Grateful Dead

Mysterium Tremendum, the latest release from the Mickey Hart Band, has the former Grateful Dead drummer digging yet deeper into his ever-expanding knowledge and love of sound for another fine record. Hart’s merry band of musicians plays along to sound waves transformed from electromagnetic radiation given off by the sun, planets, stars and galaxies.

“It’s like déjà vu all over again.” – Yogi Berra

It was all Scarlet Begonias, a touch of the blues, and a whole lot of funk and soul last night at the Boulder Theater. The Motet was back in town for an encore performance of their "Funk is Dead Show." They were in Boulder for the Halloween show last October and it just wasn't enough to last us another full year.

Z2 Entertainment is proud to present An Evening with (the music of) Dylan and The Dead featuring the Zimmermans & Dead/Phish Orchestra at the Fox Theatre on Friday, May 25th.  Tickets will go on sale to the public on Friday, April 20th for $10.00 in advance and $12.00 day of

There's only one day left until the Dead Head event of the year! Don't miss the chance to join friends and fans at the second annual Grateful Dead Meet-Up At The Movies, this Thursday, April 19th at 7:00PM (local time). The Dead will be creening the unreleased iconic concert captured at Alpine Valley Music Theatre on July 18, 1989 in its entirety - that's two and a half hours of classic Dead - as well as clips from the Dead Covers Project, a Dave's Picks Volume 2 slideshow and much, much more.Limited seats are available.

Real Gone Music enters its first Spring with a potpourri of reissues that are definitely not garden variety, with releases ranging from hardcore punk to power pop to Motor City rock ’n’ roll, doo-wop and Summer of Love fixtures the Grateful Dead, all due in late May.

Furthur has announced a 3 night run in late September at Red Rocks Amphitheater, in Morrison, Colorado.  Friday night, September 21st, will kick off Furthur's fall tour. Furthur will then head out to the great Northwest for a show in Seattle on September 25th, before heading south for another 3 night run in Troutdale, Oregon, beginning Thursday, September 27th.

Last week we announced that 15 tracks from the December 3, 2011 Rex Benefit Run for the Roses are now available for download and CD purchase.  We hope you enjoy having this extension of the unique musical occasion that took place at The Fillmore

The May release of Dave’s Picks, Volume 2 is just around the corner. The thousands of you who bought the full-year Dave’s Picks subscription have nothing to worry about. Your CDs (and the bonus disc that comes with this one for subscribers) will be winging their way to you shortly.

It’s so interesting to ponder how the Grateful Dead, despite being self-described poster children for avoiding politics and activism and concentrating on music, really aren’t that. From the beginning all members of the Dead were rooted in San Francisco’s scene and are an iconic representation of so many different facets of a humanitarian persuasion.

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