Although Jerry Garcia passed away in 1995, and bassist Phil Lesh joined him in the great gig in the sky last year, the music ...

These three jam bands are continuing the unique traditions created by the founding fathers of the genre, The Grateful Dead and Phish.

Formed in Palo Alto, California in 1965, the Grateful Dead are remembered for a great many things: for their counter-cultural ...

Weir was 16 when he first heard Jerry Garcia playing banjo outside a music shop in Palo ... "It was the smartest thing we ever did," Kreutzmann said. The Grateful Dead played more than 2,300 ...

It was a way of not ever ... the songs, and these lines that we play, they're living things. They come and visit our world and they come through us.” Earlier this month, the Grateful Dead ...

Footage of Jerry Garcia singing the song appeared at the beginning, and the three surviving members of the Grateful Dead — Bob Weir, Mickey Hart, and Bill Kreutzmann — were in the audience.

Grateful Dead might have endured significant ... playing into the band’s overarching mystique with songs that attracted endless interpretation. With Hunter, Garcia created music and melodies that ...

Ripple, written by the late Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead’s lyricist, Robert Hunter, is one of the most lyrical, poignant and yet uplifting songs the Dead ever wrote. Percussionist Sivamani and ...

a rare “I Know You Rider” sans its sister song, “China Cat Sunflower.” Pre-order a subscription for 2025 Dave’s Picks now. Scroll down to view the Grateful Dead’s setlist from ...

BERTHA: Grateful Drag made their Bay Area pilgrimage over the weekend. The Nashville-located first and only Grateful Dead drag band appeared at the UC Theatre Taube Family Music Hall in Berkeley ...

That didn't mean the actual songs weren't special. Here's our list of the 20 best Grateful Dead tunes.