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Browse our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/music-books\"\u003efull music books collection\u003c\/a\u003e, or check out \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/grateful-dead-books\"\u003eGrateful Dead Books\u003c\/a\u003e if your reading list runs deeper into the jam.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"sharing-the-groove-the-untold-story-of-the-90s-jam-band-explosion-and-the-scene-that-followed-hardcover-book","title":"Sharing the Groove: The Untold Story of the ’90s Jam Band Explosion and the Scene That Followed Book by Mike Ayers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe wild, untold oral history of the unlikely rise of \u003cstrong\u003ePhish\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eDave Matthews Band\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eWidespread Panic\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eBlues Travele\u003c\/strong\u003er, and numerous other bands that helped define the 1990s Jam band scene\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSharing in the Groove\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a rich examination of an underdog genre that helped define the 1990s musical landscape―a scene that paved the way for modern-day cultural institutions such as the Bonnaroo Music Festival and kept the Grateful Dead ethos alive. 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