Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. The Grateful Dead's Dave’s Picks, Vol. 53 debuts on four Billboard ...

The Grateful Dead have claimed a new title. Today, 60 years after the band performed their first gig, a San Jose Acid Test, under the dictionary-plucked moniker, the psychedelic tripsters have ...

This song is from the fifth album of the Grateful Dead, released back in November 1970. Co-written by Bob Weir and Robert Hunter, it turned out to be the most iconic song, being involved in 596 ...

Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead performs at the Greek Theatre on August 14, 1983 in Berkeley, California. The Grateful Dead hit the top 10 on three Billboard charts this week with Dave’s Picks, ...

Rest in peace, Bob Weir. Read on for the list… “Looks Like Rain” is one of a few songs on this list that was originally ...

The guitarist, singer and songwriter, who died at 78, cut his own path among his elders in the Grateful Dead, and beyond.

Legendary Grateful Dead founder and guitarist Bob Weir has died at 78, leaving behind one of the great legacies in rock music ...

The Dead was, as we know, a reluctant studio band and not one for hit singles, but some of its top-charting songs came from ...