Bill Walton’s Long, Special Relationship With the Grateful Dead
“It wasn’t like he was a fan,” the drummer Mickey Hart said. “He was part of our family.”
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Excavating Jerry Garcia’s Crucial Bluegrass Roots
In 1964, the guitarist took a road trip, hoping to become Bill Monroe’s banjo player. The journey, and his longtime love of the genre, shaped the Grateful Dead.
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Frank Wakefield, Who Expanded the Mandolin’s Range, Dies at 89
A bluegrass innovator, he recorded numerous albums as a leader, and his list of collaborators included both Leonard Bernstein and Jerry Garcia.
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Bob Heil, Whose Innovations Enhanced the Sound of Rock, Dies at 83
A groundbreaking audio engineer, he provided the large-scale systems that brought tours by the Who and the Grateful Dead to life.