Author: Brian Anderson
Publication Date: June 17, 2025
Length: 384 pages
Category/Genre: Nonfiction, Music, Technology, Biography

Loud and Clear: The Grateful Dead’s Wall of Sound and the Quest for Audio Perfection is the first book to tell the full story of the Grateful Dead’s legendary “Wall of Sound”—an unprecedented and since-unparalleled speaker system that redefined live concert audio in the 1970s. Brian Anderson, a journalist and lifelong music fan, draws on hundreds of interviews with band members, engineers, roadies, and fans to chronicle the creation, impact, and legacy of this technological marvel