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Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in Palo Alto, California. The band is known for its eclectic style, which fused elements of rock, blues, jazz, folk, country, bluegrass, rock and roll, gospel, reggae, and world music with psychedelia, the improvisation of their live performances, and its devoted fan base, known as "Deadheads". According to the musician and writer Lenny Kaye, the band's music "touches on ground that most other groups don't even know exists." For the range of their influences and the structure of their live performances, Grateful Dead are considered "the pioneering godfathers of the jam band world".

Grateful Dead was founded in the San Francisco Bay Area during the rise of the counterculture of the 1960s. The band's founding members were Jerry Garcia (lead guitar and vocals), Bob Weir (rhythm guitar and vocals), Ron "Pigpen" McKernan (keyboards, harmonica, and vocals), Phil Lesh (bass guitar and vocals), and Bill Kreutzmann (drums). Members of Grateful Dead, originally known as the Warlocks, had played together in various Bay Area ensembles, including the traditional jug band Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions. Lesh was the last member to join the Warlocks before they changed their name to Grateful Dead, replacing Dana Morgan Jr., who had played bass for a few gigs. Drummer Mickey Hart and non-performing lyricist Robert Hunter joined in 1967. With the exception of McKernan, who died in 1973, and Hart, who took time off from 1971 to 1974, the core of the band stayed together for its entire 30-year history. Other official members of the band included Tom Constanten (keyboards from 1968 to 1970), John Perry Barlow (non-performing lyricist from 1971 to 1995), Keith Godchaux (keyboards and occasional vocals from 1971 to 1979), Donna Godchaux (vocals from 1972 to 1979), Brent Mydland (keyboards and vocals from 1979 to 1990), and Vince Welnick (keyboards and vocals from 1990 to 1995). Bruce Hornsby (accordion, piano, vocals) was a touring member from 1990 to 1992, as well as a guest with the band on occasion before and after the tours.

After Garcia's death in 1995, former members of the band, along with other musicians, toured as The Other Ones in 1998, 2000, and 2002, and as The Dead in 2003, 2004, and 2009. In 2015, the four surviving core members marked the band's 50th anniversary in a series of concerts that were billed as their last performances together. There have also been several spin-offs featuring one or more core members, such as Dead & Company, Furthur, the Rhythm Devils, Phil Lesh and Friends, RatDog, and Billy & the Kids.

Despite having only one top-40 single in their 30-year career, "Touch of Grey", Grateful Dead remained among the highest-grossing American touring acts for decades. They gained a committed fanbase by word of mouth and through the free exchange of their live recordings, encouraged by the band's allowance of taping. In 2024, they broke the record for most top-40 albums on the Billboard 200 chart. Rolling Stone named Grateful Dead number 57 on its 2011 list of the "100 Greatest Artists of all Time". The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994 and a recording of their May 8, 1977 performance at Cornell University's Barton Hall was added to the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress in 2012.

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Discography

Album + Compilation

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
2012Born to Rock: 60 Tracks of Classic RockVarious Artists1
2012Oh What a Night: 70s ClassicsVarious Artists1
2012Classic Rock: The CollectionVarious Artists1
2012’60s Music RevolutionVarious Artists1
201270s: The CollectionVarious Artists1
2012Sunset Strip to Haight Ashbury (The California Scene in the ’60s)Various Artists1
2013Dad: The CollectionVarious Artists2
2013Cosmic CountryVarious Artists1
2013The Complete Album Collection: The 80’sBob Dylan51
2013Skydog: The Duane Allman RetrospectiveDuane Allman1
2013The Complete Album Collection, Volume 1Bob Dylan51
2014Driving Songs: The CollectionVarious Artists2
2014AOR Breaks: Original Classics As Sampled By Hip Hop's FinestVarious Artists1
2014Halloween: Music From the Dark SideVarious Artists1
2014The Very Best of Blues · The AlbumVarious Artists2
2015Greatest Ever! Classic RockVarious Artists1
2015Truckers, Kickers, Cowboy Angels – The Blissed‐Out Birth of Country Rock, Volume 3: 1970Various Artists1
2015Magic BusVarious Artists1
2015Gift Wrapped 3: A Holiday SmörgåsbordVarious Artists1
2016Hit’Z’RoadVarious Artists1
2016American ClassicsVarious Artists2
201660s: The CollectionVarious Artists2
2016Magic Bus: Summer of LoveVarious Artists1
2016Hit z Road, Volume 2Various Artists1
2016Greetings Desert TrippersVarious Artists1
2017Rock Classics: The Ultimate Rock AnthemsVarious Artists1
2017Driving USAVarious Artists1
2017Too Slow to Disco 3Various Artists1
2017Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our LivesVarious Artists1
2017100 Greatest RockVarious Artists2
2017Acoustic 70sVarious Artists1
2018Geno: 1980 RockVarious Artists1
2018The Greatest Sixties AlbumVarious Artists1
201880’s Rock Beyond the HitsVarious Artists1
2018RockVarious Artists1
2018Yacht Rock 100Various Artists2
2018A Horse With No Name: Best Folk Rock EverVarious Artists1
2018La Grange: 70s Rock ClassicsVarious Artists1
2018Yesterday’s Rock HitsVarious Artists1
2019100 Greatest Classic Rock SongsVarious Artists1
2019West Coast Sound California Georges LangVarious Artists1
2019Easy Riders: RockVarious Artists1
2019100 Greatest American Songs: The Greatest Tracks From the USAVarious Artists1
2019Hippies 60’s & 70’s ClassicsVarious Artists1
2019Holding Things Together: The Merle Haggard SongbookVarious Artists1
2020The 70sVarious Artists1
2020Freeway ClassicsVarious Artists1
2020Folk Rock MavericksVarious Artists1
2020High FidelityVarious Artists1
202070’s Rock AnthemsVarious Artists1
2020Classic Rock 70’sVarious Artists1
2020Rock HeroesVarious Artists1
2020Rock LegendsVarious Artists1
2020Road Trip HitsVarious Artists1
202070’s Rock BandsVarious Artists1
2020100 Rock ClassicsVarious Artists1
2020Suicide Blonde: Rock ClassicsVarious Artists1
2020The Most Essential Classic Rock EverMulti‐interprètes1
2020100 Greatest Rock AnthemsVarious Artists1
2021Vintage AcousticVarious Artists1
2021Murder BalladsVarious Artists1
2021This is the 80'sVarious Artists1
2023Sounds of the 70’sVarious Artists1
2023March of the Flower Children: The American Sounds of 1967Various Artists2
2023Bobby Gillespie Presents I Still Can't Believe You're GoneVarious Artists1
100 Rock HitsVarious Artists1
21 Great Songs by 21 Great ArtistsVarious Artists1
Casey Kasem Presents America’s Top Ten: The 80s – 1980s, Rock’s Greatest HitsVarious Artists1
Delco Electronics Music System SamplerVarious Artists1
Hippie Music from the 60s GenerationVarious Artists1
Rockin’ Down the HighwayVarious Artists1
Rock HitsVarious Artists1
Sunshine Sounds Inspired by the West CoastVarious Artists1
The Best of Woodstock and Flower PowerVarious Artists1
Take It EasyVarious Artists1
The Old Grey Whistle Test: AmericaVarious Artists1
Top Groups of the Sixties, Vol. 2Various Artists1
Woodstock GenerationVarious Artists1

Album + Compilation + Live

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1999Saturday Night Live: 25 Years of Musical Performances, Volume 1Various Artists2
2008ONXRT: Live From the Archives 11Various Artists1
2008The Story of Beat‐Club, Volume 3: 1970–1972Various Artists2
2017Iconic Performances From the Monterey International Pop FestivalVarious Artists2
2018Red Rocks LiveVarious Artists2
2019Woodstock - Back To The Garden - 50th Anniversary ExperienceVarious Artists4
2019Woodstock – Back to the Garden: The Definitive 50th Anniversary ArchiveVarious Artists2
2019Woodstock: Back to the Garden - 50th Anniversary CollectionVarious Artists1

Album + Soundtrack

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1970Zabriskie PointVarious Artists413
1989Rude Awakening: Original Motion Picture SoundtrackVarious Artists1
1997Great Expectations: The AlbumVarious Artists6
1999A Walk on the MoonVarious Artists1
2003Masked and AnonymousVarious Artists4
2004The DreamersVarious Artists2
2009Taking WoodstockVarious Artists1
2016Club der roten Bänder – Staffel 1Various Artists1
TakenVarious Artists1

Album + Live

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1972Fillmore: The Last DaysVarious Artists3
1991Glastonbury Fayre Festival (1991)Various Artists1
1991Monterey Pop Festival 1967Various Artists1
200025 Years of #1 Hits: Arista Records 25th Anniversary CelebrationVarious Artists1
2005Garcia Plays DylanJerry Garcia3

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