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The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in Palo Alto, California. Ranging from quintet to septet, the band is known for its unique and eclectic style, which fused elements of rock, psychedelia, experimental music, modal jazz, country, folk, bluegrass, blues, gospel reggae, and space rock, for live performances of lengthy instrumental jams, and for their devoted fan base, known as "Deadheads." "Their music," writes Lenny Kaye, "touches on ground that most other groups don't even know exists." These various influences were distilled into a diverse and psychedelic whole that made the Grateful Dead "the pioneering Godfathers of the jam band world". The band was ranked 57th by Rolling Stone magazine in its The Greatest Artists of All Time issue. The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994 and a recording of their May 8, 1977, performance at Cornell University's Barton Hall was added to the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress in 2012. The Grateful Dead have sold more than 35 million albums worldwide.
The Grateful Dead was founded in the San Francisco Bay Area amid the rise of the counterculture of the 1960s. The founding members were Jerry Garcia (lead guitar, vocals), Bob Weir (rhythm guitar, vocals), Ron "Pigpen" McKernan (keyboards, harmonica, vocals), Phil Lesh (bass, vocals), and Bill Kreutzmann (drums). Members of the Grateful Dead had played together in various San Francisco bands, including Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions and the Warlocks. Lesh was the last member to join the Warlocks before they became the Grateful Dead; he replaced Dana Morgan Jr., who had played bass for a few gigs. Drummer Mickey Hart and nonperforming lyricist Robert Hunter joined in 1967. With the exception of McKernan, who died in 1973, and Hart, who took time off from 1971 to 1974, the core of the band stayed together for its entire 30-year history. The other official members of the band are Tom Constanten (keyboards; 1968–1970), John Perry Barlow (nonperforming lyricist; 1971–1995), Keith Godchaux (keyboards; 1971–1979), Donna Godchaux (vocals; 1972–1979), Brent Mydland (keyboards, vocals; 1979–1990), and Vince Welnick (keyboards, vocals; 1990–1995). Bruce Hornsby (accordion, piano, vocals) was a touring member from 1990 to 1992, as well as a guest with the band on occasion before and after the tours.
After the death of Garcia in 1995, former members of the band, along with other musicians, toured as the Other Ones in 1998, 2000, and 2002, and the Dead in 2003, 2004, and 2009. In 2015, the four surviving core members marked the band's 50th anniversary in a series of concerts that were billed as their last performances together. There have also been several spin-offs featuring one or more core members, such as Dead & Company, Furthur, the Rhythm Devils, Phil Lesh & Friends, RatDog, and Billy & the Kids.
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Albums
Touch of Grey Single
Go to Heaven
Shakedown Street
Good Lovin' Single
Terrapin Station
U.S. Blues Single
Wake of the Flood
Eyes of the World Single
Let Me Sing Your Blues Away Single
Sugar Magnolia Single
Johnny B. Goode Single
Truckin' Single
American Beauty
Uncle John's Band Single
Dupree's Diamond Blues Single
Anthem of the Sun
Dark Star Single
The Golden Road (to Unlimited Devotion) Single
Stealin' Single
Popular Songs
- Born Cross‐Eyed
- Kentucky Rye, Part 1
- Kentucky Rye, Part 2
- The Twilight Zone '85 End Credits
- Kentucky Rye, Part 3
- Suite from "The Misfortune Cookie"
- Suite from "Nightcrawlers"
- I of Newton
- Can She Type?
- Suite from "Shadow Man"
- Children's Zoo
- The Twilight Zone '85 Main Title
- Bobby McGee
- Playin in the Band
- The Other One / Going Down the Road
- [drums] / Space
- Man Smart Women Smarter
- Brother Esau
- [tuning]
- Terrapin Station, Part 1
- Weather Report Suite Part 1
- Eyes of the Worldsin
- Take A Step Back
- Lazy Lightning ->
- Minglewood Blues
- Wham!
- I'm a Hog for You Baby
- Hey Little One
- Cottonfields
- Your Song