David Grisman is normally associated with the bluegrass wing of country music, but his music owes almost as much to jazz as it does to traditional American folk influences. Because he couldn't think of what to call his unique, highly intricate, harmonically advanced hybrid of acoustic bluegrass, folk, and jazz without leaning toward one idiom or... [+] Read More

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For most of the early '70s, the New Riders of the Purple Sage™ (yes, the name is trademark-protected) were the successful offshoots of the Grateful Dead. Although they never remotely approached the success or longevity of the Dead, they attracted a considerable audience through their association with Jerry Garcia, Phil Lesh, and Mickey Hart,... [+] Read More

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For about six years, from 1968 through 1975, the Band was one of the most popular and influential rock groups in the world, their music embraced by critics (and, to a somewhat lesser degree, the public) as seriously as the music of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. Their albums were analyzed and reviewed as intensely as any records by their... [+] Read More

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Formed in the wake of Jerry Garcia's 1995 death and the subsequent dissolution of the Grateful Dead, the Other Ones consisted of ex-Dead guitarist Bob Weir, bassist Phil Lesh, and drummer Mickey Hart along with keyboardist Bruce Hornsby, a longtime satellite member of the group. After headlining the 1998 Furthur Festival, the Other Ones issued... [+] Read More

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