Truckin’ Through the Years: David Gans Guides a Trip Down The Grateful Dead Memory Lane

It’s been 30 years since the Grateful Dead’s final concerts at Soldier Field in Chicago

The longest, strangest trip embarked upon by a rock ’n’ roll band ended 30 years ago this week at Soldier Field. On Sunday, July 9, 1995, the Grateful Dead played what would be its final concert with its full lineup at the stadium — the harmonious echoes of “Box of Rain” concluding a fascinating musical journey that began in May 1965 at a small pizza parlor in California and encompassed more than 2,300 shows. Coming just before a stifling heat w…

Truckin’ through the years: David Gans guides a trip down The Grateful Dead memory lane

The Grateful Dead, Jim Marshall, David Gans — if all of these names are on the bingo card in your brain, you’ve got something to get excited about. If not, then let us explain. The Dead are that legendary bunch of hippies who developed a style of communal musical improvisation in the 1960s that is unequaled in rock music — a group that led the legendary concert promoter Bill Graham to declare that, “they’re not the best at what they do, they’re …

New Grateful Dead photo exhibit to open in Los Angeles – 106.5 The Arch

A new photo exhibit highlighting the Grateful Dead is coming to Los Angeles in July.An American Beauty: Grateful Dead 1965–1995 is set to open at the David Kordansky Gallery. Timed to coincide with this… Source

New Grateful Dead photo exhibit to open in Los Angeles – KSHE 95

A new photo exhibit highlighting the Grateful Dead is coming to Los Angeles in July.An American Beauty: Grateful Dead 1965–1995 is set to open at the David Kordansky Gallery. Timed to coincide with this… Source

New Grateful Dead photo exhibit to open in Los Angeles

Grateful Dead, 1967 San Francisco, CA. photo by © Ron Rakow, courtesy of Retro Photo Archive A new photo exhibit highlighting the Grateful Dead is coming to Los Angeles in July. An American Beauty: Grateful Dead 1965–1995 is set to open at the David Kordansky Gallery. Timed to coincide with this year’s 60th anniversary of the iconic band, the exhibit will feature photos curated by photographer Jay Blakesberg and his daughter, Ricki Blakesberg. T…

Dead Set Live: Always Honoring Phil Lesh on Wednesdays and the Ever-Evolving Grateful Dead Legacy – On The Rampage with Don Lichterman

Dead Set Live: Always Honoring Phil Lesh on Wednesdays and the Ever-Evolving Grateful Dead Legacy Source: Dead Set Live: Always Honoring Phil Lesh on Wednesdays and the Ever-Evolving Grateful Dead Legacy