Relix 2015 Holiday Gift Guide (Part Two)
Since you’re reading Relix, it’s clear that you enjoy reading about music, so here are some book recommendations from 2015:
Books on the Good ol’ Grateful Dead
> David Browne, So Many Roads: The Life and Times of the Grateful Dead
> Blair Jackson and David Gans, This Is All a Dream We Dreamed: An Oral History of the Grateful Dead
> Bill Kreutzmann with Benjy Eisen, Deal: My Three Decades of Drumming, Dreams, and Drugs with the Grateful Dead
> Dennis McNally (Editor), Trixie Garcia (Foreword), Jerry on Jerry: The Unpublished Jerry Garcia Interviews
> Peter Richardson, No Simple Highway: A Cultural History of the Grateful Dead
Books By Musicians
> Carrie Brownstein, Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl: A Memoir
> Elvis Costello, Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink
> John Fogerty, Fortunate Son: My Life, My Music
> Kim Gordon, Girl in a Band: A Memoir
> Kristin Hersh, Don’t Suck, Don’t Die: Giving Up Vic Chesnutt
> Chrissie Hynde, Reckless: My Life as a Pretender
> Willie Nelson with David Ritz, It’s a Long Story: My Life
> Patti Smith, M Train
> Ringo Starr, Photograph
Books on the Music Industry
> Fred Goodman, Allen Klein: The Man Who Bailed Out the Beatles, Made the Stones, and Transformed Rock & Roll
> Michaelangelo Matos, The Underground Is Massive: How Electronic Dance Music Conquered America
> John Seabrook, The Song Machine: Inside the Hit Factory
> Stephen Witt, How Music Got Free: The End of an Industry, the Turn of the Century, and the Patient Zero of Piracy
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Ward Boards designed special cornhole equipment for Phish’s Magnaball, with the proceeds benefiting the Waterwheel Foundation. They create cornhole boards for any number of settings with cabinet-grade ¾-inch birch plywood and select pine 1 x 3 feet frames, all of which are built to regulation standards and certified by the Cornhole Players Association. www.wardboards.com
The KAOSS DJ is a USB and standalone compact DJ controller that features a built-in KAOSS PAD, KORG’s famous and inimitable touch-pad effects unit. Endless possibilities are at hand. www.korg.com
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The EnerPlex Packr Commuter Solar Powered Backpack is a revolutionary, solar-integrated backpack, able to keep anyone charged up while they’re on the move. Equipped with a flexible and rugged integrated 3-watt solar panel, the Pack can power up most smartphones in under five hours and can charge almost any portable USB-enabled device. Made with solar-on-plastic technology, the solar panel adds minimal weight while remaining flexible enough to allow the bag to be fully packed, without risking damage to the panel or bag. www.goenerplex.com
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The D’Angelico EX-SS is the smallest of all the D’Angelico archtops. With a 15-inch body, the EX-SS is a versatile instrument that boasts a rich, full-bodied low-end when on the neck pickup, and a powerful mid-range on the bridge pickup. High-output Kent Armstrong humbuckers deliver a crisp attack and balanced resonance, making the EX-SS perfect for live settings. www.dangelicoguitars.com
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The Roland Boutique line of synths are a series of limitededition modules that faithfully recreate some of Roland’s most legendary synths in a modern, super-portable package. www.rolandus.com
tomboyART created the Relix ‘74 recycled license plate art sign featured in many of our Live at Relix videos and the Airstream Live at Lockn’ series. Visit the tomboyART Etsy shop to find similar recycled and repurposed creations. www.etsy.com/shop/tomboyART
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