Since the Grateful Dead's tenure wound down, bassist Phil Lesh and guitarist Bob Weir have kept their musical partnership going with the band Further. As touring was always the big draw for Grateful Dead, the same can be said for Further, and Lesh takes that assessment a step further.
Nearly 40 years after the Grateful Dead used it to get out of their contract with Warner Bros. -- and flout the traditions of the "greatest hits" record while they were at it -- the live album 'History of the Grateful Dead Vol. 1 (Bear's Choice)' is getting the vinyl reissue treatment.
“Lately it occurs to me/ What a long strange trip it’s been.” Being a fan of the music of the Grateful Dead was certainly a unique experience and author Gene Sculatti captures what it was like from that angle in a new ebook called ‘Dark Stars and Anti-Matter: 40 Years of Loving, Leaving and Making Up with the Music of the Grateful Dead.’
This spring marks the 40th anniversary of the Grateful Dead's legendary 1972 tour of Europe, and to celebrate Dead.net and Ultimate Classic Rock are giving away two gorgeous live vinyl collections from this epic trek.
Scheduling another opportunity for fans of the Grateful Dead to congregate nationally, the legendary San Francisco group will reach deep into the vaults to screen a previously unreleased concert performance for the first time ever.
Last year’s mammoth ‘Europe ‘72’ release might have left some Grateful Dead fans in need of some extra shelf space. The same goes for the new ‘Dave’s Picks’ series that recently launched. So what now? Well, it’s time to make room for a big time digital upgrade to your collection of Dead concert films.
When Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir and Phil Lesh first sang the memorable 'Truckin' lyric "What a long, strange trip it's been," the Grateful Dead had only been together for about five years. Of course, the Dead's rich musical journey continued for another 25 years, effectively ending with Garcia's death on Aug. 9, 1995.
This spring, Deadheads can look back on the band's storied career in a new exhibit called 'Grateful Dead: The Long, Strange Trip,' which opens to the public April 12 at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, Ohio.
Phil Lesh of the Grateful Dead is about to embark on a different kind of trip. He is now the owner and operator of Terrapin Crossroads, a restaurant/music venue in San Rafael, Calif.. The new venue will be in the place of the old Seafood Peddler restaurant, a place near and dear to Lesh's heart as a Grateful Dead 'Steal Your Face' logo was already drawn on the building’s foundation. The venue will consist of two main areas, the Grate Room, for music and The Dining Room for, well, you guess!
Grateful Dead icon Jerry Garcia is the subject of a new feature length documentary produced by Malcolm Leo (‘This Is Elvis,’ ‘The Beach Boys: An American Band’) and personal manager John Hartmann (The Eagles, Crosby Stills & Nash). According to Deadline, Leo, who will also direct the film, plans to build the documentary around a three-hour conversation that he conducted with Garcia in 1987.
The Grateful Dead may not be the first band that you think of when the holidays roll around, but the rich history of the iconic imagery that goes along with San Francisco's (and he world's) biggest jam band actually lends itself well to spreading envelope-sized Christmastime cheer. Have your doubts? The Dead have inspired a slew of Christmas cards over the
