Grateful Dead 60th Anniversary Weekend: Dead & Company Jam With Openers, Jerry Garcia Gets Street Named After Him

The Grateful Dead, one of the great institutions in American music, threw itself a 60th-anniversary party this weekend. Dead & Company, the band led surviving Dead members Bob Weir and Mickey Hart, played a series of three shows at Golden Gate Park, in their San Francisco hometown, while the late Dead leader Jerry Garcia got a street named after him. During the shows, the band’s handpicked opening acts — Billy Strings, Sturgill Simpson, and the Trey Anastasio Band — all joined the Dead ...

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