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The Grateful Dead never had much luck with the keys. Talent yes, luck no. Eighteen years ago today, the Dead lost their most distinguished piano man and keyboardist, Keith Godchaux. Anyone with a cursory knowledge of the band is familiar with the apocryphal Grateful Dead keyboard "curse." First to depart was Ron "Pigpen" McKernan in 1973, then Keith in 1980, Brent Mydland in 1990, and lastly,
We’re back for the second day of Grousing The Aisles week and we’ve got a doozy for ya. Today, we’re featuring a new-to-circulation recording of the Grateful Dead from the fall of 1971. Fall ‘71 is one of my all-time favorite Grateful Dead tours thanks to the energy new keyboardist Keith Godchaux brought to the [...]
The Grateful Dead has endorsed Senator Barack Obama. From today's Chicago Sun Times , a newspaper as Dead as Jerry Garcia! ‘‘We’re not making plans, but I think we stand at the ready to be of service,’’ Hart says. ‘‘We’re all deeply into this, into Barack Obama and the thought of taking this country back in some shape or form, what’s left of it — it’s probably one thing we can all agree on! So, you...
The surviving members of legendary rockers GRATEFUL DEAD have offered to reunite again for U.S. presidential hopeful BARACK OBAMA. Bob Weir, Phil Lesh and Mickey Hart thrilled fans in February (08) by joining forces at an Obama fundraising concert in San Francisco, California, thirteen years after the band officially split. Hart says he is happy to step [...]
Last year Stormy Mondays celebrated the birth of the country with a selection of Brit rock covers by Mr. Warren Haynes. One good tune deserves another, so this year we have Mr. Phil Lesh taking on The Beatles’ songbook. First up is a rare Grateful Dead version of Rain from MSG in ‘93. The tune [...]
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , Bonnaroo Spinner.com : Performing what they described from the stage as, in some ways, a "Sunday gospel" set, an acoustic collective featuring Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh, session singer Teresa Williams, rising Americana star Jackie Greene, and... Read more
It’s been a while since we’ve given the Grateful Dead any love, so let’s go back 17 years ago to June 17, 1991. The Dead were back in the groove nearly a year after the sudden death of Brent Mydland. Keyboardist Bruce Hornsby provided a spark that lit a fire under Jerry Garcia’s ass for [...]
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Performs World Premiere Tribute to The Grateful Dead, August 1 Composer Lee Johnson's "Dead Symphony No. 6" includes orchestral arrangements of "Saint Stephen," "China Doll," "Stella Blue" and more Jerry Garcia by Jay Blakesberg The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra will delve into the psychedelic world of The Grateful Dead on what would have been Jerry Garcia's 66th birthday,...
LOVING HOMAGE TO GREAT SONGWRITING DUO INCLUDES LARRY CAMPBELL AND DAVID GRISMAN Fennario NYC singer-songwriter Emory Joseph pays tribute to the Grateful Dead songwriting team of Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter with his upcoming release, Fennario - Songs by Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter (arriving August 19 on Iris Records). For Fennario, Joseph carefully selected and recorded material that had never...
Framed by a chair lift overhead and Ferris wheel perched on the side of a mountain that rose 1,600 feet, former Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir launched his headlining slot on the closing night of Mountain Jam in a most auspicious way. With 10,000 watching, he flubbed the opening line to a song he has [...]
Both members of the Grateful Dead's drum section, Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart, have put together stellar bands for separate tours this summer. Billy takes to the road next week with a badass power trio featuring Max Creek’s Scott Murawski on guitar and Oteil Burbridge of the ABB on bass. The group, which is working on [...]
San Francisco's Warfield Theater has played host to many storied moments in Grateful Dead history and Phil Lesh's recent five night run at the storied venue only added to the historic link between the venue and the band. For the first four nights, Lesh & Friends - Larry Campbell, Jackie Greene, Steve Molitz and John Molo - recreated the Grateful Dead's self-titled debut, Anthem Of The Sun,
On a muggy Friday night at the Warfield Phil Lesh and his talented Friends covered all of the Grateful Dead's Workingman's Dead and American Beauty, leading fans to think they would play albums for the entire run. Saturday found the band expertly playing Skullfuck, before skipping about ten years and taking on 1981's Dead Set. Both Dead Set and its acoustic brother Reckoning were partially recorded...
