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Rock's longest, strangest trip, the Grateful Dead were the psychedelic era's most beloved musical ambassadors as well as its most enduring survivors, spreading their message of peace, love, and mind expansion across the globe throughout the better part of three decades. The object of adoration for popular music's most fervent and celebrated fan following -- the Deadheads, their numbers and devotion legendary in their own right -- they were the ultimate cult band, creating a self-styled universe all their own; for the better part of their career orbiting well outside of the mainstream, the Dead became superstars solely on their own terms, tie-dyed pied pipers whose epic, free-form live shows were rites of passage for an extended family of listeners who knew no cultural boundaries.

The roots of the Grateful Dead lie with singer/songwriter Jerry Garcia, a longtime bluegrass enthusiast who began playing the guitar at age 15. Upon relocating
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GRATEFUL DEAD The Grateful Dead album cover 3.50 | 3 ratings
The Grateful Dead
Jazz Related Rock 1967
GRATEFUL DEAD Anthem Of The Sun album cover 4.17 | 3 ratings
Anthem Of The Sun
Jazz Related Rock 1968
GRATEFUL DEAD Aoxomoxoa album cover 3.67 | 3 ratings
Aoxomoxoa
Jazz Related Rock 1969
GRATEFUL DEAD American Beauty album cover 4.15 | 4 ratings
American Beauty
Jazz Related Rock 1970
GRATEFUL DEAD Workingman's Dead album cover 5.00 | 1 ratings
Workingman's Dead
Jazz Related Rock 1970
GRATEFUL DEAD Historic Dead album cover 2.00 | 1 ratings
Historic Dead
Jazz Related Rock 1971
GRATEFUL DEAD Wake Of The Flood album cover 3.25 | 4 ratings
Wake Of The Flood
Jazz Related Rock 1973
GRATEFUL DEAD From The Mars Hotel album cover 2.75 | 2 ratings
From The Mars Hotel
Jazz Related Rock 1974
GRATEFUL DEAD Blues For Allah album cover 3.62 | 4 ratings
Blues For Allah
Jazz Related Rock 1975
GRATEFUL DEAD Terrapin Station album cover 2.83 | 3 ratings
Terrapin Station
Jazz Related Rock 1977
GRATEFUL DEAD Shakedown Street album cover 2.00 | 2 ratings
Shakedown Street
Jazz Related Rock 1978
GRATEFUL DEAD Dead Set album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Dead Set
Jazz Related Rock 1981
GRATEFUL DEAD Built To Last album cover 2.77 | 2 ratings
Built To Last
Jazz Related Rock 1989
GRATEFUL DEAD Infrared Roses album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Infrared Roses
Jazz Related Rock 1991
GRATEFUL DEAD Workingman’s Dead : The Angel’s Share album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Workingman’s Dead : The Angel’s Share
Jazz Related Rock 2020
GRATEFUL DEAD American Beauty : The Angel’s Share album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
American Beauty : The Angel’s Share
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2020
GRATEFUL DEAD From the Mars Hotel : The Angel’s Share album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
From the Mars Hotel : The Angel’s Share
Jazz Related Rock 2024

GRATEFUL DEAD EPs & splits

GRATEFUL DEAD live albums

GRATEFUL DEAD Live/Dead album cover 5.00 | 2 ratings
Live/Dead
Jazz Related Rock 1969
GRATEFUL DEAD Vintage Dead album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Vintage Dead
Jazz Related Rock 1970
GRATEFUL DEAD Grateful Dead album cover 4.00 | 1 ratings
Grateful Dead
Jazz Related Rock 1971
GRATEFUL DEAD Europe '72 album cover 4.50 | 1 ratings
Europe '72
Jazz Related Rock 1972
GRATEFUL DEAD History Of The Grateful Dead, Vol. 1 (Bear's Choice) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
History Of The Grateful Dead, Vol. 1 (Bear's Choice)
Jazz Related Rock 1973
GRATEFUL DEAD Steal Your Face album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Steal Your Face
Jazz Related Rock 1976
GRATEFUL DEAD Go To Heaven album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Go To Heaven
Jazz Related Rock 1980
GRATEFUL DEAD Reckoning album cover 5.00 | 2 ratings
Reckoning
Jazz Related Rock 1981
GRATEFUL DEAD In The Dark album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
In The Dark
Jazz Related Rock 1987
GRATEFUL DEAD Concerts That Rock The World Volume 1 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Concerts That Rock The World Volume 1
Jazz Related Rock 1988
GRATEFUL DEAD Without A Net album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Without A Net
Jazz Related Rock 1990
GRATEFUL DEAD One From The Vault album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
One From The Vault
Jazz Related Rock 1991
GRATEFUL DEAD Two From The Vault album cover 5.00 | 1 ratings
Two From The Vault
Jazz Related Rock 1992
GRATEFUL DEAD Hundred Year Hall album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Hundred Year Hall
Jazz Related Rock 1995
GRATEFUL DEAD Dick's Picks Volume Four: Fillmore East, 2/ 13-14/ 70 album cover 4.50 | 1 ratings
Dick's Picks Volume Four: Fillmore East, 2/ 13-14/ 70
Jazz Related Rock 1996
GRATEFUL DEAD Fillmore West 1969 album cover 4.50 | 1 ratings
Fillmore West 1969
Jazz Related Rock 2005
GRATEFUL DEAD Spring 1990: So Glad You Made It album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Spring 1990: So Glad You Made It
Jazz Related Rock 2012
GRATEFUL DEAD Dave's Picks Volume 19: Honolulu Civic Auditorium, Honolulu, HI 1/ 23/ 70 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Dave's Picks Volume 19: Honolulu Civic Auditorium, Honolulu, HI 1/ 23/ 70
Jazz Related Rock 2016
GRATEFUL DEAD Dave's Picks Volume 20: CU Events Center, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 12/ 9/ 81 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Dave's Picks Volume 20: CU Events Center, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 12/ 9/ 81
Jazz Related Rock 2016
GRATEFUL DEAD Grateful Dead – Dave’s Picks Volume 21: Boston Garden, Boston, MA, 4/2/73 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Grateful Dead – Dave’s Picks Volume 21: Boston Garden, Boston, MA, 4/2/73
Jazz Related Rock 2017
GRATEFUL DEAD Long Strange Trip (OST) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Long Strange Trip (OST)
Jazz Related Soundtracks 2017
GRATEFUL DEAD Visions Of The Future album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Visions Of The Future
Jazz Related Rock 2017
GRATEFUL DEAD Cornell 5.8.77 album cover 3.00 | 1 ratings
Cornell 5.8.77
Jazz Related Rock 2017
GRATEFUL DEAD Dave’s Picks Volume 24: Berkeley Community Theatre, Berkeley, CA 8/25/72 (2017) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Dave’s Picks Volume 24: Berkeley Community Theatre, Berkeley, CA 8/25/72 (2017)
Jazz Related Rock 2017
GRATEFUL DEAD Dave’s Picks Volume 25: Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena, Binghamton, NY, 11/6/77 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Dave’s Picks Volume 25: Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena, Binghamton, NY, 11/6/77
Jazz Related Rock 2018
GRATEFUL DEAD Pacific Northwest ’73-’74: Believe it If You Need It album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Pacific Northwest ’73-’74: Believe it If You Need It
Jazz Related Rock 2018
GRATEFUL DEAD Pacific Northwest ’73-’74 : The Complete Recordings album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Pacific Northwest ’73-’74 : The Complete Recordings
Jazz Related Rock 2018
GRATEFUL DEAD Dave’s Picks Volume 28: Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ, 6/17/76 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Dave’s Picks Volume 28: Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ, 6/17/76
Jazz Related Rock 2018
GRATEFUL DEAD Dave’s Picks Vol. 29: Swing Auditorium, San Bernardino, CA, 2/26/77 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Dave’s Picks Vol. 29: Swing Auditorium, San Bernardino, CA, 2/26/77
Jazz Related Rock 2019
GRATEFUL DEAD The Warfield, San Francisco, CA 10/9/80 & 10/10/80 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Warfield, San Francisco, CA 10/9/80 & 10/10/80
Jazz Related Rock 2019
GRATEFUL DEAD Dave’s Picks Volume 30: Fillmore East, New York, New York 1/02/1970 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Dave’s Picks Volume 30: Fillmore East, New York, New York 1/02/1970
Jazz Related Rock 2019
GRATEFUL DEAD Giants Stadium 1987, 1989, 1991 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Giants Stadium 1987, 1989, 1991
Jazz Related Rock 2019
GRATEFUL DEAD Ready or Not album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Ready or Not
Jazz Related Rock 2019
GRATEFUL DEAD Dave’s Picks Volume 31: Uptown Theatre, Chicago : 12/03/1979 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Dave’s Picks Volume 31: Uptown Theatre, Chicago : 12/03/1979
Jazz Related Rock 2019
GRATEFUL DEAD Dave’s Picks Volume 32: The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA, 3/24/1973 (2019) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Dave’s Picks Volume 32: The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA, 3/24/1973 (2019)
Jazz Related Rock 2019
GRATEFUL DEAD Dave’s Picks Volume 36: Hartford Civic Center, Hartford CT album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Dave’s Picks Volume 36: Hartford Civic Center, Hartford CT
Jazz Related Rock 2020
GRATEFUL DEAD June 1976 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
June 1976
Jazz Related Rock 2020
GRATEFUL DEAD Dave’s Picks Volume 33: Evans Field House, N. Illinois University, Dekalb, IL 10/29/77 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Dave’s Picks Volume 33: Evans Field House, N. Illinois University, Dekalb, IL 10/29/77
Jazz Related Rock 2020
GRATEFUL DEAD Dave’s Picks Volume 34 : Jai-Alai Fronton, Miami, FL 6/23/74 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Dave’s Picks Volume 34 : Jai-Alai Fronton, Miami, FL 6/23/74
Jazz Related Rock 2020
GRATEFUL DEAD Dave’s Picks Volume 35: Philadelphia Civic Center, Philadelphia, PA 4/20/84 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Dave’s Picks Volume 35: Philadelphia Civic Center, Philadelphia, PA 4/20/84
Jazz Related Rock 2020
GRATEFUL DEAD Dave’s Picks Volume 39: Philadelphia Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA 4/26/83 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Dave’s Picks Volume 39: Philadelphia Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA 4/26/83
Jazz Related Rock 2021
GRATEFUL DEAD Listen to the River: St. Louis ’71 ’72 ’73 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Listen to the River: St. Louis ’71 ’72 ’73
Jazz Related Rock 2021
GRATEFUL DEAD Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO (12/10/71) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO (12/10/71)
Jazz Related Rock 2021
GRATEFUL DEAD Dave’s Picks Volume 37: College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA 4/15/78 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Dave’s Picks Volume 37: College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA 4/15/78
Jazz Related Rock 2021
GRATEFUL DEAD Origins album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Origins
Jazz Related Rock 2021
GRATEFUL DEAD Dave’s Picks Volume 38: Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NYC 9/08/73 (2021) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Dave’s Picks Volume 38: Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NYC 9/08/73 (2021)
Jazz Related Rock 2021
GRATEFUL DEAD Dave’s Picks Volume 40 : Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, IN 1990 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Dave’s Picks Volume 40 : Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, IN 1990
Jazz Related Rock 2021
GRATEFUL DEAD Dave's Picks, Volume 42 (Winterland, San Francisco, CA • 2/23/74) / Dave's Picks 2022 Bonus Disc album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Dave's Picks, Volume 42 (Winterland, San Francisco, CA • 2/23/74) / Dave's Picks 2022 Bonus Disc
Jazz Related Rock 2022
GRATEFUL DEAD Dave’s Picks Vol. 45 : Paramount Theater, Portland OR, 10/01/77 & 10/02/77 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Dave’s Picks Vol. 45 : Paramount Theater, Portland OR, 10/01/77 & 10/02/77
Jazz Related Rock 2023
GRATEFUL DEAD Dave’s Picks vol. 46: Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, CA 9/9/72 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Dave’s Picks vol. 46: Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, CA 9/9/72
Jazz Related Rock 2023
GRATEFUL DEAD Dave’s Picks Vol. 47: Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, MO 12-9-79 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Dave’s Picks Vol. 47: Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, MO 12-9-79
Jazz Related Rock 2023
GRATEFUL DEAD Dave’s Picks Vol. 48: Pauley Pavilion, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 11/20/71 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Dave’s Picks Vol. 48: Pauley Pavilion, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 11/20/71
Jazz Related Rock 2023
GRATEFUL DEAD Dave’s Picks Vol. 49: Frost Amphitheatre, Palo Alto, CA 4/27/85 & 4/28/85 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Dave’s Picks Vol. 49: Frost Amphitheatre, Palo Alto, CA 4/27/85 & 4/28/85
Jazz Related Rock 2024
GRATEFUL DEAD Dave’s Picks Volume 50 : The Palladium, New York, NY, 5/3/77 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Dave’s Picks Volume 50 : The Palladium, New York, NY, 5/3/77
Jazz Related Rock 2024
GRATEFUL DEAD Dave’s Picks Volume 51: Scranton Catholic Youth Center, Scranton, PA, 4/13/71 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Dave’s Picks Volume 51: Scranton Catholic Youth Center, Scranton, PA, 4/13/71
Jazz Related Rock 2024

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GRATEFUL DEAD The Grateful Dead / America : Wake Of The Flood / Hat Trick album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Grateful Dead / America : Wake Of The Flood / Hat Trick
Jazz Related Rock 1974
GRATEFUL DEAD Workingman's Dead (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Workingman's Dead (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)
Jazz Related Rock 2020

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GRATEFUL DEAD Built To Last

Album · 1989 · Jazz Related Rock
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When you say Grateful Dead, most music fans associate psychedelia and country with the band's name, but the group around guitarists Jerry Garcia and Bob Weir also more or less dabbled in funk, jazz rock, and, in the late 1980s, produced pop rock-tinged music during their thirty-year career. Of the two albums of original material they released at that time, I like 1989's Build to Last a little better. Sadly, by the time it was released, the line-up that had spent the whole of the eighties together was slowly sounding its death knell, as keyboardist Brent Mydland involuntarily ended his earthly journey the following July after overdosing on cocaine. Thus fueling rumors that the position of keyboard player was cursed with the Grateful Dead - over the years, four of their five players have passed from this world by other than natural causes (the fifth, Tom Konstanten, is still alive).

So what does the record with which the Grateful Dead closed out their studio career have to offer? First and foremost, it's the tinkling tones of electric guitars, which accompany the listener through pretty much the entire album. They are followed by variously shaped synth tracks, which don't stand out from the band's sound, but rather complement it naturally. The nine included tracks build on a pleasantly brooding melody: occasionally a more expressive chorus flashes through, but for the most part it's a fairly civil performance. The tracks are enlivened by guitar solos, which feature a lot of unusual harmonic runs and harmonies. As usual, the lyrics, written for the band by renowned songwriters Robert Hunter and John Perry Barlow, feature plenty of cultural references, from the Gospel of Matthew to writer Norman Mailer and the first astronauts on the moon to computer slang.

Of the included tracks I personally like two-thirds of the trio contributed by frontman Jerry Garcia: the title track Built to Last, with its imagery reflecting on impermanence and permanence, as well as the opening track Foolish Heart, about not starting anything with a this kind of heart. From the pen of keyboardist Mydland comes perhaps the most hit song on the record, the ecologically themed We Can Run, as well as the slightly more sombre Just a Little Light. The third of the band's prolific writers, guitarist Bob Weir, contributed, for example, with my other favourite track Victim or the Crime, whose lyrics ponder the issues of justice and truth. Perhaps the only thing I perceive as weaker is Mydland's final piece I Will Take You Home, which contains too much pathos for my taste.

On Built to Last, the Grateful Dead are by no means presenting themselves in their typical position - on the contrary, for a band that was famous for sprawling instrumental jams and songs that usually functioned as a soundtrack to a good trip at concerts, there is quite a bit of "smoothness" here. Still, the album offers a decent helping of melodies and imaginative songwriting that I find a joy to sink my teeth into every time. The 60's and 70's Grateful Dead sounded a lot different, but I think that position suits the band as well. I really like this record quite a bit.

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