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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".
Grateful Dead lineups Timespan Members, instruments June 1965 – September 1967 Jerry Garcia – lead guitar, vocals; Bob Weir – rhythm guitar, vocals; Ron "Pigpen" McKernan – keyboards, harmonica, percussion, vocals
In 2006, Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann re-formed the Rhythm Devils, a percussion-based ensemble that had played intermittently when the Grateful Dead were still together. The band went on tour with a lineup including Sikiru Adepoju (drums and percussion), Steve Kimock (guitar), Mike Gordon (bass), and Jen Durkin (vocals). [15]
Phil Lesh, bassist and founding member of The Grateful Dead, died Friday, a producer who worked with him, Peter Shapiro, confirmed to CBS News.Lesh was 84 years old. A post on his Instagram ...
Bassist Phil Lesh, whose dense, inventive playing powered the Grateful Dead and, following the 1995 death of guitarist Jerry Garcia, many of the San Francisco band’s touring reincarnations, died ...
Related: 8 essential Grateful Dead albums you need to own Just weeks before his death, Lesh was still jamming out, contributing his inimitable bass stylings to a session at the Terrapin Clubhouse ...
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 ...
After the Dead disbanded following Garcia's death in 1995 — a passing that came a year after their induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame — Lesh kept the group's adventurous spirit alive ...