It was drummer Mickey Hart’s 40th birthday. Bassist Phil Lesh donned a sombrero so high and burdensome it strained belief that he could still sing “I Know You Rider” with such feeling (although ...

Dead and Company will perform a trio of concerts in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park this August in celebration of the Grateful Dead’s 60th anniversary. “We have some really big news,” San ...

Deadheads from around the Bay Area and likely well beyond will descend on San Francisco this summer to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Grateful Dead. They’ll turn out to enjoy a three-day ...

Grateful Brass reimagines the iconic music of the Grateful Dead with an instrumentation of brass, drums and vocals (no guitar!). The music digs deep into the Grateful Dead discography with ...

The Grateful Dead will celebrate their 60th anniversary this year not only with a massive 60-disc live collection but also with a just-announced Best Of compilation. Fittingly titled Gratest Hits ...

Filming the Grateful Dead’s MTV-era music video for "Hell in a Bucket" was one long, strange trip. Len Dell’Amico, the band’s "film and video guy," has written a new memoir, "Friend of the ...

Filmmaker Lenn Dell'Amico, who befriended Grateful Dead singer Jerry Garcia in the 1980s, directed the 1987 music video "Hell in a Bucket," which appeared frequently on MTV. Grateful Dead’s ‘Hell in a ...

Grateful Dead founding member Bobby Weir is one of the last men standing in his legendary rock band. The thought of mortality has crossed Weir’s mind, as he’s seen many of his band members pass.

"When Phil's happening, the band's happening," Grateful Dead co-founder, frontman and lead guitarist Garcia, who died in 1995, once said of Lesh's bass playing. The Grateful Dead disbanded in 1995 ...

The Grateful Dead left behind a legacy that continues to thrive through its devoted fanbase, the Deadheads. In this documentary, we explore the band’s career trajectory, its influence in ...

Max Bowden received a bursary from the Folklore Society. Dead & Company, the latest and most enduring post-Grateful Dead project, is about to take to the stage for the second time at the Las Vegas ...