This year is the 30th anniversary of Jerry Garcia’s death in 1995, as well as the 60th anniversary of when he co-founded the Grateful Dead in 1965. Now, journalist Jim Newton has a new biography about ...

Former Los Angeles Times man Jim Newton, in his book Here Beside the Rising Tide, picked a representative subject through which to judge the achievements and excesses of the 1960s counterculture: ...

Jerome John "Jerry" Garcia (August 1, 1942 – August 9, 1995) was an American musician best known for his lead guitar work, singing and songwriting with the band the Grateful Dead. Though he vehemently ...

It was 25 years ago Sunday — Aug. 9, 1995 — that Jerry Garcia passed away in a Marin County drug treatment center. The iconic guitarist, singer and songwriter in the hugely influential Grateful Dead ...

A rare interview published in the just-released e-book 'Reckoning: Conversations With the Grateful Dead,' offers a glimpse into the band's songwriting process. By Alan Paul Robert Hunter - H 2015 Many ...