OWSLEY STANLEY FOUNDATION WORKS TO PRESERVE THE SOUND AND LEGACY OF ‘BEAR’
Owsley "Bear" Stanley, the recording engineer, architect of the Grateful Dead's famed Wall of Sound and renowned LSD chemist, left behind more than 1,300 concert soundboard tapes when he died in 2011....
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FOR SUSANA MILLMAN, GRATEFUL DEAD PHOTOS ARE FAMILY PHOTOS
Musicians, whether they're performing on stage or living their lives off it, often view photographers as intrusive, annoying or a necessary evil of the industry, or some uneasy combination of all thre...
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DAN HORNE OF CIRCLES AROUND THE SUN TAKES A SOLO SPIN ON HIS ‘MOTORCYCLE’
Dan Horne is stepping out, or more accurately, hitting the open road on his proverbial motorcycle. Having focused his career to this point on production for renowned artists like Cass McCombs and ense...
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JERRY GARCIA & THE GRATEFUL DEAD: AN APPRECIATION
My earliest memories of the Grateful Dead are me being confused as to why people loved them so much. I didn't understand why, when I walked into a record store in Old Forge, Pa., on Aug. 9, 1995, the ...
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‘SPIRIT’ TAKES JERRY GARCIA’S GOSPEL TUNES TO CHURCH
One of the greatest gifts Jerry Gacria continues to give to generations of music fans is an entry point into music they might not have discovered on their own. Old-timey folk, bluegrass, jazz -- a sim...
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JAY BLAKESBERG’S VISIONS OF JERRY GARCIA
Rock photographer Jay Blakesberg, whose new book "Jerry Garcia: Secret Space of Dreams" focuses on the legendary Grateful Dead singer and guitarist, always had a goal when he was shooting the late mus...
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ENGLISHTOWN PROJECT RECREATES CLASSIC 1977 GRATEFUL DEAD, NEW RIDERS & MARSHALL TUCKER CONCERT
Tribute bands are commonplace, but the Englishtown Project might just be one of a kind: a group that pays tribute to one particular concert. The group, formed by guitarist and singer Michael Falzarano...
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CIRCLES AROUND THE SUN TURNS ‘IMPOSSIBLE’ TASK INTO MUSICAL GOLD
When a bandleader in the jam universe needs a guitarist, they call Neal Casal. A member of Chris Robinson Brotherhood, a frequent collaborator with Phil Lesh and an alumnus of Ryan Adams' beloved band...
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JOE RUSSO BRINGS EAST COAST ATTITUDE TO GRATEFUL DEAD SONGBOOK
When New Jersey metalhead Joe Russo was in high school, he quit a band because it played Grateful Dead songs. But starting in his 30s, he'd come to love the iconic San Francisco group's music as a ke...
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MIZ’S COMEBACK STORY UNFOLDS ON ‘A YEAR AGO TODAY’ (SONG PREMIERE)
Mike Mizwinski — the singer, songwriter and guitarist who performs as Miz — opens his soon-to-be-released new studio album, “A Year Ago Today,” with an introspective, country-flavored tune called “Bei...
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