The Grateful Dead Formed in 1965 in San Francisco Lived in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood Music was a mix of rock, folk, reggae, blugrass, country, jazz & psychedelic rock Considered themselves a “street band” Jerry Garcia considered by many as the leader of the group, but he and the rest of the band saw themselves as equals Jerry Garcia – banjo, guitar Bob Weir – guitar Phil Lesh – bass “Pigpen” McKernen - organ Bill Sommers - drums

Played over 2000 concerts in their career The core of the band stayed intact for 30 years, until Garcia’s death in 1995 Devoted fans are referred to as “Deadheads” Important to the development of the psychedelic sound, as a result of becoming the house band for Ken Kesey’s Acid Test concerts Grateful Dead albums never sold well their fans preferred to see them live Ranked #55 on Rolling Stone’s 100 Greatest Artists 1994 – 14 members inducted into RRHoF

Janis Joplin B. 1/19/43, d. 10/4/70 Ran away from home @ 17 Made a meager living singing in bars and clubs in Austin and Houston, TX By 1965 – she was singing in SF and Venice, CA Had dropped out of several colleges and was living off of unemployment 1966 - Returned to Austin to return to school and give up music After a couple of months, she was invited back to SF to sing w/ Big Brother and the Holding Company 1967 – after success w/ her first LP, Cheap Thrill (#1) goes gold

Cheap Thrills had the hit Piece of My Heart (#12, 1968) Became so big, began to overshadow the band & left in 1968 She formed the Kozmic Blues Band & released Kozmic Blues (1969) Try (Just A Little Bit Harder) Becoming increasingly addicted to alcohol and heroin Despite her addictions, her life seemed to be turning around in 1970 She was engaged, had a new band & was recording Pearl Me & Bobby McGee (#1, 1971) Found dead in her hotel room 10/4/70 of a heroin overdose Inducted into the RRHoF in 1995