Formed in 1965 in San Francisco with bluegrass - country enthusiast Jerome 'Jerry' Garcia on guitar 'Pigpen' McKernan on keys Bob Weir also on guitar Phil Lesh on Bass and Bill Kreutzmann on drums the musicians performed for a while as the Warlocks which were basically a folk and bluegrass outfit. However acid rock and psychedelia popular at the time - especially in San Francisco - helped the band merge a more modern sound with its affinity for rootsier music and drugs played a hand in making their music that much more intoxicating. During December 1965 Garcia... renamed the band The Grateful Dead from a song about a pauper's funeral. Jerry Garcia the granddaddy of all deadheads died in 1995 of heart failure while in drug rehab thus ending an impressive reign. [show more]
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