For so long the icons of the counterculture, the Grateful Dead seemed like they'd always run far afield from the popular tastes of Top-40 radio. And it didn't seem like it bothered them one bit. Until ...

People have been listing their ten favorite Grateful Dead songs on Bluesky, following a post from @inthefade, and The Mountain Goats‘ John Darnielle joined in. His list includes “Jack Straw,” “He’s ...

Photo: Dean Budnick On Sunday night, Dec. 8, President Joe Biden hosted the 47th Annual Kennedy Center Honors at the John F.

Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts during the official Kennedy Center Honors ceremony, which will be broadcast on CBS on ...

Indeed Mssrs Weir, Kreutzmann and Hart were in attendance to receive their awards. Bassist Phil Lesh, who died in October ...

Jim Marshall San Francisco publisher Chronicle Books has announced the forthcoming release of a new page-turner for fans and ...

At the same time, the Dead—especially Garcia and his longtime friend and lyricist Robert Hunter—began writing songs steeped in country, folk music, and Old West Americana tall tales.

It was 1975, and the Grateful Dead was as creatively restless as always — though the LSD probably had something to do with it. They were preparing to record a live album in this hall, and the band ...

Keith Richards’ issues with the Grateful Dead concern the length of their songs. The Rolling Stones tended to keep their songs short and sweet, leaning on hit-making sensibilities. Grateful Dead ...

UPDATE (Oct. 25): The death of Grateful Dead’s Phil Lesh ... spawned the band’s only top 10 hit on the Hot 100, “Touch of Grey.” (The band’s signature song, “Truckin’,” was its ...