Grateful Web is proud to publish an exclusive interview with journalist and author Brian Anderson, conducted by Meagan Panici of Chicago’s legendary freeform station 88.3 FM The Wizard. In Loud and Clear: The Grateful Dead’s Wall of Sound and the Quest for Audio Perfection, Anderson treats the Wall of Sound not as mere equipment but as a living, breathing protagonist—capricious, communal, and uncompromising. Across this conversation, he delves into the system’s pioneering design, the mad-scientist zeal of Bear and Ned Lagin, and his own lifelong Deadhead roots that shaped this project.