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unusual facts about the Grateful Dead



Brian Halligan

It uses the marketing activities of the rock band The Grateful Dead as an example of this.

David E. Smith

In the spring of 1973, Bill Graham staged two consecutive Saturday concerts at Kezar Stadium in San Francisco, CA featuring The Grateful Dead and Led Zeppelin.

Future Sonics

The Grateful Dead and The Steve Miller Band where among the early bands to tour with this form of personal monitoring.

Jimmy Patsos

Patsos has eclectic taste including being an avid fan of The Grateful Dead.

Joe Perkins

This may have been in part an inspiration to Jerry Garcia to write the song "Eep Hour" and may also have been at least a partial inspiration for The Grateful Dead song "Cumberland Blues".

Long Black Limousine

Many other artists have covered the song, including Bobby Bare (1964), Merle Haggard (1967), Jeannie Seely (1968), Connie Smith (1969), Doug Jernigan (1970), Rattlesnake Annie (1981), The Grateful Dead (1982) and Barb Jungr (2005).

Mike Cowan

He is an avowed "Deadhead" (ardent fan of the American rock and roll band The Grateful Dead), and is a member of Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Maryland where he resides with his wife, Jennifer, and their child, Bobbie.

One from the Heart

Tavoularis, whose art department was next door to the musical rehearsal space, used Waits' music as tonal inspiration, incorporating it into the film's highly stylized "look." Mickey Hart, drummer for The Grateful Dead, and musician Bobby Vega were also credited for their contributions to the production.

Riot in Cell Block Number 9

The song has been covered by many cross-genre artists such as The Grateful Dead, The Beach Boys, Wanda Jackson, Vicki Young, Johnny Winter, Dr. Feelgood, The Blues Brothers, Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen, Johnny Cash, The Coasters and Flat Duo Jets.

Rocket Yoga

Rocket Yoga has attracted a wide following including: Willem Dafoe, Madonna, Sting, The Grateful Dead, and Christy Turlington.

Set list

The Grateful Dead are one example, having never played the same set list twice in the band's entire existence.

The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test

The book chronicles the Acid Tests (parties in which LSD-laced Kool-Aid was used to obtain a communal trip), the group's encounters with (in)famous figures of the time, including famous authors, Hells Angels, and The Grateful Dead, and it also describes Kesey's exile to Mexico and his arrests.


see also

7 Walkers

Their name might be an adaptation of the lyrics of the Grateful Dead song "The Eleven", "Six proud walkers on the jingle bell rainbow."

Anthem of the Sun

The making of Anthem of the Sun, Aoxomoxoa, Workingman's Dead, and American Beauty are described by former members and associates of the Grateful Dead in the 1997 Classic Albums documentary Anthem to Beauty.

Blues for Allah

The title track for the album is a eulogy to Saudi Arabia's King Faisal, a fan of the Grateful Dead who died the year the album was released.

Bob Bralove

In addition to his songwriting, producing, and MIDI programming activities for the Grateful Dead, Bralove is known for his performing and designing with the Grateful Dead and the avant-garde "Drums and Space" segments of their live shows with the Rhythm Devils.

Bob Dylan and the Grateful Dead 1987 Tour

Dylan & the Dead is a live album released by Bob Dylan and the Grateful Dead in February 1989 by Columbia Records.

Dick Latvala

While living in Hawaii, Latvala got into tape trading, and after moving to the mainland in the late 1970s, he befriended the Grateful Dead's roadies.

Dick's Picks Volume 4

Over 14 minutes of the 2/13/70 version of "Dark Star" was included on the Grateful Dead / John Oswald plunderphonics collaboration project Grayfolded.

Family Dog at the Great Highway, San Francisco, CA 4/18/70

The recording used to create the Family Dog album was not known to the Grateful Dead or their fans until Carolyn "Mountain Girl" Garcia, ex-wife of Jerry Garcia, found some of Jerry's old tapes, and gave them to the band's organization.

Flashback with the Grateful Dead

Flashback with the Grateful Dead is an album by the rock band the Grateful Dead.

From the Vault

View from the Vault, a four-part series of live DVDs and companion soundtracks by the Grateful Dead

Keith Godchaux

After Godchaux's departure from the Grateful Dead, he cleaned up and formed The Heart of Gold Band with his wife; the ensemble included a young Steve Kimock on guitar.

Michael Hart

Mickey Hart (born 1943), drummer and musicologist with the Grateful Dead

Mr. Blotto

With help of the Grateful Dead lyricist John Perry Barlow, Mr. Blotto released their 5th studio album: "Barlow Shanghai."

Robert Weir

Bob Weir (born 1947), American singer, songwriter, and guitarist with the Grateful Dead

The Avalon

On January 29, 1967 it hosted the Mantra-Rock Dance musical event, organized by the local Hare Krishna temple, which featured Hare Krishna founder Bhaktivedanta Swami, along with Allen Ginsberg, The Grateful Dead, Moby Grape and Big Brother and the Holding Company, with Janis Joplin.

The Grateful Dead Channel

The Grateful Dead Channel is a Sirius XM Radio channel playing music spanning American rock band Grateful Dead's entire career including unreleased concert recordings and original shows hosted by band members Bob Weir, Mickey Hart, Phil Lesh and Bill Kreutzmann.

The Grateful Dead Family Album

The Grateful Dead Family Album is a photographic music reference book by Jerilyn Lee Brandelius, cover art by Stanley Mouse with hundreds of intimate photographs and stories from members of the Grateful Dead and the Dead Family.

Touch of Grey

The Grateful Dead also released a 30-minute documentary called Dead Ringers: The Making of Touch of Grey, about the production of the music video.