THE GRATEFUL DEAD
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The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in the San Francisco Bay Area. The band was known for its unique and eclectic style, which fused elements of rock, folk, bluegrass, blues, reggae, country, improvisational jazz, psychedelia, and space rock, and for live performances of long musical improvisation. These various influences were distilled into a diverse and psychedelic whole that made the Grateful Dead "the pioneering Godfathers of the jam band world. They currently hold the record for the most people ever performed to throughout a career. The fans of the Grateful Dead, some of whom followed the band from concert to concert for years, are known as "Deadheads" and are known for their dedication to the band's music. Lead guitarist Jerry Garcia was often seen both by the public and the media as the leader or primary spokesperson for the Grateful Dead. One of the group's earliest major performances in 1967 was the Mantra-Rock Dancea musical event held on January 29, 1967 at the Avalon Ballroom by the San Francisco Hare Krishna temple. The Grateful Dead performed at the event along with the Hare Krishna founder Bhaktivedanta Swami, poet Allen Ginsberg, bands Moby Grape and Big Brother and the Holding Company with Janis Joplin. On January 31, 1970, the local police raided their hotel on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter, and arrested and charged a total of 19 people with possession of various drugs. This event was later memorialized in the lyrics of the song "Truckin'". The Grateful Dead formed during the era when bands such as The Beatles, The Beach Boys and The Rolling Stones were dominating the airwaves. For comparison purposes, their first LP (The Grateful Dead, 1967), was released in the same year that Pink Floyd released The Piper at the Gates of Dawn and The Beatles released Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Former folk-scene star Bob Dylan had recently put out a couple of records featuring electric instrumentation but it was during a concert by touring with the New York City band The Lovin' Spoonful that they decided to "go electric" and look for a dirtier sound. The Grateful Dead's early music was part of the process of establishing what "psychedelic music" was, but theirs was essentially a "street party" form of it. After the Dead relocated to the Haight-Ashbury section of San Francisco, their "street party" form developed out of the many psychedelic dances, open-air park events, and closed-street Haight-Ashbury block parties at which they played. Their live shows, fed by their improvisational approach to music, made the Grateful Dead different from most other touring bands. The Grateful Dead have constantly toured throughout their career, playing more than 2300 concerts. Following Garcia's death in August 1995, the remaining members formally decided to disband. Since that time however, there have been a number of reunions by the surviving members involving various combinations of musicians.
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PROMO
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United Artists UA 36030
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Warner Bros. BR-1781
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