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May 1, 2022 · The Grateful Dead’s first show was in San Jose on December 4, 1965, at one of Ken Kesey’s Acid Tests. Kesey was an author and psychedelic drug proponent.
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Creating an artistic ecosystem all their own, the Grateful Dead would transform American music and arguably even America itself. After a comically disastrous stint in the Army and discharge in late 1960, Jerry Garcia (guitar, vocals) had spent an intense four years immersed in traditional American music, turning himself into a virtuoso acoustic ...
Jul 18, 2024 · Grateful Dead, American rock band that was the incarnation of the improvisational psychedelic music that flowered around San Francisco in the 1960s. It was one of the most successful touring bands in rock history despite having had virtually no radio hits.
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Jun 21, 2024 · Originally called The Warlocks, The Grateful Dead changed their name when Jerry Garcia opened a dictionary randomly and came across the words "grateful dead." That is the official story of the...
The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in Palo Alto, California, known for their eclectic style that fused elements of rock, blues, jazz, folk, country, bluegrass, rock and roll, gospel, reggae, and world music with psychedelia.
May 23, 2020 · The Band That Came to Be the Grateful Dead got its start in San Francisco back in the mid-sixties. In a 1991 interview with the aptly titled Interview Magazine just four years before he died, Jerry Garcia said ...
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May 25, 2017 · Making America Grateful Again. An epic new documentary examines the legacy of the Grateful Dead, more than 50 years after the band was born. What do the Dead mean now?
