Author Howie Abrams and illustrator Michael McLeer break down the psychedelic rock band in “The ABCs of the Grateful Dead.”
Fans of the Grateful Dead can now easily teach their kids, grandkids and even great-grandchildren the ABC’s of the iconic psychedelic jam band and maybe even create“I hope that parents or grandparents can bond with the kids over something,” said Howie Abrams, a former music executive who co-wrote “The ABCs of the Grateful Dead,” which was published in late November, along with graffiti artist and illustrator Michael McLeer. “I think it forges a better bond with the family.
The book is filled with McLeer’s brightly colored, psychedelic-style images that include the famous Grateful Dead dancing bears, a turtle sporting a tie-dye shell and newsboy cap, as well as guitar-playing skeleton in a fedora. Each page is dedicated to a letter in the alphabet that corresponds with a band fact to help kids learn the history of the iconic group that formed in 1965.
“The ABCs of the Grateful Dead” a children’s book was co-created by graffiti artist and illustrator Michael “Kaves” McLeer and Howie Abrams. Howie Abrams, a former music executive co-wrote “The ABCs of the Grateful Dead” along with graffiti artist and illustrator Michael McLeer. The letter J, for example, is for Jamming, “which the band did on each song. Extended with solos and funky strumming, until it’s time to move along,” Abrams writes in the book.
P is for Palo Alto. “In Spanish, it means ‘tall tree.’ It’s where the Grateful Dead come from, and where their spirit will always be,” the book reads. Kids will also learn a little bit about music in general because the letter W is for the “Wall of Sound, The Dead’s massive speaker rig. Ensuring Dead Heads could hear the band, from the first note ’til the end of the gig,” Abrams writes.
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