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Live sound and Talk Box pioneer Bob Heil has died, aged 83: “I can never thank him enough,” says Peter Frampton

Audio industry legend worked with the Grateful Dead, The Who and many others

MusicRadar

Grateful Dead Breaks Record For Most Top 40 Albums

Grateful Dead's latest live recording debuts at No. 25 on Billboard 200, continuing their chart success with 58 top 40 albums.

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“This is the Super Bowl of trips for the lifelong Dead Heads”: John Mayer and Dead & Company are officially returning for a 6-week residency at the MSG Sphere

Mayer help will lead a Grateful Dead-honoring residency at the world's most futuristic venue in Las Vegas this summer, months after the supergroup's farewell tour

Guitar World

Dead & Company add six more dates to residency at The Sphere in Las Vegas

The remains of the Grateful Dead have now confirmed 30 trips to Sin City

Louder

Victims of Rochester New Year’s Eve attack identified

Joshua Orr and Justina Hughes have been hailed as ‘heroes’ after their Uber blocked pedestrians from impact

The Independent UK

"We'll embark on a sonic journey through the band's diverse and ever-evolving music": Stanford University is offering a course studying the music and culture of the Grateful Dead

The course is taught by musician and author David Gans, host of the Grateful Dead Hour radio show

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I test audio gear for a living — and this $1,200 Bluetooth speaker just blew me away

The McIntosh RS150 is one of the best wireless speaker systems I've tried, balancing practical home style and sound quality.

Tom’s Guide

The 16 most expensive guitars of all time

Fenders owned by Eric Clapton and Bob Dylan, Martins belonging to Kurt Cobain and David Gilmour, and one independently made axe headline the list of most profitable guitars sold at auction

Guitar World

“Jerry's most sophisticated guitar setup… the culmination of decades of experimentation with state of the art gear”: Jerry Garcia’s final touring rig – featuring Bob Weir’s revered Wall of Sound McIntosh amp and an embedded pedal panel – is up for auction

The Grateful Dead guitar legend’s final rig is open to bids and it features a bit of 2-for-1 gear history

Guitar World

“People have said, ‘Oh, man, you gotta play the Gibson, that’s the real deal.’ But there’s something about the Ibanez… I prefer the evenness of it”: John Scofield on working with Miles Davis, covering Bob Dylan and the agony of writing music

The jazz improv virtuoso returns with Uncle John's Band, an album that finds him covering Bob Dylan, Neil Young and, of course, the Grateful Dead

Guitar World

On this day: Boston sees the Grateful Dead in concert; Shaw, Hunter debut

On this day, several Boston Celtics accompanied resident Deadhead and Celtics center Bill Walton to see the Grateful Dead in concert in 1985.

USA Today Sports Media Group

"It's a perfect match. Forest Green Rovers is a team that really follows Grateful Dead values": The world's greenest, most vegan-friendly football club have launched a range of Deadhead merch

In unexpected partnership news, The Grateful Dead have launched a range of merchandise with English fourth-tier football club Forest Green Rovers

Louder

Mountain Bike Pioneer Gary Fisher Jumps On New Bicycle Dream

To say that biking legend Gary Fisher is a man for the ages is a two-wheeled understatement.

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9 legendary bands who are playing farewell tours in 2023

This year will be your last chance to see Kiss, the Eagles, Foreigner ever play live

Tribune News Service

Review: Love for Dead & Company won’t fade away as band brings career to close

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Dead & Company opened it’s three-night final stand at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Friday with “Not Fade Away.”

Guitar World

Watch John Mayer lead Dead & Company out for the final time with a series of stunning fretboard displays

The Grateful Dead offshoot closed their final performance – held, of course, in San Francisco – with Dead classics Truckin' and Brokedown Palace, and a spirited version of Buddy Holly's Not Fade Away

Tribune News Service

New Grateful Dead collection spotlights legendary show that ran nearly 5 hours

Didn’t score those much-sought-after ducats to see the final Dead & Company shows at Oracle Park in San Francisco?

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Chicago Sun-Times

Bill Walton doc bursts with joy and color — like the aging hippie himself

‘30 for 30’ bio traces his life as high school and UCLA phenom, activist, NBA pro and controversial commentator.

Advnture

Utah snowboarder calmly narrates video as he's hurled down mountain by avalanche

With a soundtrack provided by The Grateful Dead

Louder

A Grateful Dead drag tribute band are playing a show in protest at Tennessee’s recent drag ban

Grateful Dead drag tribute band Bertha claim to be the freak result of a mix-up between DNA from Jerry Garcia's severed finger and Woodstock's infamous brown acid

Tribune News Service

Drum legend Zakir Hussain a borders-leaping marvel: 'He has blazed a trail' says Grateful Dead's Mickey Hart

George Harrison of The Beatles was a fan and collaborator of Indian tabla drum marvel Zakir Hussain. So are guitar legend John McLaughlin, Grateful Dead mainstay Mickey Hart and banjo innovator Béla Fleck.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Bill Walton reacts to a spot-on SNL impression of him with his own chaotically poetic Twitter thread

He calls himself a "spiritual nomad" and provides live commentary for a game that will happen in the future.

Tribune News Service

Appreciation: Burt Bacharach, dead at 94, was a music legend who spoke out: 'I account for what I will say'

As one of the greatest and most innovative songwriters in pop-music history, Burt Bacharach inspired several generations of fans and fellow musicians alike. Beyond the great art he created, two of my fondest memories of Bacharach — who died Wednesday of natural causes at the age of 94 — reflect…

USA Today Sports Media Group

Bill Walton shares everything you must know about his ‘intergalactic’ alternate NBA telecast

"Like a Grateful Dead concert or a remarkable book or a poem or a song, you never know how NBA basketball is going to play out."

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