The Impossible Job: Replacing Jerry Garcia at Fare Thee Well
In 2015, Trey Anastasio had to play Jerry Garcia’s parts for the Grateful Dead’s 50th anniversary shows. He’d been preparing for thirty years without knowing it.
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December 15, 1986: The Most Important Show in Grateful Dead History
On December 15, 1986, the Grateful Dead played a comeback show at the Oakland Coliseum that saved Jerry Garcia’s career and redefined the band’s future.
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The Night the Grateful Dead Played with the Sufi Choir — A Lost 1971 Performance
In March 1971, the Grateful Dead played a benefit at Winterland with robed Sufi chanters circling a bonfire inside a wooden building. The tape was lost for fifty years.
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Grateful Dead vs. Allman Brothers: What Really Happened at Fillmore East
The Grateful Dead and the Allman Brothers shared stages, shared influences, and quietly resented each other. The Fillmore East shows tell the real story.
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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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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.
