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Deep Dark Woods dig out the roots

For a while it seemed that if a band gained comparisons to the Grateful Dead, it was an outrage.

Published: 2008-10-18 Provider: Canoe

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Ready Massive “Live Anthology”

Photo: Jennings/WireImage On November 24th, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers will release their career-spanning The Live Anthology, a four-disc set that features some of the Rock and Roll Hall of Famers’ best onstage performances from 1978 to 2007. Anthology will feature no overdubs and a 48-song track list selected by Petty, Mike Campbell and Ryan Ulyate. In addition to the band’s own hits, The Live Anthology also finds the Heartbreakers covering the Grateful Dead’s “Friend of the Devil,” the Zomb

Published: 2009-09-25 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News

THIS BAND IS UPPER MGMT

BROOKLYN band MGMT isn't the Grateful Dead or Jefferson Airplane, and Brooklyn isn't Haight-Ashbury circa 1967. But if you didn't get an inkling of that vibe at their gig at the Prospect Park Bandshell Wednesday, you weren't paying attention. The...

Published: 2009-07-03 Provider: New York Post Keywords: music news, new music, music charts, new music releases, record labels, latest music, music reviews

Jerry Garcia Reflects on the Grateful Dead in 1984 Interview

Photo: Corio/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Dennis Elsas, the legendary WNEW-FM deejay and current jock for New York’s WFUV, has interviewed legions of musicians from John Lennon to Elton John. Now, Elsas is combing through some of his own personal archives and releasing them to the public on his Website. The most recent addition is a 1984 interview with Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead on the eve of the band’s 20th anniversary, and has not been seen since it originally aired on PM Magazine (warn

Published: 2009-05-13 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News

Surviving members of Grateful Dead rock for Obama

Tie-dyed T-shirts and political slogans made for a heady mixture as the four surviving members of the rock band Grateful Dead ...

Published: 2008-10-14 Provider: USA Today

Grateful Dead to Play Another Show for Barack Obama

It’s official. Sources tell Rock Daily that the Grateful Dead will play a fundraiser for Barack Obama on October 13 at Penn State. The band, including Bob Weir, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh and Mickey Hart, are planning to rehearse next week to prep for the show in one of the more hotly contested presidential swing states with Warren Haynes on lead guitar. Phil Lesh’s son, an Obama volunteer, lined up the gig. “They are all totally committed to the show,” said a friend of Jerry Garcia.

Published: 2008-09-05 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News

Weekend Rock List: Best Live Albums

Okay, send us your suggestions for the best live albums ever officially released — that means your dusty bootleg cassettes don’t count, Deadheads and Phish phans. Post your picks, and on Monday, we’ll reveal our comprehensive list. Here are five of our favorites: Talking Heads - The Name of This Band Is … The Allman Brothers - At Fillmore East The Grateful Dead - Europe ‘72 Kiss - Alive James Brown - Live at the Apollo

Published: 2007-11-24 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock Lists

Panic's here, so get your hippie on

Music & nightlifeR. E. M. isn't the only rock band from Athens, Ga., that's been around more than 20 years and can still sell out every show it plays...

Published: 2007-10-05 Provider: Seattle Times

Talking With The Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir

For our fortieth anniversary, the editors of Rolling Stone have interviewed twenty artists and leaders who helped shape our time. Over the next four weeks, every day, we’ll be debuting exclusive audio clips from the Q&As, giving you unparalleled access to some of the most important personalities in history. Today we present the Grateful Dead guitarist and Haight-Ashbury homeowner Bob Weir. Besides being a key member of the greatest nomadic band ever, Weir and Co. forever changed how l

Published: 2007-05-05 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Audio Interviews, 40th Anniversary

Readers’ Rock List: Bird Songs

Photo: Michael Ochs Archive/Getty In memory of Lynyrd Skynyrd keyboardist Billy Powell, the musician responsible for the famous introduction to the band’s “Free Bird” (and to honor last night’s great effort by the Arizona Cardinals in the Super Bowl), this weekend’s Rock List was dedicated to Bird Songs. It was a heated battle between two former Super Bowl Halftime Show performers, but in the end Paul McCartney and the Beatles’ White Album classic “Blackbird” edged out Prince and his Purple Rain gem “When Doves Cry” for the prize. To see where Alice in Chains, the Misfits and Wilco all nested, check out our Readers’ Rock List: Bird Songs below: 1. The Beatles – “Blackbird” 2. Prince – “When Doves Cry” 3. Alice In Chains – “Rooster” 4. The Beatles – “Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)” 5. Bob Marley – “Three Little Bird” 6. The Trashmen – “Surfin’ Bird” 7. The Beatles – “And Your Bird Can Sing” 8. The Grateful Dead – “Bird Song” 9. Steve Miller Band – “Fly Like An Eagle” 10. Phish – “Birds of a Feather” 11. The Misfits – “Where Eagles Dare” 12. Nelly Furtado – “Like A Bird” 13. Fleetwood Mac – “Songbird” 14. Lynyrd Skynyrd – “Free Bird” 15. Wilco – “Hummingbird”

Published: 2009-02-02 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock Lists

Weekend Rock List: Jam Bands

Photo: Slevert/Michael Ochs Archive/ Getty For jam band fans, the past seven days were probably the best week since Phish played that Lemonwheel festival back in 1998: Trey Anastasio and gang, the Dead and the Allman Brothers all announced plans to tour in ‘09. To honor all of the proprietors of 30-minute songs, this week’s rock list is dedicated Jam Bands, those wonderful artists that give us a reason to quit our jobs, stop showering and caravan around in worship. If they jam, they count (thus, Sonic Youth qualifies — we’ll expect to see plenty of Disco Biscuits and moe. in the votes, too) So tell us your picks, and on Monday we’ll bust out Europe ‘72 while we count the votes. Until then, good luck in the Phish ticket lottery and check out our picks: • The Grateful Dead • The Allman Brothers • Phish • Sonic Youth • My Morning Jacket

Published: 2009-01-09 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News

Still Truckin’: Behind the Grateful Dead Reunion for Obama

Photo: Weiner/Retna When the Grateful Dead took the stage a few weeks ago to play a benefit concert for Barack Obama at Penn State University, it was more than just a political event — it was the end of four years of tension. “It spawned all kinds of petty disagreements,” says Mickey Hart, speaking of the troublesom 2004 reunion tour. Click below for more on the latest reunion, the band’s current take on bootleggers and what the future may hold for the legendary group. • Still Truckin’: The Dead Reunite in Pennsylvania Related Stories: • The Dead Reunite For Obama at Scorching Penn State Gig • The Dead Rock the Pyramids • Fortieth Anniversary: How the Grateful Dead Came to Life

Published: 2008-10-30 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News