when I was younger I spent two summers during college break following the grateful dead for about 20 shows. It was a crazy and super exciting time in my life.
Grateful Dead
The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in Palo Alto, California. The band is known for its eclectic style, which fused elements of rock, folk, country, jazz, bluegrass, blues, gospel, and psychedelic rock; for live performances of lengthy instrumental jams; and for its devoted fan base, known as "Deadheads". "Their music", writes Lenny Kaye, "touches on ground that most other groups don't even know exists". These various influences were
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In 2012 Rob announced that he had retired from music and left the following post on his personal Facebook account:
"...I have spent the majority of my life playing music in a band, I have been a lot of places and met a lot of people, done a lot of crazy things and learned a lot, still room to learn much more, and I look forward to learning in a different way.
I am grateful for all of this, but believe it is time for me to