IRB Intro

For the first marking period I have selected Searching for the Sound by Phil Lesh as my independent reading material. In this novel, author Phil Lesh autobiographically chronicles his experiences as bass player and founding member of the trailblazing psychedelic rock band the Grateful Dead. My interest in reading this autobiography stems from my passion for the Grateful Dead, which I inherited from my dad who is a devoted lifelong “deadhead”. I’ve been listening to the Grateful Dead for as long as I can remember, and knew every lyric to dozens upon dozens of Dead songs by the time I was in elementary school. With the music of this group having been such an integral part of my life to this point, I’m very excited to read the firsthand story of the band written by one of its founding members, and one of the musicians whom I admire most.