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Nick Veronin on May 29, 2019
Unlike the many thousands of Gen X-ers who were indoctrinated into the cult of Jerry by their blissed-out parents, John Mayer stumbled upon The Grateful Dead late in life. The story goes like this: In 2011, Mayer came across the Dead on Spotify. It changed his life, man… Several years later, in…
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Bob Weir, Mickey Hart, and Bill Kreutzmann—along with John Mayer, Oteil Burbridge, and Jeff Chimenti—rolled through their old Grateful Dead stomping grounds, Shoreline Amphitheatre (which Bill Graham allegedly designed to resemble the band’s iconic “Steal Your Face” logo from above. Naturally, Deadheads young and old turned up in force, many without tickets…
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Many Bay Area Grateful Dead fans knew it wouldn’t be a proper farewell without at least one Bay Area performance, and now the band is delivering with two scheduled “Fare Thee Well” concerts at Levi’s Stadium this June.
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Jamie Soja on November 10, 2014
Deadheads, scholars, and Deadhead scholars convened at San Jose State University’s King Library over the weekend for So Many Roads: The World in The Grateful Dead, a symposium to wrap up a four-day conference on the seminal jam band. Memorabilia, including posters, handbills, paintings, T-shirts and other items were displayed and on sale at the symposium,…
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Tad Malone on September 13, 2012
“I got into music quite early,” says Lila Downs, the Grammy-winning singer/actress whose music blends traditional Mexican folk music, jazz, rock and soul—and who is one of the headliners for this year’s VivaFest! at HP Pavilion on September 16.
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