Today, as we mark March 9th, 2024, Grateful Web tunes into the cosmic vibrations to honor the birthday of Ornette Coleman, the revolutionary saxophonist who reshaped the horizon of jazz with the audacity of a true pioneer. On this day, we celebrate a musician whose journey through sound was a relentless quest for freedom, breaking the chains of convention to gift the world the boundless landscape of free jazz.

Tumbledown Shack is a five-piece band that has been recreating the magic of the Grateful Dead's music since 2019. Paying tribute to one of the most inspirational bands on the planet and covering one of the largest catalogs of music ever assembled is an arduous and ambitious task. Right off the top, many thanks to this band and many other bands around the world that focus on the preservation and presentation of the timeless music of the Good Ol' Grateful Dead.

On November 10th, 1999, I attended my first ever Phil Lesh & Friends show at the New Haven Coliseum. The venue, affectionately known as 'the old barn,' was just off I-95 in lovely downtown New Haven, Connecticut. It also hosted my second Grateful Dead concert back in May 1978. The New Haven Coliseum did not age well and it was gone shortly after that show in 1999. A young lad, the 20-year-old Derek Trucks, was called in as an emergency fill-in guitarist, hired on the fly.

The Owsley Stanley Foundation is thrilled to announce the release of a landmark live recording, Bear’s Sonic Journals: Sing Out!, Live at the Berkeley Community Theater, 4/25/1981, set to hit shelves and digital platforms on February 23, 2024. This exceptional collection showcases a unique assembly of Bay Area folk legends, encapsulating a night of acoustic marvels that has been described as a "mini-Woodstock."

Mr. Hat Presents an evening with Jazz Mafia's Grateful Brass featuring Erin Honeywell, with very special guests Jefferson Bergey from The Freestone Peaches and Jules Leyhe, at the Ivy Room, East Bay, this coming Friday, April 19th. This event promises to be a magnificent celebration of the music of the Grateful Dead, reimagined with a vibrant brass twist.

This March 23rd, reminisce and celebrate a pivotal moment in music history at the JaM Cellars Ballroom in Napa, come join and commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Grateful Dead's iconic 3/23/74 Cow Palace show.

The Grateful Dead performed at more benefits than they can count, to the point where they (amazingly!) got organized and created the Rex Foundation 40 years ago in 1984. Each year thereafter they would play shows for Rex, rendering unto the common good – small nonprofits that benefited society in the realms of the environment, arts, Native American issues, and education. This year they will celebrate grants that now total over ten million dollars given to over 1,400 grantees, a proud benchmark.

Get ready to experience the magic of Jerry Garcia at Fenway Park this summer! The Boston Red Sox are thrilled to announce the return of Jerry Day, set to take place on Tuesday, July 30th, at America's Most Beloved Ballpark. This special night is dedicated to celebrating the legendary Jerry Garcia, an event that promises to blend the worlds of music and baseball in an unforgettable summer evening.

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The Garcia Project, acclaimed for their faithful recreations of classic Jerry Garcia Band shows, is thrilled to announce their much-anticipated Pacific Northwest Tour in March 2024. Fans of the legendary Jerry Garcia will have the opportunity to relive the magic of his performances across a series of dates in California, Oregon, Washington, and Utah.

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Today, the Grateful Dead have broken the record for most Billboard Top 40 albums of all time, by any act in history. Further cementing the legendary band as one of the world's most treasured musical and social phenomena, Dave's Picks Vol.