The Musicians
Jerry Garcia
Phil Lesh
Bob Weir
Mickey Hart
Bill Kreutzman
Ron “Pigpen” McKernan
Keith Godchaux
Donna Jean Godchaux
Vince Welnick
Brent Mydland
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Jerry Garcia
• Lead guitarist, lyricist, and vocals
• Icon and best known of the group
• Became a bluegrass banjo player
• Died in 1995 of a heart attack
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GD Introduction
• The Grateful Dead made its debut in 1965
• The Grateful Dead was previously known as The Warlocks.
• The Grateful Dead are a mixture of rock, folk, bluegrass, blues, reggae, country, jazz, psychedelia, space rock and gospel—and for live performances of long musical improvisation.
Bob Weir
• rhythm guitar and vocals
• youngest member; started at the age of 17
• Plays with The Other Ones, Ratdog, and The Dead nowadays
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Grateful Dead Statistics
• 22 albums
• Countless bootleg reproductions
• Over 2,300 concerts
• Millions of fans known as Deadheads
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Phil Lesh
• Bass guitar
• Started on violin
• Plays with Phil Lesh and Friends currently
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Grateful Dead Albums
• Grateful Dead• Anthems of the Sun• Aoxomoxoa• Working Man’s Dead• Live/Dead• American Beauty• Europe ’72• Terrapin Station• Shakedown Street• In the Dark
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Mickey Hart
• Drummer- both of his parents were drummers• Author of many books• Involved in American Folklife Center at the
Library of Congress's "Endangered Music Project”
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Grateful Dead Tribute Bands
• Dark Star Orchestra
• Cosmic Charlies
• Uncle John’s Band
• Shakedown Street
• Dead Beats
• Crazy Fingers
• Jakes Leg
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Bill Kreutzman
• Drummer• Spends his time surfing, kayaking, and diving,
and in 1993 made a video called "Ocean Spirit"
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Robert Hunter
• Lyricist
• Never played on stage
• gone on to write several books of poetry, and is currently at work on a novel
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Grateful Dead Legacy
• Started in the San Francisco music scene that spawned Janis Joplin, Steve Miller, and Jefferson Airplane
• Created a new type of music called Acid Rock
• Was involved in Acid Kool-Aid Tests and friends with Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters
Ron “Pigpen” McKernan
• Harmonica, keyboard, and vocals
• His idea to start a rock band
• Died in 1973 from alcohol poisoning
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Grateful Dead Archives
• Visit their website at: www.dead.net
• Read lyrics at: www.dead.net/showsandlyrics
• Listen to songs at: www.last.fm/music/Grateful+Dead
• All Grateful Dead icons & decals from: http://www.purplemoon.com/Stickers/stickers.html