Grateful Dead
Chronicle
a brief
artist history
03/15/1940
Phil Lesh the bassist for the group the Grateful Dead, was born on this day.
09/08/1945
Grateful Dead member Ron 'Pig Pen' McKernan was born on this day.
05/07/1946
The drummer for the band Grateful Dead, Bill Kreutzmann, was born on this day.
10/16/1947
Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir was born today.
07/19/1948
Keyboardist Keith Godchaux of Grateful Dead was born on this day.
12/10/1965
The Grateful Dead played their first concert. The show took place at the Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco, CA.
08/28/1967
The Grateful Dead and Big Brother and the Holding Company played at the wake of a Hell's Angels member who had been struck by a car in San Francisco, CA.
09/29/1967
Mickey Hart joined the Grateful Dead.
01/31/1970
In New Orleans, LA, the Grateful Dead were busted for possession of LSD and barbituates. The event was alleged to be the inspiration for the song 'Truckin'.
09/02/1971
The Grateful Dead's ex-manager was arrested for embezzling $70,000 from the band.
03/08/1973
Ron 'Pigpen' McKernen of the Grateful Dead passed away on this date.
09/16/1978
The Grateful Dead recorded a concert at the pyramids in Egypt.
07/23/1980
Keith Godchaux of The Grateful Dead, died four days after his 32nd birthday as a result of injuries sustained in a car accident.
07/01/1987
The Grateful Dead released it's album 'In The Dark'.
10/15/1987
Jerry Garcia, of the Grateful Dead, opened a series of solo shows on Broadway.
07/26/1990
Brent Mydland, the fourth keyboardist for the Grateful Dead, died of a drug overdose on this day.
09/15/1990
Bruce Hornsby began filling in on keyboard for The Grateful Dead following the death of Brent Mydland.
01/18/1995
Jerry Garcia crashed a rented BMW into a guardrail near Mill Valley, CA. He was unhurt.
08/09/1995
Jerry Garcia, longtime leader of The Greatful Dead, dies today from a heart attack.
12/08/1995
The surviving members of the Grateful Dead announced they were disbanding. Jerry Garcia, the founder of the group, had died the previous August.
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