Jerry Garcia News

Rosebud is the new name of Food 101 in Morningside. Executive chef Ron Eyester bought out the co-owners recently and rechristened the restaurant.

1971 - Three Dog Night released "Liar.' 1975 - Cher filed for divorce from Greg Allman a mere ten days after getting married.

1972 - Paul McCartney appeared on stage for the first time since 1966 when Wings opened at Chateauvillon in the south of France.

I have seen the Jewish future - it's loud, and hypnotic, and it reeks of pot. Last week, for two nights, I became a groupie.

The last time I remember millions of people saddened by the passing of a musical figure was when Jerry Garcia died.

I was fortunate enough to see the original Grateful Dead on their last tour in Detroit.

Michael Jackson had a great sense of rhythm, but he had a lousy sense of timing.

The Lost Fingers, who've been stirring the music scene in the great White North for the last couple of years by selling heaps of records and snagging Juno Awards , are preparing a US invasion with the release of "Lost In the '80s." The record is due here Sept.

In 1973, psychedelic/folk/singer/songwriter Jack Traylor recorded and wrote with Grace Slick, and David Freiberg from Jefferson Airplane and Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead on the album, "Baron von Tollbooth & the Chrome Nun." Now on tour 30 plus years later, Traylor stops at the Rhythm Room to perform songs from his 1973 release, "Child of ...

One of the more distinct observations I heard when Jerry Garcia died in 1995 was that the burden of being Jerry Garcia must have become too much.

The Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk's Free Friday Night Bands on the Beach series continues with Gregg Rolie, the original lead singer for Santana and co-founder of Journey.

Joe Howell Special to the Star I won't speak ill of the Dead. Even though I drove all the way to Buffalo and back to see them.

Here's another little quiz to occupy your summer leisure time. The answers are below.

The peasant blouse, or tunic, was one of the staples of the Woodstock generation a ' now it's back on racks in stores such as Banana Republic, H&M and Wal-Mart. Somewhere in hippie heaven Jerry Garcia is chuckling into his beard.

Baby Boomers may find it hard to believe that four decades have passed since Woodstock transformed a dairy farm in Bethel, N.Y., into the epicenter of hippie culture.

Under a full moon and before a full house at the Susquehanna Bank Center on Sunday night, Phish did what jam bands ultimately do: they jammed.

It might be hard to imagine in any other art form, but Ornette Coleman has been the most controversial figure in jazz for 50 years.

A PLUG FOR UNPLUGGED:Our favorite thing in all of Long Beach musicdom was the Banjo, Fiddle & Guitar festivals that replaced the old-town country fair that was the '49er Days at Cal State Long Beach.

June has always been my favorite month. It greeted me when I dropped into this world in Beautiful Downtown Burbank .

Is it possible that "jam bands" are back in fashion? Phish , which broke up in 2004, has reunited and is currently on tour.