Top Ten Classic Rock Bands Of All Time # 7 – Grateful Dead [VIDEOS]
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The Grateful Dead got under way in 1965 out of San Francisco as a lot of bands when the frontman dies they band is not to far behind. The age of 'Flower Power'
The Grateful Dead originals were
Jerry Garcia - Guitar, banjo, vocals
Pigpen McKernan - Keyboards, harmonica, guitar, vocals
Phil Lesh - Bass guitar, vocals
Bob Weir - Rhythm guitar, vocals
Bill Kreutzmann - Drums
Some interesting facts on the band would include the band's name was chosen at random from a dictionary.
The Grateful Dead toured pretty much nonstop between 1965 and 1995.
Their stage set included a 32-foot high arrangement of speakers known as the Wall of Sound. They recorded 26 albums between 1967 and 1990.
Grateful Dead History:Known as Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions and The Warlocks before adopting the name that carried them through a 30 year career.
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