The Grateful Dead

Hard Rock 

Happy 50th, Blue Öyster Cult!

February 17, 2022February 17, 2022 Tim Sommer 3 Comments 1972, 50th Birthday, Amon Duul II, Atom Heart Mother, Blue Oyster Cult, Captain Beefhart, Columbia Records, Deep Purple, Imaginos, MC5, Rolling Stone, The Grateful Dead, The Stooges, Yardbirds

What if the MC5 and the Grateful Dead had been one band?  

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Hard Rock Psychedelics Rock 

The Continuing Reign of Howlin’ Rain

December 2, 2021December 2, 2021 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Comets On Fire, Ethan Miller, Howlin' Rain, Silver Current, The Dharma Wheel, The Grateful Dead

The band’s erstwhile helmsman Ethan Miller discusses their new album, sharing credit and keeping the ship afloat

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Bluegrass Blues Country and/or Western Dead Folk Psychedelics Remembrance Rock Rockabilly 

Commander Cody, a True Original, Breaks the Bonds of Earth

September 30, 2021September 30, 2021 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Commander Cody, Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen, George Frayne IV, San Francisco, The Grateful Dead

The San Francisco mainstay and trucker rock icon who defied categorization was 77 years old

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Country and/or Western Folk Psychedelics Rock 

If Only I Could Remember My Name Gets The Deluxe Edition It Deserves

September 14, 2021September 14, 2021 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1971, Atlantic, David Crosby, Graham Nash, If Only I Could Remember My Name, Jefferson Airplane, Jerry Garcia, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Rhino Records, Santana, The Grateful Dead

David Crosby’s solo debut revisited on 2-CD set featuring newly remastered audio and bonus material

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adblock Records Retail 

Box It Up! 🎁 🎄

December 14, 2020December 14, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 2020, All That You Can't Leave Behind, Bobby Bare, Bobby Bare Sings Shel Silverstein Plus, Box sets, Christmas, holiday, Jerry Garcia, Joni Mitchell, Morrison Hotel, The Doors, The Grateful Dead, Tom Petty, U2, Wilco, Wildflowers And All The Rest

Rock and Roll Globe’s Holiday 2020 Guide to Musical Gift Giving

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Music Journalism 

My Fillmore East Lobby Tiles

December 13, 2020December 13, 2020 Billy Sternberg 5 Comments Bill Graham, Fillmore East, Jefferson Airplane, Moby Grape, Quicksilver Messenger Service, The Allman Brothers, The Grateful Dead

An eyewitnesses account of observing hallowed ground in New York City reduced to a shell in the early 90s

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Dead Radio Remembrance 

A Quick Note On Jerry Garcia

August 9, 2020August 9, 2020 Ron Hart 3 Comments 1995, 25th Anniversary, David Grisman, Howard Wales, Jerry Garcia, Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band, Jerry Garcia Band, RIP, The Grateful Dead

Today marks the 25th anniversary of his untimely death

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Dead Rock 

A Grateful Day In The Garden

April 29, 2020April 30, 2020 Billy Sternberg 2 Comments Bob Weir, Jerry Garcia, Madison Square Garden, Mickey Hart, Phil Lesh, Syracuse University, The Grateful Dead

Watching the Dead from an MSG skybox in 1982

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Blues Dylan Folk 

On “I Contain Multitudes,” Bob Dylan Transcribes Dreams For An Audience of One

April 24, 2020April 24, 2020 Tim Sommer 0 Comments 2020, Bob Dylan, Buddy Holly, I Contain Multitudes, Murder Most Foul, R. Stevie Moore, The Grateful Dead

Tim Sommer listens to the second new Dylan song since Quarantine began

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Remembrance Rock 

Requiem For The Great Rum Runner

September 27, 2019October 3, 2019 Luci Turner 0 Comments Jerry Garcia, Mickey Hart, Phil Lesh, Relix Records, RIP, Robert Hunter, Round Records, Tales of the Great Rum Runners, The Grateful Dead

An appreciation of longtime Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter

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Rock 

Such Small Portions: A Saturday in the Catskills, 1969

August 15, 2019August 15, 2019 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments Bethel, Jefferson Airplane, New York State Thruway, NY, The Grateful Dead, The Keef Hartley Band, Woodstock 1969

A personal reflection from the thick of the Woodstock weekend 50 years ago

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Psychedelics Rock 

The Amazing Aoxomoxoa

August 9, 2019August 9, 2019 Jim Allen 0 Comments 1969, Aoxomoxoa, Bob Weir, Grateful Dead Fillmore West 11/7/1969, Grateful Dead on Tom Snyder, Jerry Garcia, Mickey Hart, Phil Lesh, Pigpen, Rhino Records, The Grateful Dead, Workingman's Dead

In 1969, The Grateful Dead swung from Psychedelic to Sylvan on their underrated third studio LP

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Country and/or Western Folk Hip Hop Rock Soul 

Happy Independence Day!

July 4, 2019July 4, 2019 Ron Hart 0 Comments Dolly Parton, Kool and the Gang, Leon Russell, Leonard Cohen, The Feelies, The Grateful Dead, Willie Nelson

Enjoy this YouTube mix of seven great 4th of July performances

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Bluegrass Country and/or Western Folk Rock 

When Jerry Returned to his Roots

January 6, 2019January 6, 2019 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Jerry Garcia, Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band, The Grateful Dead

30 years ago: The Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band offers a rustic alternative to the Dead

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Rock 

Was It The Dead Or Was It Disco?

December 1, 2018December 2, 2018 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1978, 40th Anniversary, Bob Weir, Jerry Garcia, Mickey Hart, Phil Lesh, The Grateful Dead

Regardless, Garcia and Company got into a groove on Shakedown Street

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