Get ready for Dead & Company’s 60th anniversary concerts at Golden Gate Park. East Bay couple, John and Helen Meyer, have been helping the band perfect their sound for decades. They've worked with ...
Anyone familiar with the music and subculture of the Grateful Dead understands the innate physicality of a Dead show. A closely packed crowd flows in unison with the slow build of a jam, collectively ...
On Sept. 25, news broke of the passing of former Grateful Dead engineer and “first roadie” Bob Matthews. “Bob was there at the beginning; he even did a stint in the jug band – we used to practice at ...
Celebrating the most unique traveling concert sound system in history, McIntosh Labs and The Grateful Dead have come together for the “Wall of Sound” capsule collection. Back in 1974, the two music ...
As we continue to reflect on the 60 years since the formation of the Grateful Dead, we present this feature which originally appeared in the special programs we created for Fare Thee Well at Soldier ...
In 1973, Grateful Dead audio engineer Owsley “Bear” Stanley devised his concept for the biggest concert sound system of all time. Weighing 75 tons and able to reach over 28,000 watts, the Wall of ...