Bryce Dessner of The National: 'The Grateful Dead are part of folklore'

The indie giants have made a five-disc covers compilation in honour of the Dead. Here their lead singer talks about their impact, how Sonic Youth were their natural successors and why they’re so much more than a ‘jam band’You wouldn’t think it, but less than a year after their “final” gig the Grateful Dead is ready for a re-introduction. Even when the band was active, they were known in the culture as a hippie band, a band to do drugs to, a band that jammed...

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