Weir joined the Grateful Dead — originally the Warlocks — in 1965 in San Francisco at just 17 years old. He would spend the ...

The Grateful Dead launched in San Francisco, but Long Island harbored dedicated groups of Deadheads over the years.

I was interested in the lost world this music conjured, a world of teenagers like my aunts who had left home young and hit ...

Quartey notes that fans are dressing up for shows, curating outfits for TikTok and Instagram, and the merch becomes one more ...

Deadheads worship the classic rock band — not in the crude sense of idolatry, but in the way religions actually function: ...

A concert honoring the Grateful Dead guitarist showed the durability of the band’s music and culture, even as its members ...

In this feature-length tribute, we're looking back at the many faces Grateful Dead rhythm guitarist Bob Weir wore through the decades.

To demonstrate their esoteric knowledge of the band, a common Deadhead refrain was to say, “Phil makes the band”—referring to bassist, Phil Lesh. It was obviously absurd, but served to establish that ...

As a boomer, Weir checked many of the key boxes as he and the band matured: interest in yoga and Eastern spirituality, ...