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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Jerry Garcia isn’t just one of the most beloved rock stars ever, a legendary guitar player, and leader of the greatest rock band of all time from its inception in 1965 up through his passing in 1995. The Grateful Dead co-founder was also a font of casual philosophical wisdom, offering …
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The jam band scene – long reigned over by groups like the Grateful Dead and the Allman Brothers Band – exploded in the Nineties as newer artists like Phish and Widespread Panic began filling arenas and fomenting their own rabid vagabonding fanbases. A new book by rock journalist Mike Ayers, …
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Anyone familiar with the world of the Grateful Dead knows that one of the band’s most devoted and excitable fans was the late Bill Walton, the illustrious Hall of Fame NBA center who died in May 2024 at 71. During his life, Walton proudly boasted of having attended more than …
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OK, let’s face it. You heard the news about the return of dire wolf pups after 12,000 years, marking the end of that species’ extinction. And maybe you thought, “Wow, 12,000 years flies by!” Or you thought, “You mean, like in Game of Thrones?” But, if you’re a music nerd …
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B obby Weir has been on the road virtually without a break since 1965, but the past few weeks have been crazy even by his standards. In December, he and his band the Grateful Dead were honored at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Now, in late January in Los …
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What has rainbow grilled cheese platters, giant dancing bear cutouts, and Woody Harrelson wearing a tie dye tie? The MusiCares’ annual Persons of the Year Charity Gala, where the Grateful Dead are the 2025 honorees (with some “Friend of the Devil” food cake to celebrate.) “It’s an incredible honor and …
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Next year marks the 30th anniversary of Jerry Garcia’s death. But a new AI initiative, as well as programs it could spawn, aims to keep the Grateful Dead leader’s presence alive. This summer, ElevenLabs, a two-year-old software company known for its advanced, lifelike voice AI tools, announced a free app …
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