Category: Blog
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A Fresh Batch of Grateful Dead Videos
Read more: A Fresh Batch of Grateful Dead VideosWe just added 58 new videos to the catalog. That makes 1328 total videos, including 274 complete shows and footage from 439 different dates. Check out our run down of some of the new video finds that you can watch on the site.
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Putting Readers First and Supporting Our Mission
Read more: Putting Readers First and Supporting Our MissionOver the years, the most common criticism we’ve received—aside from occasionally disagreeing with our take on a particular show—has been the site’s advertising. We agreed. While ads help pay the bills, they also get in the way of enjoying the site. So we decided to make some changes.
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Giveaway Winner and His Concert Report
Read more: Giveaway Winner and His Concert ReportCongratulations to Jeff Andrade, winner of our Jerry Garcia Symphonic Celebration ticket giveaway at Tanglewood! Jeff and his guest caught an opening “Dark Star” and enjoyed the show and venue. Read Jeff’s short report and see a few photos of the night.
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Win Two Tickets to the Jerry Garcia Symphonic Celebration at Tanglewood
Read more: Win Two Tickets to the Jerry Garcia Symphonic Celebration at TanglewoodOn June 30, the Jerry Garcia Symphonic Celebration returns to Tanglewood in Lenox, Massachusetts. Members of the Jerry Garcia Band, including Melvin Seals and Jacklyn LaBranch, will join the Boston Pops for an evening celebrating Jerry’s music and legacy. And thanks to our friends at Tanglewood, Grateful Dead of the Day is giving away a…
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Mickey’s Car Accident and the Summer of 1977
Read more: Mickey’s Car Accident and the Summer of 1977In the early morning hours of June 20th, 1977, Mickey Hart crashed his Porsche on the way home from a local club. Mickey’s serious injuries forced the band into a mini hiatus that lasted from the end of the epic spring tour at Winterland on June 9th to the massive Englishtown concert on September 3rd.…
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From Wake of the Flood to the Wall of Sound: Weather Report Suite Live
Read more: From Wake of the Flood to the Wall of Sound: Weather Report Suite LiveFor a little over a year, Weather Report Suite entered the regular rotation. As the Dead played the suite regularly, they transformed it from Bobby’s original orchestral vision to a monstrous jamming vehicle. And then it was gone; “summers fade, roses die.”
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Orchestrating Weather Report Suite: Recording for Wake of the Flood
Read more: Orchestrating Weather Report Suite: Recording for Wake of the FloodBobby had long imagined Weather Report Suite as a multi-movement ensemble piece that would push the band in a new direction. But even as the Dead entered the studio to record Wake of the Flood, he still had not completed the composition. Read more about how it all came together…
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Completing Weather Report Suite: Lyrics, Collaboration, and Creation
Read more: Completing Weather Report Suite: Lyrics, Collaboration, and CreationBob Weir had already written Sugar Magnolia, Playin’ in the Band, and Cassidy, among other great Dead tunes. But Weather Report Suite would be Bobby’s most ambitious compositional project to date…
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Becoming Weather Report Suite: The Evolution of the Prelude in 1972-73
Read more: Becoming Weather Report Suite: The Evolution of the Prelude in 1972-73Before Weather Report Suite became a fully formed composition, Bobby spent months shaping the Prelude live onstage, fragment by fragment. From tentative 1972 sketches to luminous spring 1973 jams, the Prelude evolved publicly into a brilliant transition piece and one of the Dead’s most evocative musical landscapes. Read more about the development of the Prelude…
