Grateful Dead posters have long been considered among the most coveted in the concert-poster collecting world, most notably ...

An upcoming book of photos captures Marshall's unique relationship with the Dead. His former assistant, the photographer ...

Zapshots Photography Stella Blues Band has announced the sixth installment of its Free Dead in the Park benefit concert, ...

Grateful Dead cover band Easy Jim returns to Belly Up Aspen on Friday. The band’s members hail from Gunnison and Crested ...

The group, including Jerry Garcia, Ron “Pigpen” McKernan and Bob Weir, had been playing for a few months already around the Bay Area under the name “The Warlocks." Still, the informal ...

When the Grateful Dead played its first live show Dec. 4, 1965, the band wasn’t exactly a newcomer to the music scene. The group, including Jerry Garcia, Ron “Pigpen” McKernan and Bob Weir, had been ...

For example, Ron “Pigpen” McKernan grew up with African-American music, Jerry Garcia was from a blues and country background, and bassist Phil Lesh didn’t even like rock and roll. On top of that, Bob ...

The world was simply and sheerly divided into 'the aware,' those who had the experience of being vessels of the divine, and a great mass of 'the unaware,' 'the unmusical,' 'the unattuned.’ ...

Today in Music History for April 4: ...