JOHN BRACKETT: TOUCH OF GREY AT MEMPHIS LISTENING LAB

Join us at Memphis Listening Lab for an exciting event featuring John Brackett as we celebrate the release of his new book, Touch of Grey: Or How the Grateful Dead Became Pop Stars! 🎉

🗒️ About the Book:
Touch of Grey draws on extensive archival research to reveal the behind-the-scenes journey of how one song transformed the legacy of the legendary Grateful Dead. John Brackett delves into the history of the song Touch of Grey, highlighting the journey from songwriter Robert Hunter's lyrical sketches to the band's popular renaissance with In the Dark in 1987.

📖 Brackett examines the dynamics of recording technologies, musical characteristics, and the mechanics of the music industry that propelled the Grateful Dead from a devoted cult following to pop culture stardom.

🖊️ About the Author:
John Brackett is a music historian and researcher. He has authored several books, including John Zorn: Tradition and Transgression and Live Dead: The Grateful Dead, Live Recordings, and the Ideology of Liveness. He currently resides in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

📍 Location:
1350 Concourse Ave Suite 269, Memphis, TN 38104

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