An interview with David Gans about satellite radio’s all-Dead network
I’m sure I’m not the only one who, upon hearing about the development of satellite radio a number of years ago and seeing all the niche programming that was being aired, immediately thought: “Of course! 24-hour Grateful Dead!” >>More

Dead World Roundup

On Sound Safari with Mickey Hart and the Global Drum Project

You can always count on Mickey Hart to come up with something deliciously strange and fascinating.

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Meet Jackie Greene: The Lowdown on Phil's Latest "Friend"

Ah yes, the glamorous life of a traveling musician! When I reach Jackie Greene on the phone in Missoula, Montana, in early August, he's literally folding his underwear at a laundromat...

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Out We Jumped In The Warm Mad Night

No one who was there will soon forget what happened in the shadow of the old cotton mills of Lowell, Massachusetts on the warm mad night of August 12th, when Bob Weir...

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Steve Kimock to the Rescue! A Few Minutes with the Master Guitarist

RatDog was in a bind. They had an extensive summer of festivals and amphitheatre shows already mapped out and were practically packing their bags when the shocking news...

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Donna Jean: Still Grateful

For most of you, Donna Jean Godchaux-Mackay needs no introduction. The grizzled tour veterans among you likely had the pleasure of seeing and hearing her as a member of the Grateful Dead...

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Short Takes: A New Hits Compilation; A Summer of Love Audio Memoir

News about a new Starbucks compilation and David Bean and Rock Scully's Summer of Love.

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Lee Johnson Creates a Bold Dead Symphony

To say that I was skeptical when I heard that there was a new CD with the imposing title of Dead Symphony: An Orchestral Tribute to the Music of the Grateful Dead would be an understatement...

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Shake The Hand That Shook The Hand: Gathering Of The Vibes Returns To The Land Of Barnum

The great American circus impresario, theatrical producer and perpetrator of legendary hoaxes, Phineas T. Barnum (1810-1891), is credited with one of the more famously cynical philosophical declarations in recorded history...

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