That didn't mean the actual songs weren't special. Here's our list of the 20 best Grateful Dead tunes.

If you're a country fan who has dismissed the Grateful Dead as "hippie music" you need to hear these covers of classic Dead tunes.

Formed in Palo Alto, California in 1965, the Grateful Dead are remembered for a great many things: for their counter-cultural tendencies and enthusiasm for mind-expanding drugs; for their jammed-out ...

Although Jerry Garcia passed away in 1995, and bassist Phil Lesh joined him in the great gig in the sky last year, the music of the Grateful Dead has continued to proliferate, just as it has ever ...

The Grateful Dead may have had one of the best track records towards the end, but they figured they couldn't go on after this record.

That being so, in the music business, there is almost always one mistake all musicians share—Writing a “bad” song. Every musician ... views about this Grateful Dead classic.

Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. The Grateful Dead, though disbanded for nearly 30 years, continue to hold a devoted and enthusiastic fan base. The band makes a ...

At the same time, the Dead—especially Garcia and his longtime friend and lyricist Robert Hunter—began writing songs steeped in country, folk music, and Old West Americana tall tales.

Dave Matthews, Norah Jones, Sammy Hagar, John Mayer and Zac Brown are just some of the artists who will perform Jan. 31 at ...

In Bob Dylan's 2022 book The Philosophy of Modern Song, he called Lesh ... Rolling Stone Australia. Lesh is best known as a ...

Credit: Gary Gershoff/Getty Images The late Jerry Garcia played a key role in cementing the Grateful Dead’s legacy as the ... I’m going to invite a song in to meet you,’” he explains.