* 1942 – Jerry Garcia, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ( Grateful Dead, Legion of Mary, Reconstruction, Old and in the Way, and New Riders of the Purple Sage ) ( d. 1995 )

The Grateful Dead performed " Not Fade Away " 530 times over the course of their career, making it their seventh most-performed song.

On March 25, 1972, he played with The Grateful Dead at the Academy of Music in New York City.

The Grateful Dead released part of this concert as Volume 30 of the band's Dick's Picks concert album series.

Courtney Michelle Harrison was born in 1964 in San Francisco, California, to Linda Carroll, now a psychotherapist, and Hank Harrison, a publisher who had some association with the Grateful Dead ; consequently, Love was included in a group picture on the back of the band's album Aoxomoxoa ( 1969 ).

* Dark Star Orchestra, a Grateful Dead tribute band

* Dark Star: The Music of the Grateful Dead, by the David Murray Octet, 1996

* " Dark Star " ( song ), by the Grateful Dead

* 1951 – Vince Welnick, American musician ( The Grateful Dead and The Tubes ) ( d. 2006 )

Other Western artists such as the Grateful Dead, Incredible String Band, the Rolling Stones, the Move and Traffic soon incorporated Indian influences and instruments, and added Indian performers.

Legendary Grateful Dead frontman Jerry Garcia joined guitarist Sanjay Mishra on his classic CD " Blue Incantation " ( 1995 ).

* 1967 – The " ultimate high " of the hippie era, the Mantra-Rock Dance, takes place in San Francisco and features Janis Joplin, Grateful Dead, and Allen Ginsberg.

* 1948 – Keith Godchaux, American keyboard player ( Grateful Dead and Heart of Gold Band ) ( d. 1980 )

* 1946 – Bill Kreutzmann, American drummer ( Grateful Dead, The Other Ones The Dead, 7 Walkers, Rhythm Devils, and BK3 )

He is best known as one of the two drummers of the rock band the Grateful Dead.

He was a member of the Grateful Dead from September 1967 to February 1971, and from October 1974 to August 1995.

Before joining the Grateful Dead, Hart and his father, Leonard Hart, a champion rudimental drummer, owned and operated Hart Music, selling drums and musical instruments in San Carlos, California.

Hart joined the Grateful Dead in September 1967, and left in February 1971 when he extricated himself from the band, due to conflict between band management and Mickey's father.

Collaboration with the remaining members of the Grateful Dead continues, under the band name The Dead.

Alongside his work with the Grateful Dead, Mickey Hart has flourished as a solo artist, percussionist, and the author of several books.

Olatunji later taught Hart and collaborated with Hart and the Grateful Dead on a regular basis.

In 1994, Mickey Hart was inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Grateful Dead.

After the death of Jerry Garcia and the consequent dissolution of the Grateful Dead in 1995, Hart continued to play music with various groups including members of the Grateful Dead.

Famous singers who performed there include: the Ritchie Valens, Rosie & The Originals, Brenton Wood, Earth Wind & Fire, The Grateful Dead, Dick Dale and his Del-Tones and Johnny " Guitar " Watson.

In 1991, the band contributed a lively cover of " Bertha ", a song which they often performed live, to the Grateful Dead tribute / rain forest benefit album Deadicated.

The band has opened for various rock acts such as Heart, Robert Plant, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, the Dave Matthews Band, the Grateful Dead, Aerosmith and ZZ Top, and performed live with Jimmy Page and Oasis, among others.

While on tour to support Amorica, the band opened for the Grateful Dead in Tampa on April 7, 1995, the only time the bands performed together.

The Grateful Dead similarly performed several Coasters songs in their early days.

When the Beach Boys and the Grateful Dead united on stage to perform a brief set at New York City's Filmore East, they performed " Searchin '" and " Riot in Cell Block No. 9.

The two performed Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter's Grateful Dead classic, " Wharf Rat ".

At the event Moby Grape performed along with the Hare Krishna founder Bhaktivedanta Swami, Allen Ginsberg, The Grateful Dead, and Big Brother and the Holding Company with Janis Joplin, donating proceeds to the temple.

The group performed a series of Grateful Dead and Phish classics, plus covers from Nirvana, Jimi Hendrix, and others.

The Grateful Dead also performed Haggard's " Sing Me Back Home " numerous times between 1971 and 1973.

No groups that performed at the original Woodstock festival took the stage at Woodstock 1999, although John Entwistle of The Who performed a solo set, and Mickey Hart, drummer of the Grateful Dead, played with his band Planet Drum.

The first lyrics he wrote for the Grateful Dead were composed while on LSD, and mailed to the band from Arizona: a suite that would later become " China Cat Sunflower "/" The Eleven " ( these were originally performed together for a short time ).

In 1994, Ministry performed at the Bridge School Benefit charity concert, covering songs by Bob Dylan, Ten Years After, and The Grateful Dead, and playing a new song, " Oh ... Presley, Come Hither, Presley ...", which was intended to be on their next album.

He also performed with Keller as part of Grateful Grass, a project performing bluegrass covers of songs by The Grateful Dead and releasing a live album in support of the Rex Foundation.

Some of the bands that performed in this manner were Janis Joplin with Big Brother and the Holding Company, the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Country Joe and the Fish, Moby Grape and Jimi Hendrix.

Members of the Grateful Dead performed at Red Rocks Amphitheater in Colorado on August 11, 1987.

The Grateful Dead, The Chambers Brothers, Sly and the Family Stone and the Allman Brothers were among the many rock bands that performed there before it closed in 1971.

The band has performed live covers of Elliott Smith, David Bowie, Camper Van Beethoven, The Cure, Captain Beefheart, Caustic Resin, Cheap Trick, The Clash, Brian Eno, Vince Guaraldi, The Gladiators, M. I. A., Macy Gray, Elton John, George Harrison, Skip James, Daniel Johnston, John Lennon, Love as Laughter, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Heavenly, Steve Miller, Grateful Dead, Cat Stevens, Modest Mouse, Ozzy Osbourne, The Smiths, The Strokes, Talking Heads, The Velvet Underground, and Neil Young.

Since its formation, many guest musicians have performed with RatDog, including Grateful Dead members Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Donna Jean Godchaux and Bruce Hornsby.

BeauSoleil has also performed in concert with Mary Chapin Carpenter and opened for the Grateful Dead.

* The Grateful Dead performed this song a number of times, often on Halloween, including a performance in London's Wembley Stadium on Halloween 1990.

The band, which is listed in Skeleton Key: A Dictionary for Deadheads, performed covers of Allman Brothers Band, The Band, and predominantly Grateful Dead songs.