Deal: My Three Decades of Drumming, Dreams, and Drugs with the Grateful Dead
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"Deal: My Three Decades of Drumming, Dreams, and Drugs with the Grateful Dead" is Bill Kreutzmann’s memoir chronicling his life, musical career, and experiences as a founding drummer of the Grateful Dead.
All labels observed (1)
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| Deal: My Three Decades of Drumming, Dreams, and Drugs with the Grateful Dead canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Deal: My Three Decades of Drumming, Dreams, and Drugs with the Grateful Dead Context triple: [Bill Kreutzmann, notablePublication, Deal: My Three Decades of Drumming, Dreams, and Drugs with the Grateful Dead]
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The Big Beat: Conversations with Rock’s Great Drummers
The Big Beat: Conversations with Rock’s Great Drummers is a music book featuring in-depth interviews with many of rock music’s most influential drummers, exploring their careers, techniques, and experiences behind the kit.
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B.
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test is Tom Wolfe’s pioneering work of New Journalism that chronicles Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters’ LSD-fueled road trips and helped define 1960s counterculture.
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C.
Live/Dead
Live/Dead is a landmark 1969 live album by the Grateful Dead, celebrated for its extended improvisations and pioneering role in psychedelic rock.
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D.
A Life in Music
A Life in Music is an autobiographical book by renowned pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim, reflecting on his career, musical philosophy, and experiences in the world of classical music.
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E.
For the Union Dead
For the Union Dead is a 1964 poetry collection by Robert Lowell that reflects on American history, memory, and moral decay through formally innovative, often autobiographical verse.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Deal: My Three Decades of Drumming, Dreams, and Drugs with the Grateful Dead Target entity description: "Deal: My Three Decades of Drumming, Dreams, and Drugs with the Grateful Dead" is Bill Kreutzmann’s memoir chronicling his life, musical career, and experiences as a founding drummer of the Grateful Dead.
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A.
The Big Beat: Conversations with Rock’s Great Drummers
The Big Beat: Conversations with Rock’s Great Drummers is a music book featuring in-depth interviews with many of rock music’s most influential drummers, exploring their careers, techniques, and experiences behind the kit.
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B.
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test is Tom Wolfe’s pioneering work of New Journalism that chronicles Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters’ LSD-fueled road trips and helped define 1960s counterculture.
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C.
Live/Dead
Live/Dead is a landmark 1969 live album by the Grateful Dead, celebrated for its extended improvisations and pioneering role in psychedelic rock.
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D.
A Life in Music
A Life in Music is an autobiographical book by renowned pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim, reflecting on his career, musical philosophy, and experiences in the world of classical music.
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E.
For the Union Dead
For the Union Dead is a 1964 poetry collection by Robert Lowell that reflects on American history, memory, and moral decay through formally innovative, often autobiographical verse.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | book ⓘ |
| about |
1960s counterculture
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Grateful Dead concerts ⓘ Grateful Dead fans ⓘ San Francisco music scene ⓘ formation of the Grateful Dead ⓘ |
| author | Bill Kreutzmann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coAuthor | Benjy Eisen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| features |
accounts of drug use
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behind-the-scenes stories about the Grateful Dead ⓘ personal anecdotes ⓘ tour stories ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Bill Kreutzmann's experiences with the Grateful Dead
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Bill Kreutzmann's life ⓘ Bill Kreutzmann's musical career ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiography
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music memoir ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Bill Kreutzmann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaType |
audiobook
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ebook ⓘ hardcover ⓘ paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| mentions |
Bob Weir
NERFINISHED
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Jerry Garcia NERFINISHED ⓘ Mickey Hart NERFINISHED ⓘ Owsley Stanley NERFINISHED ⓘ Phil Lesh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of psychedelic era
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insider account of the Grateful Dead ⓘ |
| pages | approximately 320 ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2015 ⓘ |
| publisher | St. Martin's Press NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject |
Bill Kreutzmann
NERFINISHED
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Grateful Dead NERFINISHED ⓘ counterculture ⓘ drug use ⓘ drumming ⓘ psychedelic rock ⓘ rock music ⓘ touring life ⓘ |
| timeSpanCovered | three decades ⓘ |
| title | Deal: My Three Decades of Drumming, Dreams, and Drugs with the Grateful Dead NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Deal: My Three Decades of Drumming, Dreams, and Drugs with the Grateful Dead
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