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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Deadheads are nothing if not dedicated. The legendary jam band and Rock and Roll Hall of Famers have enjoyed decades of fandom that few bands rival. And just …

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. The food best associated with the Grateful Dead has long been a grilled cheese, served hot and ready in the parking lot before or after a show. But …

When Greil Marcus published Mystery Train in 1975, it was hailed as the greatest book ever written about rock & roll. Fifty years after it came out, there’s a lot more competition — but no other book has come close. It’s a radically original portrait of America and its music, …

There’s a bizarre Jerry Garcia sketch from December 1987, where he’s standing in a backstage kitchen, wearing a goofy chef’s hat and apron. Next to him is comedian and Saturday Night Live writer Tom Davis, who starts speaking to the camera. “Some people thought New Year’s Eve had to be …

In the spring of 1997, Deadheads tuning in to The Grateful Dead Hour, the nationally syndicated radio show, heard a rare if disconcerting treat. Over two installments, host and Dead historian David Gans played the complete tape of Jerry Garcia’s last show with the band from two years before, at …

Author and historian Dennis McNally has written extensively on the Grateful Dead, including the 2002 authorized biography “A Long Strange Trip.” In his new book, “The Last Great Dream: How Bohemians Became Hippies and Created the Sixties,” McNally (who also served as the Dead’s publicist in the 1980s and 1990s) …

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Deadheahds made their way to San Francisco over the weekend for Dead & Company’s three sold-out shows. The group celebrated the 60th anniversary of the Grateful Dead with …

Dead & Company celebrated 60 years of the Grateful Dead with concerts in San Francisco over the weekend — and John Mayer couldn’t be more honored to be part of the festivities. In a sweet Instagram post, the guitarist thanked fans for accepting him as he honored the band’s legacy. …

Following Dead & Company’s epic weekend at San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, Mickey Hart shared a poignant reflection of the 60th anniversary shows. “This weekend was 3 days of coming home and in those final moments of the weekend, it was truly profound,” he wrote on Instagram. “I saw 60,000 …

Dead and Company continued their Grateful Dead 60th anniversary celebration Saturday at San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, this time bringing out Sturgill Simpson for a rendition of “Morning Dew.” Simpson, who — after established himself as a torchbearer of the Dead’s jam aesthetic during his recent tours — served as …