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William Kreutzmann Jr. (/ ˈ k r ɔɪ t s m ɑː n / KROYTS-mahn; [1] born May 7, 1946) [2] is an American drummer and founding member of the rock band Grateful Dead.He played with the band for its entire thirty-year career, usually alongside fellow drummer Mickey Hart, and has continued to perform with former members of the Grateful Dead in various lineups, and with his own bands BK3, 7 ...
According to Bill Kreutzmann, the band's use of cocaine accelerated throughout the early 1970s. [114] After using heroin in a brothel in 1974 (likely on the band's second European tour), Garcia was introduced to a smokeable form of the drug (initially advertised as refined opium ) colloquially known as "Persian" or "Persian Base" during the ...
The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in Palo Alto, California, in 1965. [1] [2] Known for their eclectic style that fused elements of rock, blues, jazz, folk, country, bluegrass, rock and roll, gospel, reggae, and world music with psychedelia, [3] [4] the band is famous for improvisation during their live performances, [5] [6] and for their devoted fan base, known as "Deadheads".
Miles and Keleigh most recently stepped out at the 2025 MusiCares Person of the Year event on Jan. 31 to honor the Grateful Dead, at which surviving members Bob Weir, Mickey Hart and Bill ...
Dead & Company drummer and founding Grateful Dead member Bill Kreutzmann will not be joining the band on its final tour this spring and summer, according to a statement released today (April 22).
"Cardiac Arrest" (studio jam) (Garcia, Kahn, ... Garcia produced by Bob Matthews and Betty Cantor-Jackson, with Laurence Shurtliff and Bill Kreutzmann;
Dead & Company’s successful 2024 residency at Las Vegas’ Sphere will get a reprise. As expected, the band is returning to the venue in 2025, with a two-month stay announced Wednesday that will ...
He awoke five days later but took months to recover. During this time drummer Bill Kreutzmann and keyboardist Brent Mydland formed the band Go Ahead. The two had performed briefly in a band called Kokomo during the summer of 1985. [3] Go Ahead played a number of gigs in December 1986; soon afterwards, the Grateful Dead resumed performing.