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The '''Grateful Dead''' was an American rock band formed in 1965 in San Francisco, California. The band was known for its unique and eclectic songwriting style—which fused elements of rock, folk music, bluegrass, blues, country, jazz, psychedelia, and gospel—and for live performances of long musical improvisation.
 
The '''Grateful Dead''' was an American rock band formed in 1965 in San Francisco, California. The band was known for its unique and eclectic songwriting style—which fused elements of rock, folk music, bluegrass, blues, country, jazz, psychedelia, and gospel—and for live performances of long musical improvisation.
  
Mentioned in [[Teenage Wind]]: ''"It's a miserable Friday Night. I'm SO lonely and nobody will give me a ride to the Grateful Dead concert."''  
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Mentioned in [[Teen-age Wind]]: ''"It's a miserable Friday Night. I'm SO lonely and nobody will give me a ride to the Grateful Dead concert."''  
 
Further reading:
 
Further reading:
 
[[wikipedia:Grateful Dead|Grateful Dead]]
 
[[wikipedia:Grateful Dead|Grateful Dead]]

Revision as of 17:34, 2 December 2010

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The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in San Francisco, California. The band was known for its unique and eclectic songwriting style—which fused elements of rock, folk music, bluegrass, blues, country, jazz, psychedelia, and gospel—and for live performances of long musical improvisation.

Mentioned in Teen-age Wind: "It's a miserable Friday Night. I'm SO lonely and nobody will give me a ride to the Grateful Dead concert." Further reading: Grateful Dead