On September 1, the Grateful Dead’s seminal eighth studio album, Blues for Allah, known for its experimental edge that sprinkled Middle Eastern influence into their songbook, reached its milestone ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “Night 3 in Golden Gate Park celebrating 60 years of @gratefuldead will be a one we’ll never forget. I finally had the chance to ...
The instrumental theme of “Playing in the Band” consists of four notes, played in dueling harmony by the Grateful Dead’s two guitarists. Jerry Garcia, the ragtag band’s monkishly charismatic de facto ...
Jerry Garcia had an innate ability to jam with anyone, but there was one artist he never got the chance to play with. Read more about it here.
The keepers of the Grateful Dead vault, overseen by chief archivist David Lemieux, must have been hard pressed to adequately commemorate the sixtieth anniversary of the iconic band's formation. After ...
As we continue to reflect on the 60 years since the formation of the Grateful Dead, we present this feature which originally appeared in the special programs we created for Fare Thee Well at Soldier ...