Robert Hunter successfully turned a delightful acid trip into a song with “Dark Star”. This is one of Grateful Dead’s deepest songs, and it manages to blend together what an acid experience is like ...

Sure, there were Grateful Dead songs the band didn’t like much. Jerry Garcia, in particular, had a few words about songs in the band’s earlier catalog, calling “‘Doin That Rag” an “unsuccessful” song, ...

Basketball legend Bill Walton's death on Monday sparked instant tributes for the gregarious live he led on the court and at the mic. Outside of basketball, Walton was a major Deadhead. He was probably ...

Grateful Dead singer Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay dies at 78 after a battle with cancer. The beloved vocalist performed with ...

Lyricist Robert Hunter penned profound poetry – "once in a while you get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right" -- in the Grateful Dead song "Scarlet Begonias," which ...

Donna Jean Godchaux, who spent the Seventies singing with the Grateful Dead and provided vocals on an Elvis Presley hit, has died at the age of 78.

In May 1965, Robert Hunter popped into a pizza parlor in Menlo Park, California, to see his friend Jerry Garcia play in his new electric band, the Warlocks. “They were good, just dandy,” recalls ...

In 2018, the Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody helped the track reach Diamond status, making it the most-streamed song of the 20th century. It was even inducted into the National Recording Registry by ...

People have been listing their ten favorite Grateful Dead songs on Bluesky, following a post from @inthefade, and The Mountain Goats‘ John Darnielle joined in. His list includes “Jack Straw,” “He’s ...

"I haven't seen our community like this in a very long time," the pop star wrote about the release of "Disease" in an Instagram post on Sunday, Oct. 27 Ilana Kaplan is a Staff Editor at PEOPLE. She ...

MacKay, a vocalist for the Grateful Dead during the 1970s and backup singer for Elvis Presley and Percy Sledge, has died at the age of 78. Godchaux-MacKay passed away on Sunday after a lengthy ...