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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UNBROKEN CHAIN: GRAHAME LESH CONTINUES FAMILY LEGACY WITH MIDNIGHT NORTH
When many Grateful Dead fans talk about the band and their fellow Deadheads, they use the word "family." For Grahame Lesh, though, it goes a bit deeper than that. Lesh, the son of the Dead bass...
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NEAL CASAL ON CHRIS ROBINSON BROTHERHOOD, PLAYING JERRY GARCIA’S ‘WOLF’ & BEING A GOOD LIEUTENANT
Guitarist-photographer Neal Casal is one of a handful of musicians who can lay a legitimate claim to having played one of the late Jerry Garcia’s treasured guitars in the decades since Garcia’s 1995 d...
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GRATEFUL DEAD NEWS: BOB WEIR SOLO ALBUM, WARREN & TIGER AT CENTRAL PARK, JERRY GARCIA CATALOG HITS STREAMING SERVICES
Things are very much alive in the world of the Grateful Dead, with a slew of exciting news for fans coming down the pike this week: Bob Weir's upcoming solo album, Warren Haynes getting a little help ...
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STEVE KIMOCK REFLECTS ON HIS LIFE-LONG MUSICAL JOURNEY IN ADVANCE OF ARDMORE PERFORMANCE
I’m standing outside the Sellersville Theater in Sellersville, Pa., back on December 5, 2012, moments before Steve Kimock and his band were to take the stage. A man purporting to be homeless is pa...
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AN INTERVIEW WITH GRATEFUL DEAD LYRICIST ROBERT HUNTER, PART ONE
By Michael Lello Photo by Maureen Hunter Robert Hunter’s words have left an indelible imprint on pop culture – “what a long strange trip it’s been” and “drivin’ that train, high on cocaine,” anyone?...
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RAILROAD EARTH, ROWAN THRILL SHERMAN CROWD
By Michael Lester Photos by Jesse Faatz STROUDSBURG -- Seventy-one-year-old bluegrass legend Peter Rowan danced a gentle solo waltz on stage, circling Tibetan-born vocalist Yungchen Lhamo as Rail...
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