Try to describe the Grateful Dead in one sentence and you will fail. Country, folk, blues, jazz, psychedelic, space rock — all of these are elements of the Grateful Dead's music, but none of them individually can answer the question "what kind of band were the Grateful Dead?" Bill Graham, the legendary promoter who worked with them throughout their career, came closest: "They're not the best at what they do, they're the only ones that do what they do." That sentence is probably the most accurate description ever written. The Grateful Dead formed in ...
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