American Royal Arts is proud to offer a collection of Grateful Dead art, including rock poster art and more. The Grateful Dead was an American psychedelic-influenced rock band formed in 1965 in San Francisco. 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. They also were known for live performances that involved long modal jams.

The Grateful Dead's fans, some of whom followed the band from concert to concert for years, were known as Deadheads and were renowned for their dedication to the band's music. Many followers referred to the band simply as The Dead.

Band members: The late Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Pil Lesh, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann and the alte Vince Welnick. Past members include the late Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, Tom Constanten, the late Keith Godchaux, Donna Godchaux and the late Brent Mydland.

The Grateful Dead are well-known for their nearly constant touring throughout their long career. They promoted a sense of community among their fans, who became known as Deadheads, many of whom followed their tours for months or years on end.

Following Garcia's death in August of 1995, the remaining members formally decided to disband. In June 1996 Bob Weir (with Ratdog) and Mickey Hart (with Mickey Hart's Mystery Box) joined six other bands and toured as the Further Festival. In 1998's Further Festival, the two were joined by the remaining members of the band to form The Other Ones. "The Strange Remain" is a live recording of The Other Ones during the 1998 Further Festival.

The main focus of the members was to pursue various solo projects, most notably Bob Weir's "Ratdog", Phil Lesh and Friends and Mickey Hart's music for the 1996 Olympics. The remaining members occasionally got together under the pseudonym Crusader Rabbit Stealth Band during the late 1990s, infrequently playing unannounced shows.

The mid-2002 fall tour of The Other Ones, with Bob, Bill, Phil and Mickey, was so successful and satisfying that the band decided the name was no longer appropriate. On February 14, 2003, (as they said) "reflecting the reality that [was]," they renamed themselves The Dead, reflecting the abbreviated form of the band name that fans had long used and keeping "Grateful" retired out of respect for Garcia. The members would continue to tour on and off through the end of their 2004 Summer Tour - the "Wave That Flag" tour, named after the original 1973 up tempo version of the song "U.S. Blues."

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