Like any classic rock band, the Grateful Dead had no shortage of well-loved songs making up their decades-long discography, including such fabled hits as "Truckin'", "Ripple", "Touch of Grey" and so ...

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According to legend, back in 1968, Jerry Garcia and Phil Lesh fired Bob Weir and Pigpen from their positions in the Grateful Dead. Or maybe it was that Garcia and Lesh tried to fire Weir and Pig… or ...

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Over the weekend, Grateful Dead fans the world over mourned the loss of an icon: Bob Weir, guitarist and founding member, had died at 78, leaving listeners and collaborators caught off-guard. Since ...

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The instrumental theme of “Playing in the Band” consists of four notes, played in dueling harmony by the Grateful Dead’s two guitarists. Jerry Garcia, the ragtag band’s monkishly charismatic de facto ...

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