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Freeze-frame Novato photographer Bob Minkin captures the spirit of the Dead by G re g Cahill
Bob Minkin’s coffee-table book ‘Live Dead: The Grateful Dead Photographed by Bob Minkin.’
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here are Deadheads and there are in Time, Rolling Stone, Entertainment Deadheads—and then there’s Bob Weekly, Guitar World and Guitar Player Minkin. magazines—will appear Sunday, Oct. 12, The Novato photographer, and dieat a book signing at Sweetwater. Also, at hard Deadhead, snapped enough photos 8pm. that night, and the previous night over 40 years to fill the 224-page coffeeas well, there will be a performance table book Live Dead: The Grateful Dead by the Everyone Orchestra with Steve Photographed by Bob Minkin, newly Kimock (Zero), Stu Allen (Mars Hotel), published by the Marin-based Insight Steve Molitz (Particle), Jay Lane (RatEditions. The book includes scenes Dog, Primus), Reed Mathis (Tea Leaf from the band’s heyday on stage as Green), Sunshine Becker (Furthur), the well intimate backstage shots, glimpses T Sisters and others. Matt Butler will inside the Dead’s vault, and such postconduct. Dead ventures as Furthur, Phil Lesh & Tickets are $32-$110. Friends, and RatDog as well as scenes One suspects that Minkin will have at Lesh’s Terrapin Crossroads in San his camera on hand.Y Rafael, Weir’s Sweetwater Music Hall in Let Greg know if he’s dead-on at gcahill51@gmail.com. Mill Valley and TRI Studios, also in San Rafael. Tune up to the Marin music scene at ›› pacificsun.com/music The book also features a preface by ex-Dead keyboardist Tom Constanten, Adventures in Clubland a forward by Dead Bluegrass and jam-band guitar phenom Scott Law holds down one-half roadie and author of the duties at happy hour Thursday and Friday, Oct. 9 and 10, at TerraSteve Parish (who pin Crossroads in San Rafael. The music starts at 4:20pm ... Torch singer shares his insights Lavay Smith and her Red Hot Skillet Lickers turn up the heat Saturday, on life on the road Oct. 11, at the Fenix supper club in San Rafael. ... Socks in the Frying Pan, with one of the from County Clare, Ireland, will brings its traditional Celtic folk to Studio 1960’s most well55 in San Rafael on Saturday, Oct. 11. ... Telecaster master Bill “Dieselbiltraveled bands) and ly” Kirchen does his high-octane act on Sunday, Oct. 12, at 19 Broadway an introduction by in Fairfax. ... That same night, Kirchen’s former boss Commander Cody Dead biographer will reign supreme with his Modern Day Airmen. The New CopasetBlair Jackson. ics, headed by bassist and singer (and former Lost Planet Airman) Tim Minkin—whose Eschliman will open the show at the Mystic Theater in Petaluma. work has appeared OCTOBER 10 - OCTOBER 16, 2014 PACIFIC SUN 15