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The Grateful Dead had long allowed people to record their shows and trade them for free (as opposed to profiting from those ...
Celebrating the long, strange journey of a song that became the Dead's ultimate improvisational vehicle and a lifetime ...
Exploring the incredible legacy of Grateful Dead songwriter Jerry Garcia by revisiting his earliest experiences with LSD, ...
Richard Montoya's staged reading at Magic Theatre centers on the portion of Garcia's youth in San Francisco following his father's drowning.
Fans are preparing to honor Jerry Garcia under a full moon with music, community, and a touch of magical vibes.
I would've written this last week, but sadly, the future of democracy got in the way. So, a week later, with all that's been ...
Several hundred fans turned out to name a tiny street in San Francisco after celebrated Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia.
Experimentation, freedom and spontaneity. These are the factors that make up Jerry Garcia's approach to music, and they're ...
SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Billy Strings joined Dead & Company on stage, delivering a musical nod to Jerry Garcia on the rock legend’s birthday. Billy Strings, 32, a native of Ionia County, Michigan, opened ...
Grateful Dead front man Jerry Garcia is still revered across the country for his psychedelic optimism and soft-spoken voice that delivered promises of utopia and hypnotic guitar riffs — but the ...
Jerry Garcia, celebrated musician, tireless live performer and master of American musical traditions, was born in San Francisco on this day in history, Aug. 1, 1942.