The Grateful Dead

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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Rock 

Without A Net With Margie

August 31, 2018September 3, 2018 Billy Sternberg 3 Comments 1989, Alpine Valley, Concerts, Jerry Garcia, The Grateful Dead

Remembering The Grateful Dead’s Alpine Valley ’86 concert

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