Jerry Garcia News

Warren Haynes has long had a strong connection to The Grateful Dead , having performed with the band's surviving members when they reunited as The Dead and toured and recorded with founding Dead bassist Phil Lesh 's side project Phil Lesh & Friends .

Blatant plug: I Was There Man is a new project from Walter "2" Costinak, who has provided this site with so much artwork and design help over the years, I couldn't repay him with a million such mentions.

The summer season at the Mann Center is under way, and there are classical concerts celebrating everything from Disney, the Grateful Dead to the greatest moments in Philadelphia sports history.

Even if you didn't know that Denver has become America's undisputed stoner capital, there are clues.

Wolf Trap Presents Steve Martin & The Steep Canyon Rangers Featuring Edie Brickell; Counting Crows with Special Guest The Wallflowers; Jerry Garcia Symphonic Celebration; The Temptations and The Four Tops; Frozen Planet in Concert; Anita Baker; and Straight No Chaser.

Presented in a lo-fi home movie style, and emanating from the sonically horrendous RFK, this forthcoming 1991 Grateful Dead concert film still holds lasting significance since it documents their brief collaboration with Bruce Hornsby.

By Molly Daly PHILADELPHIA - On June 25th, the Mann Center presents "Jerry Garcia: A Symphonic Celebration," featuring Allman Brothers guitarist Warren Haynes and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, along with the Joshua Light Show.

GOV'T MULE ADDED TO GATHERING OF THE VIBES LINEUP TWO HOUR TIME SLOT JUST PRIOR TO PHIL LESH & FRIENDS SATURDAY NIGHT Gathering Of The Vibes announced today that Gov't Mule has been added to the festival's lineup.

Like the two Jerry Garcia-themed bars. Or the 24-hour-a-day stand-up-comedy radio station.

By Lissa Alexander - Parksville Qualicum Beach News Published: May 31, 2013 10:00 AM Updated: May 31, 2013 10:32 AM Bluegrass legend Pete Wernick continues to play bluegrass festivals around the world but he can't wait to travel back to Qualicum Bay for the Lighthouse Bluegrass Festival June 27 through 30 this year.

The Berkshire International Film Festival brings films, filmmakers, industry professionals and film fans together for a four-day festival celebrating independent film! The Pittsfield opening night reception features cocktails and nibbles followed by the feature presentation The Spectacular Now .

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At this point, are there any creative insights left to reveal about the Grateful Dead that haven't already been exhumed in the hundred or so concert recordings released since the band's demise after the death of Jerry Garcia in 1995? Probably not.

For nearly 40 years, Takamine acoustic-electrics have been the go-to steel-string guitars for players both anonymous and celebrated, including Bruce Springsteen and Jerry Garcia, for recording and live situations.