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Lee Ranaldo playing shows, including 2 in NYC, a Grateful Dead tribute in Chicago & more

3461 days ago

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Lee Ranaldo w/ Sonic Youth in 2011 (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin) Sonic Youth's Lee Ranaldo has a few live appearances coming up this year. He's got a Grateful Dead tribute in Chicago with Alex Bleeker, members of Yo... more info

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The Grateful Dead’s Chicago Farewell Shows Will Stream On SiriusXM

3462 days ago

Stereogum — It will never technically be the Grateful Dead without Jerry Garcia, but the surviving members of the band announced a trio of farewell shows to celebrate their 50th birthday. Phish frontman Trey Anastasio will be Garcia’s stand-in, and even if you... more info

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The Grateful Dead Announce $700 80-Disc Box Set

3464 days ago

Stereogum — Grateful Dead fans with cash to burn will be stoked on the news that they can now purchase an 80-disc box set of the band’s work for $699.98. The box set includes live recordings from 30 of the band’s shows, hence the title Grateful Dead: 30 Trip... more info

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Shorties (A List of Great Road Books by Women, Bob Weir on the Grateful Dead Reunion, and more)

3476 days ago

LargeHeartedBoy — The Huffington Post shared a list of great road books by women. Bob Weir discussed the Grateful Dead reunion with Rolling Stone. NPR Music is streaming a 100 hour playlist of soulful protest music. Adam Thirlwell shared a reading list... more info

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Grateful Dead members, Jimmy Cliff, Jorma Kaukonen & more played the guest-filled Jerry Garcia tribute (videos & setlist)

3482 days ago

Brooklyn Vegan — Bob Weir, Mickey Hart, Jimmy Cliff & friends (via Dave Lipsitz) We're about a month and a half away from the four surviving Grateful Dead members' five 50th anniversary shows (two in California, three in Chicago), ahead of that all... more info

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Chicago Grateful Dead shows to be simulcast in NY at Capitol Theatre & Brooklyn Bowl

3483 days ago

Brooklyn Vegan — As you've probably heard, surviving members of the Grateful Dead are playing 50th anniversary shows in Chicago and California this year. Those are all of course sold out, but there are still other ways to watch. There's the pay-per-view... more info

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Phish Has Come To Terms With Its Life After the Dead

3483 days ago

Time — The union of Grateful Dead and Phish’s Trey Anastasio is rooted in a half century of defiance and acceptance more info

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Grateful Dead Guitarist Bob Weir -- Could Shoulder ... Passes On the Cherry Garcia

3484 days ago

TMZ — Bob Weir might have sipped the electric kool-aid back in the day, but the Grateful Dead guitarist threw some serious frozen shade when asked about Ben & Jerry's ice cream. The legendary jammer was in NYC when he ran… more info

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Watch The Trailer For Netflix’s Bob Weir Documentary

3490 days ago

Stereogum — Netflix appears to be diving completely into the music-documentary pool. We’ve already seen the trailer for the forthcoming Nina Simone doc What Happened, Miss Simone?, and now the service has also put together a doc on the Grateful Dead rhythm gui... more info

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