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Herb Greene, Who Photographed the Grateful Dead and Other 1960s Rock Acts, Dies at 82

One of the first to shoot the Grateful Dead, he also memorably chronicled many of the other bands that were on the scene in the late 1960s.

By Richard Sandomir

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Peggy Caserta, Who Wrote a Tell-All About Janis Joplin, Dies at 84

Her Haight-Ashbury clothing store was ground zero for the counterculture. But she was best known for a tawdry book — which she later disavowed — published after Ms. Joplin’s death.

By Penelope Green

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10 Unforgettable Kris Kristofferson Covers

Many of his songs are better known by other singers’ interpretations, like Janis Joplin’s “Me and Bobby McGee,” Johnny Cash’s “Sunday Morning Coming Down” and more.

By Lindsay Zoladz

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Nick Gravenites, Mainstay of the San Francisco Rock Scene, Dies at 85

A blues devotee from Chicago, he tasted fame in the late 1960s with the Electric Flag, a band that made its debut at Monterey but proved short-lived.

By Alex Williams