In an exclusive excerpt from a new book, Trey Anastasio, John Popper and other jam band stars reflect on August 9th, 1995, ...

Mike Gordon, photo by Dave Vann Last night, an all-star ensemble of Jerry Garcia’s collaborators and devotees assembled at ...

August 2025 promises an embarrassment of rock concert riches, with new live releases from the Who, Jethro Tull, Roger Waters, Jerry Garcia, John Wetton and UFO. Upcoming box sets from Van Halen, Elvis ...

Painted Mandolin is a tribute band in the most creative sense of the word: Influenced by the songs of Jerry Garcia and Grateful Dead, the music they make is uniquely theirs.

Jerry Garcia knew Grateful Dead didn't gel with all listeners, and he even had his own criticisms about some of the songs in their catalog.

Next month will mark the 30th anniversary of Jerry Garcia’s death. The legendary Grateful Dead cofounder, guitarist and ...

In the mythos of the Grateful Dead, lyricist Robert Hunter is something like a fifth Beatle—a nonperforming member whose contributions were still pivotal to what the band became. In 1961, in Palo Alto ...

The first installment features a Jerry Garcia/Merl Saunders recording (ft. special guest Paul Butterfield) from 1972 on Side A and two Jerry Garcia Band recordings from 1988 on Side B.

How does a band ensure that it sounds like the most pristine version of itself, no matter where the show takes place or where ...

By 1974, OITW faded away, mainly due to Garcia’s obligations with the Dead and the soon-to-be formed Jerry Garcia Band, both of which were filling up his schedule.

For his part, Garcia, after a stunning jam with Sting’s group during sound check at Soldier Field two days later, asks a bystander the title of one of the songs the band had played (“Walking ...