Grateful Dead
- Type: Band/Group
- Country: United States
- Born: 1965 in Palo Alto, California, United States
- Died: 9 July 1995, Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Active: 1965 - 1995
Biography
Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in Palo Alto, California. Remembered for an eclectic style that fused elements of rock, folk, country, jazz, bluegrass, blues, gospel, and psychedelic rock, for live performances of lengthy instrumental jams, and for its devoted fan base known as "Deadheads." "Their music," writes *Lenny Kaye*, "touches on ground that most other groups don't even know exists." These various influences were distilled
Genres
Grateful Dead Discography
- Anthem of the Sun (1968) - Album - rated 3.85/5
- Aoxomoxoa (1969) - Album - rated 3.45/5
- Workingman's Dead (1970) - Album - rated 4.06/5
- American Beauty (1970) - Album - rated 4.32/5
- Grateful Dead (1971) - Album - rated 3.85/5
- Europe '72 (1972) - Album - rated 4.08/5
- History of the Grateful Dead, Vol. 1 (Bear's Choice) (1973) - Album - rated 3.35/5
- Wake of the Flood (1973) - Album - rated 3.77/5
- Skeletons From the Closet: The Best of Grateful Dead (1974) - Compilation - rated 3.56/5
- From the Mars Hotel (1974) - Album - rated 3.65/5
- Blues for Allah (1975) - Album - rated 3.84/5
- Terrapin Station (1977) - Album - rated 3.43/5
- What a Long Strange Trip It's Been: The Best of The Grateful Dead (1977) - Compilation - rated 3.67/5
- Shakedown Street (1978) - Album - rated 3.21/5
- Go to Heaven (1980) - Album - rated 2.5/5
- Dead Set (1981) - Album - rated 3.45/5
- Reckoning (1981) - Album - rated 3.93/5
- In the Dark (1987) - Album - rated 3.67/5
- Built to Last (1989) - Album - rated 2.44/5
- Without a Net (1990) - Album - rated 3.46/5
- Dick's Picks Volume Four: Fillmore East, 2/13-14/70 (1996) - Album - rated 4.15/5
- Dick's Picks Volume Twelve: Providence Civic, June 26, 1974 - Boston Garden, June 28, 1974 (1998) - Album - rated 4.24/5
- View From the Vault I - Soundtrack (2000) - Album - rated 3.47/5
- View From the Vault (2000) - Album - rated 3.62/5
- Dick's Picks Volume Seventeen: Boston Garden, 9/25/91 (2000) - Album - rated 3.45/5
- View From the Vault II - Soundtrack (2001) - Album - rated 3.35/5
- The Golden Road (1965-1973) (2001) - Compilation - rated 4.32/5
- Fillmore West 1969: The Complete Recordings (2005) - Album - rated 4.39/5
- Sunshine Daydream: Veneta, Oregon, August 27, 1972 (2013) - Album - rated 4.23/5
- Cornell 5/8/77 (2017) - Album - rated 4.09/5
Members
- Jerry Garcia - lead guitar, vocals (1965–1995)
- Bob Weir - rhythm guitar, vocals (1965–1995)
- Phil Lesh - bass, vocals (1965–1995)
- Bill Kreutzmann - drums (1965–1995)
- Ron "Pigpen" McKernan - vocals, harmonica, keyboards (1965–1973)
- Mickey Hart - drums, percussion (1967–1971; 1974–1995)
- Keith Godchaux - keyboards, piano, vocals (1971–1979)
- Donna Godchaux - vocals (1971–1979)
- Brent Mydland - keyboards, vocals (1979–1990)