Once Upon a Time on Grateful Dead Tour - Softcover

Calderón, Trina

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798218397449

Publisher: Trina Calderon, 2024

Synopsis

A short story collection about the absurd and often hilarious adventures on Grateful Dead tour. Based on true stories of the thriving counterculture during the notorious U.S. federal "war on drugs" campaign, experience the magic of driving across the country to get to the next show. Follow the kids from one hotel room to the next, from Haight Street to Vermont, for a strong dose of the real American Dream: sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll!

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About the Author

Trina Calderón is an author, journalist, and TV-filmmaker. She's worked with visual artists making documentaries, and writing arti- cles, essays, books, and museum and gallery exhibits. Specializing in counterculture storytelling, she wrote the ground-breaking ex- hibit, Pump Me Up: DC Subcultures of the 1980's, at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., the first comprehensive look at the real frenzy of culture inside the capital. Cementing the legacy of graffiti art, she helped write and produce WALL WRITERS: Graf- fiti in its Innocence, a massive book and documentary feature film about the American art innovators. For the 35th anniversary of D.C.'s infamous 9:30 Club, she helped write and compile the large oral history book, 9:30: A Time and a Place. She's been published in Juxtapoz Magazine, Rolling Stone, The Believer and more. Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, she lives amongst the frogs and the oak trees where the mountain meets the sea.

Edition details

• Publisher: Trina Calderon
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798218397449
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 106