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The Grateful Dead were innovators, on-stage and off.
In concert, they were known for their extended group improvisations. But I
assert that equally important to their live shows was the way they connected
songs in sequences of two (and often more) titles.
Across ...
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In September, representative of a nationwide effort, activists and lawyers
filed a lawsuit to remove Donald Trump from Colorado's election ballots via
Section 3 of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
The initial District Court ruling (pdf) declared that while Tru...
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Capping off the first triple-header year in the quinquagenary series,
launched in 2018.
The Grateful Dead played New Year's Eve shows every year since 1968, but 1973
marked a change that lasted for three years. The final shows of the year
were not only on the East coas...
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Back in February I wrote about how that anniversary special would include
many brand new songs. Now approaching the other end of the year, the band
has seriously tested out all that material and in today's anniversary
feature, you're going to to hear the results from tw...
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With a songbook encompassing nearly 600! songs, The Grateful Dead may have
debuted more songs in concert than any other band. Infrequently, this song
debut also opened that show. This special, which I've been sitting on for
years until the time was ripe (pun intended), ce...
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