Show B4 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Tuesday September 3 2002 SHERMANS LAGOON RET HOUMA LOOK AT ) PUT AUTTLEFISR NERP AT RIS COMPUTER — BE VINNY FROM NEV YORK MORMON RACKIN' VCR INTO m some secret C )r Book chronicles music’s longest strangest trip SO YOU 00 MUST GOVERNMENT COMPUTER f By John Roger Associated Press Writer CATHY AfiUS: ACOUNTW6 GENIUS WU OF IRON MSOFSBEl MCA: BRUUM: SAJES OMMMO FlNEItt HONED SKILLS FMECf TONED THIGHS POWER TOE NEXT LEGAL WMX ROUL'SOUO OPMIONS GLUTES BEUWE ICS UN- - X CONSCIOUS DRESSING GENERATION SHALL ME I IE6IN THE J I weetin&t Book review the most disparate and eccentric groups of musicians to ever come together a band that “A Long Strange Trip: The Inside History of the Grateful Dead” (Broadway Books 684 pages $30) — Dennis McNally “It’s been long it’s been strange it’s definitely been a trip” the Grateful Dead’s Phil Lesh quipped when the band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994 The line borrowed from the band’s song ‘Truckin’” might also sum up historian Dennis McNally’s book “A Long Strange Trip: The Inside History of the Grateful Dead” is definitely long weighing in at 684 pages It is also two books in one: a straightforward accounting of the life and times operated outside the conventional norms of society and still found success He also manages to make the tale fun and hard-cor- e fans enlightening for even the most for Most of those fans know example how Garcia lost the middle finger of his right hand — his older brother accidentally chopped it off during a childhood mishap with an ax Less known is Garcia’s own thought that had it not happened he might have grown up to be a concert pianist instead of r rock guitarist McNally despite his obvious affection for the band doesn’t shy away from revealing the group’s darker side either There are many stories about drug use and abuse The group’s survivors now clean and sober defend their drug-takiThey say that LSD gave them the intuitive feel to play together like no other band could However as the author notes the abuse of other substances like alcohol and cocaine 7- and heroin in Garcia’s case — led to much tragedy as well The group’s first keyboardist Ron “Pigpen” ' McKeman died at 27 of cirrhosis after a lifetime of alcoholism His replacement Keith Godchaux was fired partly because of his heavy drinking he later died in a car crash His replacement Brent Mydland died of a drug overdose Garcia died in 1995 of a heart attack at age 53 In the end though it was not drugs that killed the Grateful Dead Fpr 30 years the group’s members had achieved nearly every male’s dream: the ability to out indefinitely as best friends hang middle-ag- e But by the mid-199was ending that dream even before Garcia’s death drove home a note of finality As families and divergent interests began taking more time the playing began to grow more lackluster and die joy the musicians derived from it more elusive best-kno- ' long-await- ed of the Grateful Dead interspersed in alternate chapters with backstage insights and anecdotes compiled by perhaps the biggest Grateful Dead insider of all ' McNally who identifies himself In those alternate chapters as “Scrib” (short for scribbler the band's nickname for the guy who followed members around taking notes) didn’t miss a Dead show during the last 11 yean of the band’s run He was a young Grateful Dead fan with a PhD in American history who had published a biography of Jack Kerouac when the group’s most ubiquitous presence Jerry Garcia persuaded him to come aboard in 1980 to tell the BEETLE BAILEY ng 30-ye- ar band’s story When the job of band historian morphed into publicist as the group became enormously popular the book languished for more than 2Q yean But for Dead fans it has been worth the wait There is hardly an anecdote story or legend that is not examined in detail here Indeed if the book has any shortcoming it is that McNally knows so much about his subject that at times some of his descriptions seem too inside Still he manages to tell the story of one of HAGAR THE HORRIBLE post-adolesc- 0s Museum starts lecture series to remember docent killed on 1 9-1- BALTIMORE (AP) - For Renee May art was a passion and a solace Her job as a flight attendant gave her chances to indulge ha passion around the world and made her feel at home in foreign lands When she returned home to Baltimore May shared her insight and enthusiasm by Volunteering as a docent at the Walters Ait Museum May was killed on die job on Sept 11 when terrorists seized control of American Airlines Flight 77 and crashed it into the Pentagon She will be honored there by her employer and her nation at a ceremony on the anniversary of die attacks The Walters has established an annual lecture series in May’s honor The inaugural installment will feature Gregory Smith a genius who has gained an international media profile for his Shields manager of this docent program ‘ Greg Smith can’t exactly relate to the need for a docent to explain art to him on a field trip he catapulted from second grade to ninth in a year and is entering his senior year at College in Ashland Va But he was invited to speak because he could deliver “a universal message" Copeland said For Greg that taessage always comes back to die world’s impoverished children for whom he has worked tirelessly as head of an organization he founded called International Youth Advocates The work led to a nomination this year for the Nobel Peace Prize “We have two choices in our world" Greg said from his Keswick Va home where he was working on his speech “We can work with these children we can help than" Copeland acknowledged some concern that inviting a child genius to speak would distract from the intended purpose of the lecture series “It’s not often that someone tells you they’ve got a speaker on the national stage and he’s (13) years old You don’t want this to be a sideshow” Copeland said “But he’s a high-lev- el thinker and I think more than anything his message fits what we want to talk about on Sept 11” -i- PEANUTS SORRY MAAMJHE FIRST QUESTION OF THE YEAR SORT OF DOES THAT TO ME MOTHER GOOSE AND GRIMM work on behalf of children “We wanted to do something that would make a lasting impression on arts education and the museum world" said Jacqueline Copeland the museum’s director of education Greg was invited to speak partly because of May’s ease in interacting with children — both at the museum and while flying “For many people a visit to die Walters is their first encounter with art their first encounter with a Cultural institution" said John well-respect- ed Names in the news R Kelly allowed FOX TROT NKolE CHECK ITOWT SAMI NO I"1 PDboD AWANCID ENGUSN TO0C1N m to make appearance YE$ YES YES US! 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