Other Dead-adjacent bands include bassist Phil Lesh’s Phil Lesh & Friends, Joe Russo’s Almost Dead, known to Deadheads as J-RAD, and the Dark Star Orchestra, which started performing in 1997 and is scheduled to play a drive-in show at the Citizens Bank Park parking lot in Philadelphia on Sept. Chief among them: Dead & Company, featuring John Mayer on guitar alongside original Dead members Bob Weir (guitar), Bill Kreutzmann (drums) and Mickey Hart (also drums), as well as Oteil Burbridge (bass) and Jeff Chimenti (keyboards), which was formed in 2015 and brought awareness of the Dead to a younger generation while providing their parents - or grandparents in some instances - with a return to the music of their own youth.
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But the music never stopped, and in the decades since, Garcia’s legend has grown - and so has the business of the Dead, which has become a premier brand to partners in apparel (James Perse) and footwear (in July, a Grateful Dead Nike sneaker series sold out instantly, with shoes now going for thousands on eBay), furniture and decor, accessories and even beauty products (vegan Grateful Dead deodorant, anyone?).īut perhaps the best gauge of the Dead’s post-Jerry boom is the number of Dead-inspired bands that continue to tour (in the non-COVID era). 9, founding member and idolized frontman Jerry Garcia was dead of a heart attack. Grab your tickets today by hitting this site's "Get Tickets" link.It’s been 25 years since the Grateful Dead played their last show at Chicago’s Soldier Field on July 9, 1995. On July 7, the iconic outdoor venue will be filled with swarming fans who will definitely make this final trek of the all-star a memorable one. One of these venues is Washington State's The Gorge Amphitheatre.
Dubbed "The Final Tour," the summer excursion is slated to be the band's last tour, which has now been mapped in select venues all over the country. This Summer of 2023, the sextet band will be holding another tour across North America. The New York Times called it a "tremendous success," and Billboard said the performances were "magical." So, what was at first conceived as a one-off tour has become an annual tradition for countless followers throughout the globe. And the rave reviews from both fans and critics who watched their sold-out concerts over the years will back that up. Isn't that a dream come true for every rock and jam band fan? Well, The Dead & Company has proven to be the best spin-off of the iconic Grateful Dead band since its debut in 2015.
The founding of Dead & Company came as a pleasant surprise to many Dead Heads and is arguably one of the best musical collaborations to have happened in recent years. Fans of the Grateful Dead who can't get enough of the band's heritage and iconic live shows will enjoy the reunion of Bob Weir, Bill Kreutzmann, and Mickey Hart with Jeff Chimenti, John Mayer, and Oteil Burbridge.
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