Grateful Dead

The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in the San
Francisco Bay Area. The band was known for its unique and eclectic style,
which fused elements of rock, folk, bluegrass, blues, reggae, country,
improvisational jazz, psychedelia, and space rock, and for live performances
of long musical improvisation. "Their music," writes Lenny Kaye, ... read more

Grateful Dead - Bill Kreutzmann Lands Book Deal

Grateful Dead star Bill Kreutzmann is set to lift the lid on his time in the legendary band in a new book The drummer who turned 66 on Monday 07May12 has signed a deal to...
Posted 9 May 7.18pm — Comment on this

Skrillex - Skrillex To Tour Canada By Train

Dance music sensation Skrillex is following in the footsteps of Janis Joplin The Band and the Grateful Dead by embarking on a whistle-stop tour of Canada by train The leg...
Posted 9 May 4.06pm — Comment on this

Grateful Dead - All the Years Combine: The DVD Collection 2012

Visual documentation of the Grateful Dead has a been a fickle beast; releases sell out, stay out of print for a few years, reappear briefly, disappear again ... if you do...
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This Week's Interesting DVD Releases - April 17th, 2012

Grateful Dead: All the Years Combine: The DVD Collection is a 14-DVD box set that collects 38 hours of live performances from the 1970s through the 90s. Criterion Collect...
Posted 16 April 5.05pm — Comment on this

Readers' panel: best music memoirs

Which is the greatest autobiography by a musician? Six readers tell us their thoughtsEarlier this week we asked readers to tell us about their favourite musical autobiogr...
Posted 13 April 2.32pm — Comment on this

Modern old-time string band music in Redding

Grammy winner Mickey Hart, the famed drummer from The Grateful Dead, has a new band and a new album out.
Posted 13 April 3.01am — Comment on this

Grateful Dead exhibit opens in Cleveland

Want to take a long, strange trip back in time? The Grateful Dead exhibit opens today at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Posted 12 April 5.33pm — Comment on this

Grateful Dead - Newly Unearthed Grateful Dead Concert Film To Be Screened In Theatres

Never-before-seen video footage of rockers the Grateful Dead in concert in 1989 is heading to movie theatres for a limited screening next month Apr12 The two-and-a-half h...
Posted 27 March 8.07am — Comment on this

Lila Downs a singer without borders

Lila Downs’ music is a lot like her upbringing: threads of seemingly unrelated cultures woven into an exotic, ever-shifting hybrid. She’s done everything from...
Posted 1 March 6.21pm — Comment on this

Grateful Dead - Weir Forms New Band With The National Brothers

Grateful Dead star Bob Weir has formed a new supergroup with The National stars Scott and Bryan Devendorf The band calling themselves The Bridge Session will make its deb...
Posted 27 February 12.31am — Comment on this

Grateful Dead - Grateful Dead Manager Jon Mcintire Dead At 70

The Grateful Deads legendary manager Jon Mcintire has lost his battle with lung cancer at the age of 70 The revered svengali died on 15 February 12 according to Rolling S...
Posted 23 February 12.31am — Comment on this

Win A 14-DVD Grateful Dead Box Set

Shout! Factory is releasing a humongous Grateful Dead DVD anthology called All The Years Combine in April, and today we’re giving away two copies of the 14-disc set...
Posted 22 February 6.51pm — Comment on this

The big lessons from celebrity estate wars

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Philanthropist Brooke Astor. The Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia. There are a few celebrities who, in death, at least in certain circles, have become as...
Posted 26 January 6.47pm — Comment on this

Grateful Dead musicians serve food, music at new clubs

Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir and bassist Phil Lesh are both opening new music clubs featuring state-of-the-art sound and organic food.
Posted 26 January 6.08pm — Comment on this

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