Grateful Dead

Prêts pour le tome 55 de Dave's Picks?⚡️Say bonjour to the complete unreleased show from Le Zénith, Paris, France (10/28/90) featuring an inspired, unified seven-man (Vince AND Bruce!) band. This one's packed with classics from Grateful Dead's prime time ("Touch Of Grey,""Eyes Of…

“After every show, we’d gather in the hotel and play back the night’s gigs. That’s why I was recording all the time. That’s how Bear’s Choice got made. It got made because we were always taping. There was always a tape. If it wasn’t a reel-to-reel, it was a cassette. There was…

“The whole idea was to get back to that band thing, where the band makes the main contribution to the evolution of the material.” - Jerry Garcia When the Grateful Dead took a self-imposed hiatus in 1974 after their farewell run at Winterland, they left the road with no clear…

“Without love in the dream, it'll never come true”⚡ The three-song suite “Help on the Way > Slipknot! > Franklin’s Tower” was performed just over 100 times, most often in this order. The arrangement shifted and evolved over the years, and this version, recorded live at RFK…

“[With Brent] the old songs came magically into tune and richly harmonized, while new songs of Brent’s own composition added diversity to the band’s repertoire.”– Robert Hunter Brent Mydland joined the Grateful Dead in 1979 as their fourth keyboardist and would remain with the…

Remembering Keith Godchaux on his birthday today🌹 Photos by Jon Conroy, Mary Ann Mayer, Ed Perlstein, and Snooky Flowers

The daily lineups for The Heart of Town have arrived! And, BERTHA: Grateful Drag along with Roger McNamee of Moonalice have signed on to join the celebration, along with a stacked roster of artists and longtime collaborators. This three-night gathering at Pier 48 is a tribute to…

57 years ago today, the Grateful Dead released Anthem of the Sun on Warner Bros. Records 🐲 The experimental album combined studio recordings with material from 17 different live shows, resulting in five tracks. The full lineup, including Tom Constanten and Mickey Hart, played a…

The U.S. of Dead Florida tee has landed 🌴⚡Designed by David Reyer and available now on Dead.net, get yours before they’re gone.

Meet-Up at the Movies returns in one month!⚡On August 14, The Grateful Dead Movie hits theaters and IMAX® screens around the world. Tickets are on sale now at meetupatthemovies.com.

“...they’re all people, like the more straight people that come to these kind of scenes, the easier it’ll be for them to see that the hippies aren’t going to hurt them. The whole scene is ... good natured.” - Jerry Garcia for ‘Helix’ 1967 The Grateful Dead headlined a free…

On this day in 1984, the Dead wrapped a three-night run at Berkeley’s Greek Theatre. It was a standout stretch of shows with the first night, featured in the ‘Enjoying the Ride’ box set, included a 17-minute “Dark Star.” Night two brought out Matt Kelly on harmonica for “Little…

Spotted on Sunset & Martel in Los Angeles, ‘Gratest Hits’⚡️Have you grabbed your copy yet?

“Our love is real, not fade away” 🌹 Revisiting this performance of Charles Hardin and Norman Petty’s ”Not Fade Away” captured in July 1990 at Carter-Finley Stadium. Find the full clip over on the Grateful Dead Youtube Channel.

On this day in 1987, Dylan and the Dead made the third stop on their joint tour at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ ⚡ Each show was structured with the Dead playing one long set at the first two shows, and two sets at the final four shows, followed by a final set backing…

.“...all I had ever known was all of the years doing studio work…I had never been onstage before, and the first time that I was ever in public onstage was at Winterland with the Grateful Dead. Talk about a transition—in every way that you could imagine, I experienced the change…

One good ride from start to end 🌹 Thirty years ago today, the Dead played their final show at Soldier Field in Chicago. The second of a two-night stint, the show concluded after two sets with two encores: “Black Muddy River” and “Box of Rain.” Photos from the run by…

46,000 Dead Heads descended on Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh on July 8, 1990, for a bill featuring Crosby, Stills & Nash and the Grateful Dead. With the sun beating down, local fire departments stepped in to spray down the crowd and help keep things cool, but the heat didn’t…

Brent takes it all the way home with this performance of “Blow Away” at JFK Stadium on this day in 1989—channeling the soul and fire of a Sunday service, no pews required. Watch this moment and more from ‘Crimson, White & Indigo’ on the Grateful Dead YouTube Channel.

The Grateful Dead’s double-platinum album ‘In The Dark’ was released on this day in 1987 on Arista Records⚡️ Recorded on stage at Marin Veterans Memorial Auditorium in San Rafael, the album featured road-tested favorites like “Touch of Grey,” “Hell in a Bucket,” and “West L.A.…