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Grateful Dead
The Grateful Dead were an American rock band formed in 1965 in the San Francisco Bay Area. The band was known for its unique and eclectic style, which fused elements of rock, folk, bluegrass, blues, reggae, country, jazz, psychedelia, and space rock—and for live performances of long musical...
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Mickey Hart
Mickey Hart (born Michael Steven Hartman; September 11, 1943) is an American percussionist and musicologist. 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...
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Period (start):
- 1967
Period (end):
- Feb 1971
Mickey Hart
Mickey Hart (born Michael Steven Hartman; September 11, 1943) is an American percussionist and musicologist. 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...
Period (start):
- Oct 1974
Period (end):
- 1995
Tom Constanten
Tom Constanten (born March 19, 1944 in Long Branch, New Jersey) is an American keyboardist, best known for playing with the Grateful Dead from 1968–1970.
Known as T.C., he studied music at University of California, Berkeley, where he met Phil Lesh....
Roles:
Period (start):
- 1968
Period (end):
- Jan 1970
Jerry Garcia
Jerome John "Jerry" Garcia (August 1, 1942 – August 9, 1995) was an American musician best known for his work with the band the Grateful Dead. Though he vehemently disavowed the role, Garcia was viewed by many as the leader or "spokesman" of the...
Period (start):
- 1965
Period (end):
- 1995
Bob Weir
Bob Weir (born Robert Hall Weir, October 16, 1947) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist, most recognized as a founding member of the Grateful Dead. After the Grateful Dead disbanded, Weir performed with The Other Ones, later known as The...
Roles:
Period (start):
- 1965
Period (end):
- 1995
Brent Mydland
Brent Mydland (October 21, 1952 – July 26, 1990) was the fourth keyboardist to play for the American rock band the Grateful Dead. He was with the band for eleven years and, despite being often referred to as "the new guy", he was with the band for a...
Roles:
Period (start):
- 1979
Period (end):
- Jul 1990
Vince Welnick
Vince Welnick (February 21, 1951–June 2, 2006) was an American keyboardist, best known for playing with the band The Tubes during the 1970s and 1980s and with the Grateful Dead in the 1990s.
Born in Phoenix, Arizona, Welnick started playing...
Roles:
Period (start):
- 1990
Period (end):
- 1995
Phil Lesh
Phillip Chapman Lesh (born March 15, 1940 in Berkeley, California) is a musician and a founding member of the Grateful Dead, with whom he played bass guitar throughout their 30-year career.
After the band's disbanding in 1995, Lesh continued the...
Roles:
Period (start):
- 1965
Period (end):
- 1995
Bill Kreutzmann
Bill Kreutzmann (born May 7, 1946 in Palo Alto, California) is an American drummer who played with the rock band the Grateful Dead for their entire thirty-year career.
Kreutzmann started playing drums at the age of 13, despite having been told by...
Roles:
Period (start):
- 1965
Period (end):
- 1995
Ron "Pigpen" McKernan
Ronald C. "Pigpen" McKernan (September 8, 1945 – March 8, 1973) was a founding member of the band the Grateful Dead. His musical contributions to the Grateful Dead included vocals, Hammond organ, harmonica, percussion, and occasionally guitar. He...
Period (start):
- 1965
Period (end):
- Jun 17, 1972
Keith Godchaux
Keith Richard Godchaux (July 19, 1948 – July 23, 1980) was a musician best known for his tenure in the rock group the Grateful Dead.
Keith Godchaux was born in Seattle, Washington and grew up in Concord, California. He met and married Donna Jean...
Roles:
Period (start):
- 1971
Period (end):
- 1979
Donna Godchaux
Donna Jean (Thatcher) Godchaux-MacKay (born August 22, 1947) is an American singer best known for having been a member of the rock group Grateful Dead.
Donna Jean was born in Sheffield, Alabama. Prior to 1970, she had worked as a session singer in...
Roles:
Period (start):
- 1972
Period (end):
- 1979
Bruce Hornsby
Bruce Hornsby (born Bruce Randall Hornsby, November 23, 1954, Williamsburg, Virginia) is an American singer, pianist, accordion player, and songwriter. Known for the spontaneity and creativity of his live performances, Hornsby draws frequently from...
Roles:
Period (start):
- Sep 1990
Period (end):
- Mar 24, 1992
