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Celebrating the long, strange journey of a song that became the Dead's ultimate improvisational vehicle and a lifetime ...
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Several hundred fans turned out to name a tiny street in San Francisco after celebrated Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia.
The dedication, held in the Excelsior District where Garcia grew up, kicked off a weekend of celebrations including Jerry Day and three Dead & Company concerts in Golden Gate Park.
Richard Montoya's staged reading at Magic Theatre centers on the portion of Garcia's youth in San Francisco following his father's drowning.
The Dead, as has often been noted, were not political, at least not in the sense in which we are accustomed to considering politics. They did not endorse Pat Brown or appear at benefits for him.
San Francisco honored Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia on what would have been his 83rd birthday by renaming a street in his childhood neighborhood “Jerry Garcia Street.” ...
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, ...
SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Billy Strings joined Dead & Company on stage, delivering a musical nod to Jerry Garcia on the rock legend ...
“The date that holds significance for me is 2012. That’s Terence McKenna’s alpha moment, where the universe undergoes its most extraordinary transformations. He talks about these cycles, which, in ...
Trixie Garcia, second from right, poses for selfies with a Grateful Dead fans, following the unveiling of Jerry Garcia Street in San Francisco, Friday, Aug. 1, 2025.