Dead Relix helped spark a mid-decade boom in Grateful Dead taping and trading. Another spark came, oddly enough, from the Dead’s absence. When the band went on hiatus in 1975, traders suddenly ...

Before their 1975 hiatus, the members of the Grateful Dead were somewhat resistant to audience recording, and some tapers claim that Dead roadies cut their microphone cables when they were discovered.

St. Stephen' became one of the many "holy grail" songs for Deadheads, especially since the Grateful Dead stopped performing it after 1983.

As with all Grateful Dead songs, the studio recording of ‘Althea’ differs greatly from live performances, and two stand-out versions well worth seeking out include those recorded at Nassau ...

Phil Lesh, the bassist for the Grateful Dead who propelled many of its wildest musical explorations yet also composed and sang one of its loveliest songs, “Box of Rain,” has died. He was 84 ...

As the Grateful Dead morphed from an eccentric folk-blues group into an eclectic jam juggernaut, the band adopted an idiosyncratic approach to improvisation they would then hone over three decades.

In 1975, during a group hiatus, the Godchauxs released Keith and Donna on the Dead's Round Records imprint. See the Grateful Dead Among the Top 100 Live Albums Next: Top 10 Grateful Dead Songs ...

Three surviving core members of the Grateful Dead — Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann and Bobby Weir — are receiving the Kennedy Center Honors.

The Grateful Dead tribute band scene began in New Jersey more than 50 years ago — and the music never stopped. John Zias knows because he was there at the start.

In The Grateful Dead’s 30-year-career, the band recorded only about a dozen studio albums. These formed the basis for the group’s live performances, which were The Grateful Dead’s raison d ...