Robert Hunter successfully turned a delightful acid trip into a song with “Dark Star”. This is one of Grateful Dead’s deepest songs, and it manages to blend together what an acid experience is like with science fiction imagery and sounds that are an ...

Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, who sang with the Grateful Dead in 1970s as well as appeared on a number of hit records in the ’60s, has died at the age of 78.

The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in California. They became famous for their unique mix of rock, folk, blues, and psychedelic music. The band was known for long, improvisational live shows where no two concerts were ever the same.

Sure, there were Grateful Dead songs the band didn’t like much. Jerry Garcia, in particular, had a few words about songs in the band’s earlier catalog, calling “‘Doin That Rag” an “unsuccessful” song, “New Speedway Boogie,” “a little ...

Many of us have come to the conclusion, some with a little help from Soul Pancake, that practicing gratitude improves our lives in all sorts of ways. (And let’s face it, gratitude takes practice.) It’s so legit Harvard has even studied it. One of the ...

The Grateful Dead were a rock band known for their live shows, extended jams, and mix of rock, folk, country, and blues. They formed in 1965 and gained fame for building a loyal fan base known as Deadheads. Their music stood out for its free-flowing style ...

In 2018, the Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody helped the track reach Diamond status, making it the most-streamed song of the 20th century. It was even inducted into the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress for being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.”

As avatars of San Francisco's ’60s-born counterculture, the Grateful Dead have served as an alternative to American reality for more than a half-century. Performing from 1965 to 1995 with guitarist and songwriter Jerry Garcia, the Dead survive through a ...