On stage, it’s a colorful site with the Free Flowing Music Experience. Photos courtesy of the Free Flowing Music Experience The Free Flowing Music Experience plays originals too, and could be making an album soon When the Grateful Dead's singer Jerry Garcia died on Aug. 9, 1995, it seeme...
October of 1980 the Grateful Dead plays the world-famous Radio City Music Hall in a week long marathon of sell-out shows that were beloved by fans and captured on film. Now in honor of the 40th Anniversary of the Grateful Dead the original 1 master tapes from the show have been lovingly...
Former Grateful Dead Member Bob Weir Collapses Onstage during New York ConcertLiberatore, Paul
The Grateful Dead /ðə ˌɡreɪtfl ˈded/ /ðə ˌɡreɪtfl ˈded/ a US rock band that formed in 1965 in San Francisco. They were known for their many stage performances and their habit of changing songs each time they played them. Their successful albums included ...
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
they danced arrhythmically while the band onstage jammed for hours and hours. Thanks to them, the Dead eventually triumphed over standard music business wisdom, which assumed that an act had to have hit records to be a popular concert attraction. The unparalleled loyalty of the Deadheads made ...
Grateful Dead Live On: Why the Legendary Band Still Matters Everything you need to know about the new Grateful Dead tribute album curated by members of the National, along with insight on the band’s legacy from artists including Courtney Barnett, Real Estate, and more. By Laura Snapes...
“Grateful Dead Family Album” to realize that the most interesting things going on is the stuff that’s offstage. It’s great to have photo pit access and I loved every minute of it, and I also loved times like Chinese New Year in 1993, which Jerry sang the encore of “Gloria” ...
“We loved Bob Hunter and will miss him unimaginably,” Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart said, adding the lyricist was “a visionary wordsmith extraordinaire.” Although proficient on a number of instruments including guitar, violin, cello and trumpet, Hunter never appeared on stage with the Gra...
"Bill invited me to play and sit in. When I heard the band, I go, 'Whoa.' We all got turned on to the Grateful Dead in different ways, but we really got turned on to it," Hart said. "We got bit." Garcia also recruitedPhil Lesh, a classically trained musician, to play bass....