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From: phil@osiris.UUCP (Philip Kos)
Newsgroups: net.music.gdead
Subject: Re: Funk and Wagnalls
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Date: Mon, 6-May-85 15:17:00 EDT
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Posted: Mon May  6 15:17:00 1985
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> > >      From "Funk and Wagnalls New Practical Standard Dictionary of the
> > > English Language, Britanica World Language Edition" Vol. 1,1955:
> > > 
> > > GRATEFUL DEAD The motif of a cycle of folk tales which begin with the
> > 
> > I had always heard that the aforementioned reference to the Grateful Dead
> > was found by Jerry in a book of Bartlett's quotations.  Any arguments
> > there?
> 
>      The quote I copied came directly from the Book of the
> Deadheads.  I really dont know anything about it besides that.  The
> Book of the Deadheads indicates that Funk and Wagnalls is the source
> of the name Grateful Dead.
> 
>                         - Andy Bindman


Okay, for what it's worth:  the new book 'PLAYING IN THE BAND' (St. Mar-
tin's Press, copyright 1985 by David Gans) (thanks, Jody) says:

	Garcia:  We were standing around in utter desperation at Phil's
	    house in Palo Alto.  There was a huge dictionary, big mono-
	    lithic thing, and I just opened it up.  There in huge black
	    letters was "The Grateful Dead."  It . . . just cancelled
	    my mind out.

The reprinted interview doesn't mention what dictionary it was, but
then I've only just started getting into the book (and I have to give
it back to Jody so soon, sigh).  If I come across anything else I'll
put it in as a followup to this.

Phil Kos