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January 2012

Chances are if you’re a Dead Head you’re already well-versed in the glorious spring of 1977. Back a year since their mid-’70s performing hiatus, and fresh from recording their Terrapin Station album in L.A. with producer Keith Olsen, the Dead returned to the road invigorated and excited that spring especially on the night of 5/25/77.Read more.

Think you have what it takes to do the Grateful Dead? Show off your musical chops and you just might get your music video featured on Dead.net as part of The Dead Covers Project! The rules are simple - all video submissions must contain a song either written by or recorded by the Dead. How that song is interpreted, however, is entirely up to you! Read more.

The last day for a Dave's Picks subscriptions is February 7th! We've got brand new details on Volume 2 which will feature the complete show from July 31, 1974, Dillon Stadium, Hartford, CT and the exclusive subscribers-only bonus disc - which contains hand-picked selections from July 29, 1974 Capital Center, Landover, MD. Find out more here.

Dead World Roundup

Santa Cruz GD Archive Opening in Spring
It was nearly four years ago—April 24, 2008, to be precise—that the Grateful Dead announced at a press conference at the Fillmore in SF that the group was donating its archives and assorted memorabilia to the University of California at Santa Cruz...
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Dragon Power! Furthur Shake It Down-Down For New Year's
In the Grateful Dead days, it was always fun to see the band after they hadn’t played for a few weeks, because even inveterate set list analysts were hard-pressed to predict what they might play the first night back...
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Mickey Talks About His New Band And More
It seems as though there’s always something to talk about in Mickey Hart’s universe. The Busy One has been working in the studio on an album with his dynamic new band, and at the end of November will embark on a big West and Midwest tour with the group...
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