Grateful Dead
Biography
Rock's longest, strangest trip, the Grateful Dead were the psychedelic era's most beloved musical ambassadors as well as its most enduring survivors, spreading their message of peace, love, and mind-expansion across the globe throughout the better part of three decades. The object of adoration for popular music's most fervent and celebrated fan following — the Deadheads, their numbers and devotion legendary in their own right — they were the ultimate cult band, creating a self-styled universe all their own; for the better part of their career orbiting well outside of the mainstream, the Dead became superstars solely on their own terms, tie-dyed pied pipers whose epic, free-form live shows were rites of passage for an extended family of listeners who knew no cultural boundaries.. The roots of the Grateful Dead lie with singer/songwriter Jerry Garcia, a longtime bluegrass enthusiast who began playing the guitar at age 15. Upon relocating to Palo Alto, CA, in 1960, he soon befriended Robert Hunter, whose lyrics later graced many of Garcia's most famous melodies; in time, he also came into contact with aspiring electronic music composer Phil Lesh. By 1962, Garcia was playing banjo in a variety of local folk and bluegrass outfits, two years later forming Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions with guitarist Bob Weir and keyboardist Ron "Pigpen" McKernan; in 1965, the group was renamed the Warlocks, their lineup now additionally including Lesh on bass as well as Bill Kreutzmann on drums.
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6. To Terrapin:..
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11. Aoxomoxoa
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16. Rocking the ..
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Top Songs |
| Name | Album | Time | Price | |
1. | Touch of Grey | Very Best of Grateful Dead | 5:49 | $1.29 | |
2. | Casey Jones | Very Best of Grateful Dead | 4:25 | $1.29 | |
3. | Truckin' | Very Best of Grateful Dead | 5:06 | $1.29 | |
4. | Ripple | Very Best of Grateful Dead | 4:09 | $1.29 | |
5. | Friend of the Devil | Very Best of Grateful Dead | 3:24 | $1.29 | |
6. | Scarlet Begonias | From the Mars Hotel | 4:19 | $1.29 | |
7. | Uncle John's Band | Very Best of Grateful Dead | 4:44 | $1.29 | |
8. | Sugar Magnolia | Very Best of Grateful Dead | 3:18 | $1.29 | |
9. | Shakedown Street | Shakedown Street | 5:00 | $1.29 | |
10. | Ripple | American Beauty | 4:09 | $1.29 | |
11. | Box of Rain | American Beauty | 5:18 | $1.29 | |
12. | Not Fade Away / Goin' Down the R.. | Grateful Dead (Skull & .. | 9:12 | $1.29 | |
13. | Sugar Magnolia | American Beauty | 3:19 | $1.29 | |
14. | Fire On the Mountain | Very Best of Grateful Dead | 3:49 | $1.29 | |
15. | Box of Rain | Very Best of Grateful Dead | 5:18 | $1.29 | |
16. | Eyes of the World | Very Best of Grateful Dead | 5:18 | $1.29 | |
17. | Sugaree (Olympia Theatre, Paris, Fra.. | Europe '72, Vol. 2 | 6:56 | $1.29 | |
18. | El Paso (Live) | Ladies and Gentlemen... The.. | 6:36 | $0.99 | |
19. | St. Stephen (Live At the Fillmore We.. | Live Dead | 6:31 | $1.29 | |
20. | Me & My Uncle | Grateful Dead (Skull & .. | 3:02 | $1.29 | |
21. | Bertha | Grateful Dead (Skull & .. | 5:40 | $1.29 | |
22. | Tennessee Jed | Europe '72 (Live) [Rema.. | 7:10 | $1.29 | |
23. | I Know You Rider (Live In Paris) | Europe '72 (Live) [Rema.. | 5:03 | $1.29 | |
24. | Jack Straw (Live In Paris) | Europe '72 (Live) [Rema.. | 4:49 | $1.29 | |
25. | Not Fade Away (Bickershaw Festival, .. | Europe '72 Vol 13: 5/7/.. | 4:21 | $1.29 | |