The Grateful Dead

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

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

The 2008 Trade

By Observer Staff

Rejection: A Very Private (School) Matter

By Anne Roiphe

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