Bob Weir, Grateful Dead Guitarist and Songwriter, Dies
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When you think of the idea of a jam band, the Palo Alto, California-born group the Grateful Dead must come to mind. Fronted by the bearded Jerry Garcia, the Dead, as they were known, would play extended concerts, elongating their songs from five to 10 to ...
Lyricist Robert Hunter penned profound poetry – "once in a while you get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right" -- in the Grateful Dead song "Scarlet Begonias," which first appeared 50 years ago this week on the 1974 release ...
People have been listing their ten favorite Grateful Dead songs on Bluesky, following a post from @inthefade, and The Mountain Goats‘ John Darnielle joined in. His list includes “Jack Straw,” “He’s Gone,” “St. Stephen,” “Althea ...
The Grateful Dead was so much more than a jam band. Throughout the decades the band was together, they experimented with everything from rock to country to blues to folk and beyond. They also had a few psychedelic-leaning songs that are still quite loved ...