The setup was simple: A jungle of eclectic musical instruments drenched in a soft purple light, as white-haired roadies went about their quiet work in the silence before the dawn. As the doors opened ...

It’s been nearly two decades since the death of Jerry Garcia, and neither the surviving members of the Grateful Dead nor their fans have figured out how to deal with it. That’s understandable. I’m ...

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Furthur have announced that will be going on hiatus after they wrap up their four-night Paradise Waits resort festival in Mexico. The band recently posted a statement on their Facebook page that reads ...

Bob Weir’s bands have featured some ace guitarists. Gov’t Mule founder/current Allman Brother Warren Haynes provided lead licks in The Dead. Ex-Allman Brother/current Widespread Panic guitarist Jimmy ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... But I say you can keep those old ways, let Mickey and Billy stay home and harrumph while noodling endlessly on exotic gear. What Lesh and Weir have hit upon ...

Interlocken Musical Festival cofounder Peter Shapiro feels that the major American music festivals have gotten a little out of hand. “If you’ve ever been to Bonnaroo and the others, it’s almost ...

As the Grateful Dead's 50th anniversary approaches, Furthur, the band formed by the Dead's Bob Weir and Phil Lesh, have called it quits. And the news is fueling rumors that the Dead may reunite next ...

After jamming through three hours of Dead classics on the Fourth of July, Phil Lesh grabbed the mike in front of 15,000 fans in the final hour of the Nateva festival in Oxford, Maine. “We have an ...