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“The guys are everything we know and love… minus tissue”

(The following is adapted from my forthcoming book, “Touch of Grey,” or How the Grateful Dead Became Pop Stars.)

Throughout the winter of 1987, the Grateful Dead recorded numerous musical performances as part of sessions dedicated to produ...

2 months ago
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Mining the Vault in the mid-1970s: Plans for "Ground Records"

The following is adapted from a longer discussion that appears in Live Dead (see pages 78-81).

From 1973 until 1976, the Grateful Dead operated their own business corporation, the Grateful Dead Record Company. Managed by president Ron Rako...

3 months ago

Dick Picks Dick’s Picks, Volume One (1992-1993)

In November 1993, Dick Latvala, a longtime member of the Grateful Dead’s business organization, was featured on an episode of the Grateful Dead Hour, the popular syndicated radio show produced and hosted by David Gans. A dedicated fan and a...

4 months ago
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The “Grateful Dead 20th Anniversary Video” and the Early History of So Far (1984-1986)

The history of the long form video So Far offers a unique glimpse into the creative and corporate mindset of the Grateful Dead and the Grateful Dead organization in the middle of the 1980s. Throughout much of this period, while the band reg...

5 months ago
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The Roots of Relix

(The following is adapted from my discussion of Dead Relics/Dead Relix in Live Dead, pages 75-78.)

For over fifty years, Relix magazine has played an influential role in promoting and documenting an eclectic roster of musical improvisers a...

6 months ago
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