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  • July 2008
    • 'Grateful' Symphony Debuts

      'Grateful' Symphony Debuts

      (Newser) - The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra will debut this week an opera derived from the music of the Grateful Dead, on what would have been Jerry Garcia’s 66th birthday. Titled Dead Symphony No. 6, each movement goes truckin' on a different Dead song. The Grateful Dead is “long overdue to be taken as a phenomenon beyond the music itself,” composer Lee Johnson told NPR. More »

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      music   Baltimore   opera   composer   bands   Grateful Dead   Baltimore Symphony

  • April 2008
    • Dead Archives Head to UC Santa Cruz

      Dead Archives Head to UC Santa Cruz

      (Newser) - The thousands of pieces that make up the Grateful Dead archive are truckin’ to a new home at UC Santa Cruz, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The materials—worth millions and ranging from the band’s first record contract to life-size skeletons of members—currently occupy 2,000 square feet in a warehouse; in Santa Cruz, they’ll become the school’s biggest collection. More »

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      music   memorabilia   archive   UC Santa Cruz   Grateful Dead

  • August 2007
    • Dude! Deadheads Get Own Channel

      Dude! Deadheads Get Own Channel

      (Newser) - Twelve years after Jerry Garcia's death, the band is getting back together—on satellite radio. Sirius will launch a channel that's all Grateful Dead, all the time on September 7, kicking off with a legendary 1974 performance at the Hollywood Bowl. "This is gonna be one fun channel," says guitarist Bob Weir. More »

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      music   radio   Sirius   Grateful Dead   Hollywood Bowl

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