Sharing in the Groove: The Untold Story of the '90s Jam Band Explosion and the Scene That Followed by Ayers, Mike

Sharing in the Groove: The Untold Story of the '90s Jam Band Explosion and the Scene That Followed

The wild, untold oral history of the unlikely rise of Phish, Dave Matthews Band, Widespread Panic, Blues...
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Author: Mike Ayers
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Language: English
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Sharing in the Groove: The Untold Story of the '90s Jam Band Explosion and the Scene That Followed by Ayers, Mike

Sharing in the Groove: The Untold Story of the '90s Jam Band Explosion and the Scene That Followed

$80.26

Sharing in the Groove: The Untold Story of the '90s Jam Band Explosion and the Scene That Followed

$80.26
Author: Mike Ayers
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

The wild, untold oral history of the unlikely rise of Phish, Dave Matthews Band, Widespread Panic, Blues Traveler, and numerous other bands that helped define the 1990s jam band scene.

Sharing in the Groove is the untold oral history behind the unlikely rise of Phish, Dave Matthews Band, Widespread Panic, Blues Traveler, and numerous other bands that helped define the 1990s jam band scene -- a scene that paved the way for modern-day cultural institutions such as the Bonnaroo Music Festival, as well as kept the Grateful Dead ethos alive. It was also a scene with its own values and its own unique interactions with fame, record labels, MTV, drugs, and success.

As a veteran music journalist, Mike Ayers has been to more than 130 Phish shows, 20 Grateful Dead shows, and countless others by the bands profiled in this book. In the mid-90s, he stumbled upon a job working backstage for Phish as a prep cook in exchange for all-access passes for the night's show, and ended up doing this for years. Later in the decade, he dabbled in the taping scene and recorded numerous shows that are still circulated online today.

Filled with anecdotes and stories directly from the musicians, promoters, managers, roadies, producers, label executives, and fans that lived this scene, Sharing in the Groove is a fun, fast-paced oral history that will appeal to music lovers everywhere.

Author: Mike Ayers
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 07/22/2025
Pages: 416
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.25h x 6.12w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9781250287458

About the Author
MIKE AYERS is a seasoned music and culture journalist, with work published in Billboard, The Wall Street Journal, Rolling Stone, TIME Magazine, Reuters, Uproxx, and Relix. His first book, One Last Song: Conversations on Life, Death and Music, was published in 2020 and picked as one of Variety's Best Music Books of the year.

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