By Brianna Horn James Cummings Spencer Bailey The Grateful Dead By Brianna Horn James Cummings Spencer Bailey

Members: Originals: Jerry Garcia, guitar and vocals Bill Kreutzmann, drums Phil Lesh, bass guitar and vocals Ron “Pigpen” McKernan, keyboard, percussion, and vocals Bob Weir, guitar and vocals Robert Hunter, lyricist Replacment or temporary: Tom Constanten, keyboards Donna Jean Godchaux, vocals Mickey Hart, drums and percussion Brent Mydland, keyboards Vince Welnick, keyboards

The Acid Tests “We’re in the transportation business – we move minds” –Mickey Hart The Grateful Dead was started in Palo Alto California in the mid ‘60s Ken Kesey invited the Dead to play at an acid party The band made an impression and began playing at all of the parties later known as the Acid Tests.

Band’s Style While the Dead experimented with all styles of music, they are most famous for playing psychedelic rock and lengthy jams. “We had an opportunity to visit highly experimental places, under the influence of highly experimental chemicals, before a highly experimental audience. Haha! You know, it was ideal.” –Jerry Garcia

Famous Dates ‘66 MGM Singed The Grateful Dead to record label ‘68 first album, Anthem of the Sun, was written in three days ‘69 the Dead played at the Woodstock Festival ‘73 “Pigpen” died ‘77 The Grateful Dead Movie was filmed ‘78 and ‘80 the Dead appeared on SNL TV ’86 the Dead toured with Bob Dylan and Tom Petty ‘86 Jerry lapsed into a diabetic coma for 5 days ‘87 Touch of Grey makes Billboard Top Ten ‘91 the Dead becomes top-grossing band in the US with 79 concerts ‘94 the Dead was inducted into the Rock N’ Roll Hall of Fame

Deadheads During the early 1980s, the number of fans (Deadheads) taping shows increased, and the band created a special section for fans who wished to record the show. These tapes are still shared and circulated today “One must realize that the Grateful Dead was more than just a rock band. The band earned a place in the 1998 edition of the Guinness Book of World Records under ‘most rock concerts performed’ (182), and played to more people than any other band (an estimated twenty-five million, in audiences of up to eighty thousand for a single performance). –Robert Weiner

Discography ‘67 The Grateful Dead ‘76 Steal your Face ‘68 Anthem of the Sun ‘77 Terrapin Station ‘69 Aoxomoxoa ’77 What a long Strange Trip it’s Been ‘69 Live/Dead ‘78 Shakedown Street ‘70 Workingman’s Dead ’80 Go To Heaven ‘70 American Beauty ‘81 Reckoning ‘71 Skull and Roses ‘81 Dead Set ‘72 Europe ‘72 ‘87 In the Dark ‘73 History of the Grateful Dead, Volume One ‘89 Dylan and the Dead ‘73 wake of the Flood ‘89 Built to Last ‘74 From the Mars Hotel ‘90 Without a Net ‘75 Blues for Allah

“Touch of Grey” Released in 1987 as a single for their 12th studio album In the Dark. Music written by Garcia Vocals written by Robert Hunter Track was written after Garcia recovered from a 5 day coma It was their first and only Dead track to make it to the Billboard Top 10 First Dead track to be a music video

“Casey Jones” Track follows the exploits of a train engineer, Casey Jones, who while high on cocaine, crashes a train at high speeds. From the album Workingman’s Dead Estimated that the Dead played this track live in concert over 300 times One of their most popular tracks.

“Fire on the Mountain” Highlights the bands “jam” style. When played live the track, recorded at 3:48 minutes would often reach 20 minutes. Very experimental track Large expressive percussive section Released in 1978 on the album Shakedown Street

“Fire on the Mountain” Listening Guide 0:00-0:16- Smooth intro jam. Phil has a driving bouncy bass, Jerry and Bobby are cohesively jamming on guitar, Billy leading with solid smooth rock and roll drum beats. 0:16-0:53- Jerry comes in with soft deliberate vocals. Sings about a “long distance runner” that seems to be lost, then describes a fire that a dragon started. 0:53-1:19- The whole band lights up in the chorus with the repeated “Fire on the Mountain”. 1:19-1:56- Jerry comes through once again with the second verse. 1:56-2:20- Fire! Chorus resonates

“Fire on the Mountain” Listening Guide cont. 2:20-2:46- Jerry comes in with a very strong lead guitar solo. The solo flows and has very strong emotion tied to it. 2:46-3:23- Jerry sings the last verse, you can feel the song begin to end. 3:23-end- A repeated chorus of “Fire, Fire on the mountain!” gains power and feeling right up to the end. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAhEi7W1ib0

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