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Origins of the Grateful Dead Orchestration Project, and Notes from the Tapers' Section
Written and photographed by Jaime and Helen Baldovinos
A hardcover coffee table book featuring the inside story of Bob Weir's newest project: orchestrating the Grateful Dead's songs, as well as a collection of essays exploring the thoughtful elements of the Grateful Dead's lyrics.
Foreword by Bob Weir
“Our music in large measure derives from folk roots—we dressed it up a bit and made it over into what I think you’d have to call popular music.
But then, if one takes an extra step and puts it into the classical realm, it serves to illustrate that there’s a continuum from the simplest folk music all the way through to the most formal classical music. For that matter, many composers use folk songs—gypsy fiddle tunes and such—as a springboard for some of the greatest works the art form has to offer."
—BOB WEIR
Stanford Symphony Orchestra rehearsing with us for the National Symphony Orchestra premiere, 2022.
Photographer Jaime Baldovinos
Helen Baldovinos is a musician and musicologist who also has expertise in international finance. She is one of the co-founders of the Grateful Dead Orchestration Project, along with Bob Weir and Dr. Giancarlo Aquilanti.
Jaime Baldovinos is a history of ideas scholar with expertise in history, philosophy, comparative literature, and history of science, as well as international finance and software development (he owns a patent on relationship software that he created for Helen’s financial practice).
Helen and Jaime have been married for more than 50 years and attended more than 250 Grateful Dead shows—most of which Jaime also taped and photographed.
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