To close the evening, Dead & Co took the stage for a medley of a Mayer-led “Althea” and then “Sugar Magnolia,” and the band’s only top 40 hit, 1987’s “Touch of Grey,” with Weir on lead for the latter two. It was a tuneful, upbeat set with “Grey’s” “We will get...
I've wanted to cover this Grateful Dead tune for some time. Composed in 1970, the wonderful, timeless lyrics were penned by Robert Hunter, with music by Jerry Garcia. A bit of a departure from the band's early psychedelic music, it really hearkens back to Garcia's early roots in folk ...
California, United States from the remnants of another band, “Mother McCree’s Uptown Jug Champions,” the Grateful Dead were known for their unique and eclectic songwriting style which fused elements of rock, folk music, bluegrass, blues, country, and jazz, and also for live...
Where to start with live Dead? Our team of experts breaks it down, combing through thousands of shows to find their greatest songs and most transcendent moments
let’s go with the song that got me interested in the Grateful Dead: Box of Rain. I was finally convinced that I must listen to them by the last episode of Freeks and Geeks where the main character, Lindsay Weir, is also introduced to them. There is a very memorable scene where she...
At the 9-minute mark, Garcia does some delightful riffing on Donovan’s “There Is a Mountain,” a minor radio hit of the day. (Guitar great Duane Allman, who sat in with the Dead, ran with the idea on the Allman Brothers’ “Mountain Jam” in 1972. But you heard it here first....
After their personal side projects fizzled out, the four members returned to Fall Out Boy, ready to save rock and roll. In fact, that’s exactly what they named their 2013 comeback album (Save Rock and Roll), which included the hit “My Songs Know What You Did in ...
Still, the Dead were widely regarded as little more than an enduring cult phenomenon prior to the release of 1987's In the Dark; their first studio LP since Go to Heaven, it became the year's most unlikely hit when the single "Touch of Grey" became the first-ever Dead track to reach...
We’re not JUST going to play Grateful Dead songs… we’re also going to jam them! As you know with me, there’s always other songs too that I'll want to take for a spin. These three shows will take place at the intimate and idyllic Porter Pavilion on November 22, 23 and 24. ...
after the Dead released their hit albumIn the Darkin 1987 and grew their fanbase, they were actually the highest-grossing musical act for two years in the early 1990s. Swift continues to top the album charts, and her latest Eras Tour with its 44-songs setlist, is expected to smash current...