Glenn Frey

1995 Solo Collection (compilation). The band allowed sharing of tapes of their shows, as long as no profits were made on the sale of their show tapes. 1993 Glenn Frey Live. For many years, almost all of their shows would have dedicated taping sections. 1992 Strange Weather. In contrast to many other bands, the Grateful Dead encouraged their fans to tape their shows. 1988 Soul Searchin' #36 US. Many of their fans, commonly referred to as Dead Heads, would follow the band on tour.

1984 The Allnighter #22 US, #31 UK. A hallmark of their concert sets were continuous sets of music where each song would blend into the next (a segue). Musically this may be illustrated in that the band not only improvised within the form of a song, yet also improvised with the forms. 1982 No Fun Aloud #32 US. The band was famous for their extended jams, which showcased both individual improvisation as well as a singularly unique "group-mind" improvisation where each of the band members improvised individually, while still blending spaghetti together as a cohesive musical unit, often engaging in extended improvisational flights of fancy. Their numerous studio albums were generally collections of new songs that had been initially played in concert. With the exception of 1975, the Grateful Dead toured regularly around the USA from the winter of 1965 until July 9, 1995—with a few detours to Canada and Europe (see the albums Dick's Picks 7, Hundred Year Hall, Steppin' Out with the Grateful Dead, and Europe '72) and 3 nights at the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt in 1978.

Touring was the hallmark of the Grateful Dead. Robert Hunter and John Perry Barlow were the band's lyricists. For a year and a half, Welnick was often joined by special guest Bruce Hornsby on piano. Almost immediately, former Tubes keyboardist Vince Welnick joined on keyboards and vocals.

He became the third Dead keyboardist to die. Brent Mydland was the keyboardist for the Dead for 11 years until his death in 1990. Keith Godchaux died in a car accident in 1980. In early 1972, Keith's wife, Donna Jean Godchaux, joined the Dead as a backing vocalist. Keith and Donna were fired from the band in 1979, and Brent Mydland joined as keyboardist and vocalist.

Two years later in late 1971, Pigpen was joined by another keyboardist, Keith Godchaux, who played grand piano alongside Pigpen's Hammond B3 organ. Tom "TC" Constanten played keyboards alongside Pigpen from 1968 to 1970. Hart rejoined the Dead for good in 1974. Hart quit the Grateful Dead in 1971, embarassed by the actions of his father, Dead money manager Lenny Hart (for whom the song "He's Gone" is penned), leaving Kruetzmann once again as the sole drummer.

Bill Kruetzmann played drums, and in September 1967 was joined by a second drummer, New York native Mickey "Cow-Bell" Hart, who also played a wide variety of other percussion instruments. All of the previously mentioned members shared vocal duties. Bob Weir (usually referred to as "Bobby"), the youngest member of the group, played rhythm guitar. Bluesman Ron "Pigpen" McKernan played keyboards, harmonica and was an inspirational vocalist until his death in 1973. Bandleader Jerry Garcia played lead guitar and classically trained musician Phil Lesh played bass guitar.

These records featured the band's laid-back acoustic musicianship and more traditional song structures. The 1969 live album Live/Dead did capture more of their essence, but commercial success did not come until American Beauty and Workingman's Dead, both released in 1970. The early records reflected their live repertoire—lengthy instrumental jams with guitar solos by Garcia, best exemplified by "Dark Star"—but lacked the energy of the shows and did not sell terribly well. These various influences were distilled into a unique new music that was a synthesis of all American folk music forms to-date; it paid homage to previous forms, and also reflected a sense of adventure and a continuous quest for the "musical unknown"; more often than not, exploration and a search for continual newness were the hallmarks of their live performances.

Their musical influences varied widely with input from the psychedelic music of the era, combined with rhythm and blues, jazz, and country. These events are covered in detail in Tom Wolfe's The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test. Playing originally as The Warlocks, and later "Grateful Dead" (a name chosen at random from the dictionary by Jerry Garcia), they became the de facto resident band of Ken Kesey's Merry Pranksters, with the early sound heavily influenced by Kesey's LSD-soaked Acid Tests as well as Rhythm and Blues . The band's numerous fans, called Dead Heads, were renowned for their dedication to the band's music; many followed the Dead from concert to concert for years.

The Grateful Dead was known for its unique and eclectic songwriting style, which fused elements of rock, folk music, bluegrass, blues, country, jazz, and for long modal jams. The Grateful Dead was an American rock band, which was formed in 1965 in San Francisco from the remnants of another band, Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions. Vince Welnick - vocals, keyboards (1990 - 1995). Brent Mydland - vocals, keyboards (1979 - 1990).

Donna Jean Godchaux - vocals (1972 - 1979). Keith Godchaux - keyboards (1971 - 1979). Tom Constanten - keyboards (1968 - 1970). Mickey Hart - drums (1967 - 1971, 1975 - 1995).

Ron "Pigpen" McKernan - keyboards, vocals, harmonica, percussion (1965 - 1973). Bill Kreutzmann - drums (1965 - 1995). Phil Lesh - bass, vocals (1965 - 1995). Bob Weir - guitar vocals (1965 - 1995).

Jerry Garcia - guitar, vocals (1965 - 1995).