Truckin’: How a New Orleans Drug Bust Became the Grateful Dead’s National Anthem
“Truckin'” was born from a real drug bust in New Orleans, became the Dead’s only charting single, and was declared a national treasure by the Library of Congress.
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Watkins Glen 1973: The Festival That Made Woodstock Look Small
Six hundred thousand people showed up to Watkins Glen in 1973 for the Dead, the Allman Brothers, and the Band — and almost nobody remembers it.
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Box of Rain: The Inside Story of the Grateful Dead’s Last Words Together
“Box of Rain” was the first song Phil Lesh ever sang — written while his father was dying. It became the last song the Grateful Dead ever played.
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How Europe ’72 Rescued the Grateful Dead and Created the Greatest “Live” Album Ever Made
Europe ’72 wasn’t just a live album — it was a financial rescue mission, a creative peak, and the most elaborate overdub job in Dead history.
