calling the Grateful Dead, “Technical virtuosos fiercely dedicated to their craft,” adding, “They fused decades and dozens of musical styles to create a whole new American sound ...

As a bumper sticker once famously read, “There is nothing like a Dead concert.” In the history of rock & roll, there was also nothing quite like the Grateful ... pulling in a new generation ...

David Chiu is a freelance music writer based in New York. “They had just come ... It wasn't until later that I learned it was not a typical Grateful Dead record.” Just a few months later ...

label executive Joe Smith about the 1966 signing of Grateful Dead in San Francisco, “My wife and I went to the Avalon Ballroom and, wow, it was like walking into a Fellini movie. The music ...