Jerry Garcia News

Our own Jen Graves has been awarded a grant from the Arts Writers Grant Program , brought to you by Creative Capitol and the Warhol Foundation , to write this amazing-sounding piece: Just as early entrepreneurs sliced up and regraded the land of Seattle, a group of artists are re-working conventional Seattle attitudes toward the land .

Helmer United Methodist Church welcomes Christian Singer/Entertainer, Jerry Garcia, on Sunday, Nov.

When Jerry Garcia, Jonathan Garcia, Jeffrey Cruz, Aneudy Hernandez and Diego Capellan from the singing group Bachata Heightz walked into the auditorium at the William C. McGinnis Middle School, the screams were so loud it was reminiscent of the Beatles arrival.

Gathering of the Vibes began in 1996 as Deadhead Heaven-A Gathering of The Tribe as a way to bring together fans the summer following the passing of Jerry Garcia.

'Vibes' will return to Bridgeport BRIDGEPORT By A.J. O'CONNELL Hour Staff Writer The Gathering of the Vibes will be back at Bridgeport's Seaside Park this summer, according to the event's organizers, who announced the music festival's return at Thursday's Dark Star Orchestra show at Bridgeport's Klein Auditorium.

Trey Anastasio fronts two Phish concerts this weekend at U.S. Bank Arena. A '90s bumper sticker summarized the stereotype of Phish fans: "Jerry's dead, Phish sucks, get a job." "Jerry" would be late guitarist Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead, the Baby Boomer jam band to which Phish frequently is compared, often with a caricature of Phish fans as ...

With Gov't Mule, you know what you're gonna get. Massive riffs, infectious grooves, and a ton of swagger accompany every Mule release, and By A Thread, the band's latest album released October 27 on Evil Teen Records, does not deviate from that trend.

Jim Post is Mark Twain in Mark Twain and the Laughing River, which plays through the weekend.

In Florida, Palm Beach County Commissioner Burt Aaronson's generation is known for golf course communities, early-bird specials and impossibly strict homeowners association rules.

Joan Osborne has played some truly uplifting shows in Buffalo over the past several years, including her summer appearance at the Erie Basin Marina and last year's Thursday at the Square gig.

If you were there in '77 at the Barton Hall show at Cornell when Jerry Garcia absolutely tore up 'St. Stephen', well, that wouldn't hurt.

Stop me if you've memorized the lyrics to "Moonshiner's Dance Part One," "The Spanish Merchant's Daughter" and "Mississippi Boweavil Blues." Originally released in 1952, Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music contains dozens of songs, most of which you've probably never heard.

Michael Ballard is too young to remember the Mission Mountain Wood Band's heyday in the 1970s, when five buddies from the University of Montana became the biggest band to ever emerge from the state.

The last day of Voodoo has started out beautiful, brisk and clear. Praise to the loa or whichever trickster gods have been watching over this festival - whose weather mojo Friday and saturday has probably given me a cold - they've decided to let the weekend end on a lovely, sunshiny, and hopefully non-wet note.

Because of what I do for work, I have an understandable interest in newspaper headlines .

IF THE late Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead were alive today to witness the nation's health care reform debate, he'd probably say something like this: 'What a long, strange trip it's been, man.' Wild-eyed, foaming-at-the-mouth citizens shouting down trembling congressmen at town hall meetings, erstwhile vice-presidential hopeful Sarah Palin ...

In a time of heavy drug use, free love and glorious rock bands, the Grateful Dead emerged as leaders of the hippie movement, both culturally and musically.

In the first few moments of Friday morning, J J Grey was in the middle of a lean, casually nimble guitar solo, sounding a bit like a young Jerry Garcia .

METALLICA Fan's Parents Continue Clinging To Hope As They Search For Their Missing Daughter - Oct.

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