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Several hundred fans turned out to name a tiny street in San Francisco after celebrated Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia.
From their earliest days to Jerry Garcia’s final years, here are our picks for the Dead’s most magical, must-hear concerts ...
Celebrating the long, strange journey of a song that became the Dead's ultimate improvisational vehicle and a lifetime ...
It was 30 years ago tomorrow that Grateful Dead co-founder, guitarist and vocalist Jerry Garcia died in his room at a drug ...
Jerry Garcia might not strike one as the most likely of priests...but to his fans and generations of listeners, he was indeed an oracle and a prophet.
Richard Montoya's staged reading at Magic Theatre centers on the portion of Garcia's youth in San Francisco following his father's drowning.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Billy Strings joined Dead & Company on stage, delivering a musical nod to Jerry Garcia on the rock legend’s birthday. Billy Strings, 32, a native of Ionia County, Michigan, opened ...
San Francisco honored Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia on what would have been his 83rd birthday by renaming a street in his childhood neighborhood “Jerry Garcia Street.” ...
The Dead, as has often been noted, were not political, at least not in the sense in which we are accustomed to considering politics. They did not endorse Pat Brown or appear at benefits for him.
Throughout Grateful Dead’s decades-long catalog, spanning 13 albums, from The Grateful Dead through their thirteenth and final Built to Last in 1989, there were some songs Garcia had harsher ...
Trixie Garcia, second from right, poses for selfies with a Grateful Dead fans, following the unveiling of Jerry Garcia Street in San Francisco, Friday, Aug. 1, 2025.
Trixie Garcia, daughter of musician Jerry Garcia, speaks during a ceremony to unveil the naming of Jerry Garcia Street, in honor of the Grateful Dead musician, Friday, Aug. 1, 2025, in San Francisco.