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The Grateful Dead

A man with long gray hair and a woman with light brown hair sitting on steps outdoors, both wearing dark clothing and sunglasses, looking at the camera.

Jay and Ricki Blakesberg On Becoming Stewards of the Grateful Dead’s Visual History

The New York iteration of "An American Beauty: Grateful Dead 1965-1995" opens five months after the death of Bob Weir, which sets a different and elegiac tone for the show.
By Dan Duray
A color photo of Jerry Garcia in rainbow-striped pants and a patterned sweater making a playful face while gripping his guitar in front of a packed outdoor crowd in Golden Gate Park.

Don’t Miss ‘An American Beauty: Grateful Dead 1965-1995’ at David Kordansky Gallery

The earliest shots in the show are of the band before anyone knew who they were.
By Jordan Riefe

How The Allman Brothers Went From Disaster To Stadium Kings

Fifty years ago today the Allman Brothers Band headlined a festival bigger than Woodstock — the Summer Jam at Watkins Glen — alongside the Grateful Dead and the Band. A new book by Alan Paul tells the story of that time.
By Eric Pooley
Barack Obama

Celebrate 420 With This Potent Playlist

By Justin Joffe
Grateful Dead

How The Grateful Dead Revolutionized Rock and Created Modern Jam Bands

By Justin Joffe
Arthur Brown is bringing his Crazy World on its first U.S. tour in 47 years.

Psychedelic Forefather Arthur Brown on Ritual, Technology and the ’60s

By Justin Joffe
Sinkane shot in his home in Brooklyn.

Sinkane Delivers the Multicultural Opus We Need for Our Chaotic Times

By Justin Joffe
Jefferson Airplane

The Enduring Mystery of Jefferson Airplane’s ‘Surrealistic Pillow’

By John Kruth
Bonobo

Bonobo Transcends the Electronic Music Zeitgeist on ‘Migration’

By Justin Joffe
Peter Shapiro onstage before Phil Lesh's first of two Coney Island shows

How the Most Important Promoter in NY Ensures the Music Never Stops

By Justin Joffe
Method Man @ Roots Picnic New York

NY Roots Picnic Brought Protest and Hip-Hop to Bryant Park

By Justin Joffe
Eric Krasno.

Eric Krasno Makes ‘Blood From a Stone’ Look Easy on His Inspired Solo Debut

By Ron Hart
Dave Harrington leads Dave Harrington's Merry Pranksters in a superjam

Brooklyn Label Other People Merges Jazz & Electronica With Open Ears

By Justin Joffe
Paul McCartney.

In Defense of ‘Dad Rock’

By Ron Hart
Yosi Piamenta in Jerusalem's Old City, Israel.

A Curtain Call for the ‘Hasidic Hendrix’

By Stanley Mieses
Chris Forsyth and the Solar Motel Band.

Nothing Comes From Nowhere: Chris Forsyth’s Groovy Cosmic Americana

By Brad Cohan
Hayward House Living Room

The Uptown Boutique Steeped in Hollywood History

By Margaret Abrams
Dr. Dot (Photo by Sasha Maslov for Observer).

The Go-To Massage Therapist for the Stones, Katy Perry Expands Her Empire

By Ruby Warrington

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Listen to The Grateful Dead

By Tim Sommer

Grateful Dead, With Phish’s Anastasio, to Reunite for Final Concerts

By Alexandra Peers

NADA Hudson Sent the Art World Up the River

By M.H. Miller

Longer-Living Dead: The New York Historical Society Extends an Unexpected Blockbuster

By Alexandria Symonds

American Beauty?: Garcia Early-Days Movie In the Works

By John S.W. MacDonald

Shott On Location (With Audio!): Hearing It Loud And Clear–Sort of–At Heather’s

By Observer Staff
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