The Grateful Dead went on to become one of the greatest rock bands in history, but their studio albums didn't come out of the gate swinging. They were already starting to put on mesmerizing ...

at least their studio albums. Here’s a look back at how the Dead went rootsy and never turned back. As the ’60s gave way to the ’70s, the Grateful Dead had already established themselves as ...

13 studio albums, and a devoted following nearly six decades after that history night at Magoo’s Pizza Parlor. And, for the Grateful Dead, that sense of awe ceases to fade away. Gratest Hits is ...

Grateful Dead is celebrating its 60th anniversary with a new collection of studio recordings this summer. The album, fittingly titled “Gratest Hits,” includes nine of the band’s most recogni ...

As the Grateful ... Grateful Dead organization, five-disc box set titled So Many Roads (Arista, 1999), is distinguished not just by the inclusion of untitled open-ended jams, but the original material ...

Grateful Dead biographer David Browne wrote of Lesh ... and neither wrote nor sang on the group’s final two studio albums. After the Dead disbanded following Garcia’s death in 1995 ...

Want the music to never stop? There's a new massive Grateful Dead box set just for you. "Enjoying the Ride," is a 60-CD box set encompassing more than 60 hours of music, collected from the iconic ...

Contact her at cara.tabachnick@cbsinteractive.com Phil Lesh, bassist and founding member of The Grateful Dead, died Friday ... the record for the most Top 40 albums to chart on the Billboard ...

Mr. Lesh’s bass work could be thundering or tender, focused or abstract. On the Grateful Dead’s studio albums, his lines held so much melody that one could listen to a song for his playing alone.