest kind of music journalist....one who hears beyond the supposed barriers of tradition, style, era, and genre, and perceives the connections and archetypes at the root of all great and innovative music. And then he succinctly lays his discoveries at our feet, so that we may hear beyond the illusions too." <br>-Reed Mathis, bassist, Billy and the Kids, Tea Leaf Green <br>Alan Paul. Reckoning (Kindle Location 37). <br> <br>Alan Paul is the author of the Top Ten New York Times bestseller One Way Out: The Inside History of the Allman Brothers Band and of Big in China: My Unlikely Adventure Raising a Family, Playing the Blues, and Reinventing Myself in Beijing. He is a senior writer for Guitar World and lives in Maplewood, NJ, with his wife and three children. Visit him at www.alanpaul.net or www.facebook.com/ alanpaulauthor. Twitter:@AlPaul <br> <br>Cover design by Evan Twohy
