Brian Anderson’s “Loud and Clear: The Grateful Dead’s Wall of Sound and the Quest for Audio Perfection,” which hit shelves last week, offers the first definitive chronicle of one of rock’s most ...

When journalist Brian Anderson acquired a crumbling speaker monitor from the Grateful Dead’s legendary 1974 Wall of Sound via a Sotheby’s auction, it wasn’t just memorabilia he was after. The former ...

In 1974, sound engineer Owsley Stanley crafted a superior live experience with an enormous conglomeration of amps and speakers called the Wall of... Fight Sound With Sound: Grateful Dead's Arena ...

The Grateful Dead's 'Blues for Allah' reentered the Billboard charts with the release of a 50th anniversary reissue and 'The Angel's Share'.

Oct 25 (Reuters) - Phil Lesh, a founding member of the Grateful Dead whose nuanced bass playing made him an architect of the band's otherworldly sound, died on Friday at age 84, his Instagram account ...

The longest, strangest trip embarked upon by a rock ’n’ roll band ended 30 years ago this week at Soldier Field. On Sunday, July 9, 1995, the Grateful Dead played what would be its final concert with ...

Most Grateful Dead tribute bands have a hard run perfecting the sound of Jerry & company. For Bertha, the test wasn’t mastering the Dead’s music, but learning how to contour some killer eyebrows. The ...

Phil Lesh, who has died aged 84, was the Grateful Dead’s bass guitarist throughout their 30-year lifespan; his intensely melodic lines left mere timekeeping behind, providing the perfect counterpoint ...

Dead & Company will headline a three-night concert series in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, August 1–3, to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Grateful Dead. Featuring original band members and a ...

Grateful Dead founding member and bassist Phil Lesh died Friday morning, according to a post on his official Instagram account. The California native and rock legend was 84. Lesh "passed peacefully" ...