Grateful Dead

American rock group
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Also known as: the Warlocks
Quick Facts
Byname:
the Dead
Date:
1965 - 1995
Related People:
John Perry Barlow

Grateful Dead, American rock band that was the incarnation of the improvisational psychedelic music that flowered in and around San Francisco in the mid-1960s. Grateful Dead was one of the most successful touring bands in rock history despite having had virtually no radio hits. The group’s original members were lead guitarist and vocalist Jerry Garcia, guitarist and vocalist Bob Weir, keyboard player Ron (“Pigpen”) McKernan, bassist Phil Lesh, and drummer Bill Kreutzmann. Settling on their name in late 1965, Grateful Dead coalesced from jug bands and musicians in the San Francisco area in the early 1960s. In their previous incarnation ...(100 of 766 words)