For 60 years, the Dead lived in the moment. But the music it left behind fuels a live-album business that's peaking right now. By Robert Levine The Grateful Dead, which is now celebrating its 60th ...
Garth Hudson, the keyboardist, sax player and archivist for Rock and Roll Hall of Famers The Band whose farewell show with the group was memorialized in Martin Scorsese’s landmark documentary The Last ...
The Canadian virtuoso, known for his solo on “Chest Fever,” gave the group a “sound twice as big” and his mates music lessons. By Etan Vlessing Canada Bureau Chief Garth Hudson, the majestic keyboard, ...
Garth Hudson, The Band’s virtuoso keyboardist and all-around musician who drew from a unique palette of sounds and styles to add a conversational touch to such rock standards as “Up on Cripple Creek,” ...
Bob Weir, the singer, songwriter, guitarist, and co-founder of the Grateful Dead, whose songs about sunshine daydreams and truckin’ helped turn the jam band into a 60-year musical empire, has died at ...