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There’s a story in Len Dell’Amico’s new memoir Friend of the Devil: My Wild Ride with Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead that ...
The Grateful Dead ignited the fire of the jam band music scene, and these three groups are carrying the torch by keeping the genre alive.
The history of country music and the Grateful Dead may be more intertwined than you think. This past week, Dead & Company ...
Formed last year, Terrapin Roadshow features sons of Grateful Dead member Phil Lesh and the band’s frequent collaborator, David Grisman, playing music by the Dead, its spinoff groups and ...
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 ...
(Photo by Susana Millman) Expand Len Dell’Amico, the Grateful Dead’s longtime videographer, writes about his friendship with Jerry Garcia in a new memoir that portrays the charismatic ...
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 ...