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David Fricke (born 1951 or 1952) is an American music journalist who serves as the senior editor at Rolling Stone magazine, where he writes predominantly about rock music. One of the best known names in rock journalism, his career has spanned over 40 years. In the 1990s, he was the magazine's music editor before stepping down.
Dec 3, 2010 · Peter Green, Radiohead, The Who. David Fricke picks the best and most influential guitarists in rock – from Jerry Garcia and Joan Jett to B.B. King and Jimi Hendrix.
- Winterland, San Francisco. March 18th, 1967. Warner Bros. Records released the Dead’s debut album, The Grateful Dead – a sonically brittle, high-speed version of the group’s stage act and songbook – on March 17th, 1967.
- Dance Hall, Rio Nido, California. September 3rd, 1967. Time was an elastic concept on a Grateful Dead stage – a song ended only when every possibility embedded in the structure and set loose by the group’s improvising empathy was tested and fulfilled.
- Carousel Ballroom, San Francisco. February 14th, 1968. Anthem of the Sun, the Dead’s second album, may be the most authentic musical document of the San Francisco renaissance: a union of interior psychedelic exploration and truly liberated rock & roll; a continuous drive to light via mad studio alchemy and the Dead’s already proven specialty, live performance.
- Dream Bowl, Vallejo, California. February 22nd, 1969. This show, on the eve of the long weekend at the Fillmore West that was taped for 1969’s Live Dead, is a beautifully recorded artifact of the Dead at a different, simultaneous juncture: during a break from the studio sessions for 1969’s Aoxomoxoa, where they were spending a fortune crystallizing the cryptic but compelling lysergic romanticism of the songs Garcia was writing with lyricist Robert Hunter.
There’s a bootleg record of the Yardbirds with Jimmy Page playing in 1968 of May of 68 in Los Angeles, and they actually play Waiting for the man. Speaker So this is, you know, long before Bowie ...
David Fricke – Rolling Stone. Senior Editor. David Fricke is a senior editor at Rolling Stone where he writes predominately about rock music and has spanned over 30 years, including his...
Oct 23, 2015 · Veteran Rolling Stone writer David Fricke talks about his new SiriusXM radio show, "The Writer's Block," his recent writing projects, his first-ever concert and more.
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