Steve Washington, the influential funk trumpet player and co-founder of both Slave and Aurra, has died at the age of 67. Washington’s death was announced on Feb. 1, with the Funk Music Hall of Fame & ...
Weeks before the Grateful Dead entered Wally Heider Studios to record “Ripple” and other American Beauty songs, they debuted the song at the Fillmore West in San Francisco, on a bill with New Riders ...
Like any classic rock band, the Grateful Dead had no shortage of well-loved songs making up their decades-long discography, including such fabled hits as "Truckin'", "Ripple", "Touch of Grey" and so ...
Over the weekend, Grateful Dead fans the world over mourned the loss of an icon: Bob Weir, guitarist and founding member, had died at 78, leaving listeners and collaborators caught off-guard. Since ...
According to legend, back in 1968, Jerry Garcia and Phil Lesh fired Bob Weir and Pigpen from their positions in the Grateful Dead. Or maybe it was that Garcia and Lesh tried to fire Weir and Pig… or ...
Dead & Company took the stage on August 3, 2025, at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. The group had already performed two shows celebrating the legacy of the Grateful Dead and its 60th anniversary.
This story was featured in The Must Read, a newsletter in which our editors recommend one can’t-miss story every weekday. Sign up here to get it in your inbox. The instrumental theme of “Playing in ...
In the summer of 1968, three years into the Grateful Dead’s existence, the band fired singer and rhythm guitarist Bob Weir. Jerry Garcia, the band’s other guitarist and its reluctant leader, and ...
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