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My new book, Sharing in the Groove: The Untold Story of the '90s Jam Band Explosion and the Scene That Followed, is an oral history of this wonderful time period featuring all new interviews from Phish, Widespread Panic, Blues Traveler, Spin Doctors, moe., Medeski, Martin & Wood, the Disco Biscuits, String Cheese Incident, God Street Wine, Strangefolk, and many more.

My first book, One Last Song, was a Variety best music book of the year selection in 2020. In it, I asked 32 musicians one question: What's the last song you'd ever want to hear? The book features answers from an array of contemporary and classic musicians, including Andre 3000, Wilco's Jeff Tweedy, Killer Mike, The National's Matt Berninger, Phoebe Bridgers, Sonny Rollins, Jim ...more

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	One Last Song: Conversations on Life, Death, and Music by Mike Ayers (Goodreads Author), Studio Muti (Illustrations), Shea Serrano (Contributor) 3.74 avg rating — 102 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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