In the spring of 1997, Deadheads tuning in to The Grateful Dead Hour, the nationally syndicated radio show, heard a rare if disconcerting treat. Over two installments, host and Dead historian David ...

Jerry Garcia would have been 83 years old today. Let's celebrate his legacy with your favorite Jerry tracks from The Grateful Dead, solo, collaborations and covers by others. We'll listen to the music ...

Inside Jerry Garcia's Final Grateful Dead Show — 30 Years Ago Today originally appeared on Parade. On July 9, 1995, Jerry Garcia played with the Grateful Dead for the final time at Soldier Field in ...

A “midwife of grace.” An “oracle and a prophet of God.” The “unofficial priest of a small but powerful movement that began to sweep America for almost three decades.” To what minister of God might ...

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 ...

In 1980, Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead performed one of their most iconic shows of all time at New York City’s iconic Radio City Music Hall. And that is saying a lot, given that the Grateful Dead ...

Next year marks the 30th anniversary of Jerry Garcia’s death. But a new AI initiative, as well as programs it could spawn, aims to keep the Grateful Dead leader’s presence alive. This summer, ...