Results for "Grateful Dead"

John Scofield: One For Swallow

by Ian Patterson
June 15, 2020

From time to time in his storied career John Scofield will take a look over his shoulder and re-examine some of the music that has fed into his own, personal brand of jazz. The influences are many, for no matter the context that Scofield engineers, his distinctive sound always carries something of the blues, a little ...

Allman Brothers Band: Trouble No More: 50th Anniversary Collection

by Doug Collette
April 5, 2020

The gold-embossed lettering on the front and back cover of the roughly 5" by 7" slipcase enclosing the Allman Brothers Band's box set Trouble No More belies its otherwise generic art work. Yet the graphic design isn't all that gives the lie to an otherwise positive first impression gleaned from 50th Anniversary Collection. A glance at ...

The Doors: Break On Thru - A Celebration of Ray Manzarek

by Doug Collette
February 22, 2020

The Doors The Doors: Break On Thru -A Celebration Of Ray Manzarek Trafalgar Releasing Palace 9 Cinemas, South Burlington, VT February 12, 2020 The Doors: Break On Thru -A Celebration Of Ray Manzarek, lives up to the spirit of its subtitle. In the course of the film's roughly ninety ...

Denver Comes Alive 2020

by Geoff Anderson
February 15, 2020

Oteil & Friends / Poppa Funk and the Night Tripper / Ghost Live / Star Kitchen Mission Ballroom Denver Comes Alive Denver, CO January 31, 2020 The first European settlers arrived in the Denver area in 1858. Since then, it's been (nearly) non-stop growth flooding the plains with humanity and ...

Grateful Dead

Active since: 1965

Formation and Early Years (1965–1967)

The Grateful Dead formed in 1965 in Palo Alto, California, emerging from the heart of the 1960s counterculture. Originally called the Warlocks, the band consisted of Jerry Garcia (lead guitar, vocals), Bob Weir (rhythm guitar, vocals), Ron "Pigpen" McKernan (keyboards, harmonica, vocals), Phil Lesh (bass, vocals), and Bill Kreutzmann (drums). The name "Grateful Dead" was inspired by a phrase Garcia found in a dictionary, referring to a folk tale motif of a spirit aiding a traveler. This resonated with the band’s ethos of community and exploration.

Grateful Dead: Ready Or Not

by Doug Collette
January 25, 2020

The curators of the Grateful Dead's Ready Or Not have done the band a favor in producing this title. The band's own attempts were futile in recording a studio followup to Built to Last (Arista, 1989), but the group nonetheless kept composing new material and playing it in concert during their final years of touring.

Grateful Dead: Saint of Circumstance: Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ, 6/17/91 (3CD)

by Doug Collette
January 11, 2020

Hearing Grateful Dead's Saint of Circumstance is a significantly different experience than seeing it. Both the audio and video recordings of Giants Stadium June 17, 1991 are part of a larger box set, appropriately subtitled Shall We Go, You and I, While We Can? (Rhino, 2019). But the film, featured as last year's annual 'Meetup at ...

Saint of Circumstance: Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ, 6/17/91

By Grateful Dead

Label: Rhino
Released: 2019
Track listing: CD 1 - First set: Eyes of the World >Walkin' Blues; Brown-Eyed Women; Dark Star>When I Paint My Masterpiece; Loose Lucy; Cassidy; Might as Well. CD 2: Second set - Saint of Circumstance" >Ship of Fools >Dark Star >Truckin' >New Speedway Boogie >Dark Star > Uncle John's Band >Dark Star >Drums. CD 3: Space>China Doll >Playing in the Band > Sugar Magnolia; Encore: The Weight.

John Kelman's Best Releases of 2019

by John Kelman
December 20, 2019

Well, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome continues to be a challenge, as it has been since mid-2014. 2019 represents, in fact, the worst year when it comes to the actual number of articles written. Still, I've been finding an increasingly satisfying niche in the arena of in-depth, detailed and extensive/exhaustive (exhausting, for you as much as I!!) articles. ...

The New Riders of The Purple Sage: Thanksgiving in New York City

by Doug Collette
December 14, 2019

As preserved on Thanksgiving In New York City, The New Riders Of The Purple Sage were far more than just a mere offshoot of the Grateful Dead. Initially born in the folk surge of the late Sixties as the latter band's titular leader, Jerry Garcia, initially worked and learned with future NRPS chief songwriter John “Marmaduke" ...