Radio Wolinsky 8: A Conversation with David Gans and Blair Jackson,
co-authors of This Was All a Dream We Dreamed: An Oral History of the Grateful Dead.
David Gans and Blair Jackson talk with Richard Wolinsky about how they came to write and edit the book, how they became Deadheads, what the Haight was during the Summer of Love, and why the Grateful Dead endure two decades after the death of Jerry Garcia. Richard Wolinsky’s college newspaper review of the Grateful Dead in Binghamton, New York in May, 1970 appears in the CD notes for Dick’s Picks Volume 8: the Grateful Dead at Harpur College. Blair Jackson is editor of Classical Guitar magazine and managing editor at Acoustic Guitar, and author of previous books on the Grateful Dead; David Gans is a musician, and host of several radio programs featuring music by the Grateful Dead, along with previous books about the band and its members.