In early 1975, when the Grateful Dead weren’t sure if they were even the Grateful Dead anymore, Jerry Garcia described their self-image as a “more or less permanent musical association,” …

(1) the original lyrics were "Say your piece and piss off" but Hunter said that Jerry wanted him to change "piss off" to "get out" to give it a better chance at airplay (quoted by Bob Clinton in 'The …

Starting a rock band was actually Ron McKernan's idea, and he was its first front man, delivering stinging harmonica, keyboards, and beautiful blues vocals in the early years of the …

Drowned in your laughter and dead to the core There's a dragon with matches that's loose on the town Take a whole pail of water just to cool him down Fire, fire on the mountain Fire, fire on …

JESSE: In the mid-’70s, alongside Grateful Dead Records, there was also Round Records, owned by their Stinson Beach neighbors Jerry Garcia and Ron Rakow, who issued LPs by the Dead’s …

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Franklin's Tower was first performed by the Grateful Dead in June 1975, one of the rare Dead shows during that year. The song was played fairly regularly through to 1995. The song often …