Grateful Dead, Bay Bridge

The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in Palo Alto, California. The band is known for its electric style, which fused elements of rock, folk, country, jazz, bluegrass, blues, rock and roll, gospel, reggae, world music, and psychedelia for live performances of lengthy instrumental jams that typically incorporated modal and tonal improvisation and for its devoted fan base, known as “Deadheads”. Their music” writes Lenny Kaye, “touches on the ground that most other groups don’t even know exists.”