NOTES FROM ACADEME

Learning From the Dead

By PAUL BASKEN

Amherst, Mass.

Even Grateful Dead tours — those months of escapes into the sweet land of peace, love, and understanding — had moments when the real world intruded.

The band's 2,333 live shows brought countless golden moments spent pondering the mystical beauty of Robert Hunter's...

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