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The Hallucinated Confessions of a Teenage Deadhead
Da Capo Press
April 2009
On Sale: March 30, 2009
288 pages
ISBN: 0306817330
EAN: 9780306817335
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
Told against the backdrop of the American landscape of the
late '80s to the mid-'90s, Growing Up Dead is the story of
Peter Conners's journey from straight-laced suburban kid to
touring Deadhead. Peter discovered the Grateful Dead in
1985, at the age of 15, through friends who exchanged
bootleg tapes of live Grateful Dead concerts. A teenager
living in the suburbs of Rochester, New York, he became
exposed to an entirely new way of life, and friends who
were enjoying more freedom and less parental guidance. At
the age of 16, he attended his first Grateful Dead concert
on June 30, 1987 - he was hooked. Between 1987 and 1995,
Conners would attend Dead 'shows' all over the United
States. He traveled with a makeshift 'family' of other
Deadheads in a Volkswagen camper, selling drugs and
whatever else would provide gas money to the next concert.
His hair was a wild, unkempt bush and baths were
infrequent. In short, he had progressed from suburban kid,
to Grateful Dead fan, to full-blown Deadhead. Chronicling
this progression, which culminates with the 1995 death of
Jerry Garcia, Conners reveals the truth behind Deadhead
culture and history. The result is a riveting insight into
the obsessive fandom that made The Grateful Dead the most
successful touring band of all time, as well as a cultural
phenomenon.
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