The Grateful Dead were an American music institution with legions of followers. Among them is Denver poet Bob Cooperman.
The writer grew up seeing the Dead perform in his home town, New York City, in the late 1960s. Now he's written a collection of poems about his favorite band. Cooperman talked to Colorado Matters and CPR's resident Deadhead Vic Vela about the book, "Saved by the Dead."
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