Grateful Dead

Dead Remembrance Rock 

Captain Trips at 80

August 1, 2022August 1, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments 80th birthday, Empire State Building, Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia, New York Yankees, Robbie Robertson, Robyn Hitchcock, The Grateful Dead

Robbie Robertson, The Yankees, the Empire State Building and more celebrate the heavenly milestone birthday of Jerry Garcia

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Dead Fusion Rock 

ALBUMS: Zero Is The Magic Number

June 6, 2022June 5, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Allman Brothers Band, Donna Godchaux, Grateful Dead, Jefferson Starship, Jerry Garcia Band, John Cipollina, John Kahn, Nicky Hopkins, Pete Sears, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Steve Kimock, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Tubes, The Who, Vince Welnick, Zero

A new archival title revives interest in the legendary Dead-centric Bay Area supergroup

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Indie Rock Pop Psychedelics 

Tim Cohen: Psych-Pop Prophet

April 8, 2021April 8, 2021 Justin Joffe 0 Comments 2021, Bobo Integral, Grateful Dead, The Fresh & Onlys, Tim Cohen, You Are Still Here

The Fresh & Onlys frontman marks his place in the present on ‘You Are Still Here’

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Country and/or Western Dead Folk Rock 

Ripple In Still Water: American Beauty At 50

November 17, 2020November 17, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 1 Comment 50th anniversary, American Beauty, Attics In My Life, Box of Rain, Grateful Dead, Pigpen, Ripple, Sugar Magonlia, Touch of Grey, Truckin'

A Grateful Dead classic still shines a half-century later

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Dead 

Mi Verano De Los Muertos

July 18, 2020July 18, 2020 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 1970, Bill Kreutzmann, Bob Weir, Crosby Stills & Nash, Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia, Mickey Hart, Phil Lesh, Pigpen, Robert Hunter, The Band, Uncle John's Band, Workingman's Dead

The Grateful Dead in 1970

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Blues Festivals Folk Psychedelics Rock 

I Met Nina Simone and Richie Havens in 1978 for Dinner, Part Two

October 20, 2019November 4, 2019 Carey Budnick 1 Comment 1968, 1969, Bill Cosby, Buffy Saint-Marie, Butterfield Blues Band, Canned Heat, Charles Lloyd Quartet, Chuck Berry, Country Joe & The Fish, Dick Gregory, Flatt & Scruggs, Fleetwood Mac, Grateful Dead, Ian & Sylvia, Iron Butterfly, James Cotton Blues Band, Joan Rivers, Joni Mitchell, Jose Feliciano, Jr Walker & The All-Stars, Lenny Bruce, Marvin Gaye, Nina Simone, Richard Pryor, Richie Havens, Rodney Dangerfield, Steppenwolf, Sweet Inspirations, The Boxtops, The Grassroots, The Joe Tex Revue, The Turtles, Woodstock

Further observations at the intersection of two American music giants

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Bluegrass Folk Rock Roots 

A Simple Twist of Fate: Jerry Garcia’s Late Live Peak

October 11, 2019October 11, 2019 Jim Allen 1 Comment David Kemper, Garcia Live Vokume 11, Gloria Jones, Grateful Dead, Jaclyn LaBranch, Jerry Garcia, Jerry Garcia Band, John Kahn, Melvin Seals

The 11th volume of the JGB live archive showcases a highlight from the Grateful Dead icon’s final years

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Rock 

National Anthem

August 1, 2018August 2, 2018 Jedd Beaudoin 0 Comments 1968, 50th anniversary, Bob Weir, Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia, Mickey Hart, Phil Lesh, Pigpen, Rhino Records

Fifty years on, The Grateful Dead’s Anthem Of The Sun remains brilliantly under-realized

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Rock 

Today is the 45th Anniversary of the Watkins Glen Summer Jam

July 28, 2018July 30, 2018 Ron Hart 1 Comment 45th Anniversary, Allman Brothers Band, Grateful Dead, The Band, Watkins Glen

On the weekend of July 28, 1973, The Allman Brothers Band, the Grateful Dead and The Band held a massive concert in Upstate, NY

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