Watch 15 Different Incarnations of Grateful Dead Perform ‘Ripple’ Over 56 Years

The Grateful Dead's 'Ripple' has become one of their most beloved tunes, and we've assembled 15 live versions from throughout the last 56 years.
Live For Live Music

The Many Faces Of The Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir [Feature]

In this feature-length tribute, we're looking back at the many faces Grateful Dead rhythm guitarist Bob Weir wore through the decades.
WLRN

Playing Grateful Dead songs with Bob Weir: Don Was remembers

The Grammy winner and Blue Note label head recalls the unique challenges and rewards he faced when the late Bob Weir ...

Bob Weir, musician who co-founded the Grateful Dead, giants of American rock

Bob Weir, who has died aged 78, was a rhythm guitarist, singer and songwriter who co-founded the Grateful Dead, the San Francisco band who were in the vanguard of the psychedelic wave that swept ...
Boston Herald

Grateful Dead founding member, guitar icon Bob Weir dies at 78

Founding member of the Grateful Dead Bob “Bobby” Weir has succumbed to complications from cancer. He was 78. His death was announced Saturday evening with his homepage paying homage to a brilliant ...

Bob Weir, Renowned Guitarist and Founding Member of the Grateful Dead, Dies at 78

Bob Weir, guitarist and jam-band pioneer who co-founded the Grateful Dead and continued their legacy with Furthur and Dead & Company, died at 78.
CNN

Fans help former Grateful Dead member pay for cancer treatment

Tom Constanten wasn’t a part of the Grateful Dead for very long, but fans still value his time with the iconic group. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Deadheads have rallied around the ...
Wall Street Journal

Donna Jean Godchaux, Who Backed Up Elvis and Brought Soul to the Grateful Dead, Dies at 78

Donna Jean Godchaux was on the radio first. Every time a DJ spun Percy Sledge’s “When a Man Loves a Woman” or Elvis Presley’s “Suspicious Minds,” she could be heard singing in the background. But it ...
Entertainment Tonight

Brooke Shields and More Stars Celebrate the alice + olivia and Grateful Dead Collection in New York City

Brooke Shields, Busy Philipps, and Olivia Jade celebrated the alice + olivia x Grateful Dead collection with a party in New York City. Feeling grateful! alice + olivia just dropped its second ...
The New York Times

Ken Parker, Who Reinvented the Guitar, Is Dead at 73

He built groundbreaking guitars that were displayed in art galleries and played by Joni Mitchell, Trent Reznor and many others. Credit: D’Addario & CompanyCredit... Supported by By Alex Williams Ken ...
Whiskey Riff

Throwback To Tyler Childers & The Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir Covering The Hell Out Of Merle Haggard’s “Mama Tried” Back In 2022

As time passes, it’s become abundantly clear that Tyler Childers has become one of the latest living legends in the genre. Undoubtedly a key piece of the independent and Appalachian movement that has ...
Mercury News

Grateful Dead vocalist, who sang on big Elvis hit, dies at age 78

Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, a longtime Bay Area singer who performed with the Grateful Dead in 1970s and also appeared on a number of hit records in the ’60s, has died at the age of 78. The vocalist — ...