Origin: San Francisco, CA

Decades: 1960's, 1970's, 1980's, and 1990's

Rock's longest, strangest trip, the Grateful Dead were the psychedelic era's most beloved musical ambassadors as well as its most enduring survivors, spreading their message of peace, love, and mind-expansion across the globe throughout the better part of three decades. The object of adoration for popular music's most fervent and celebrated fan following -- the Deadheads, their numbers and devotion legendary in their own right -- they were the ultimate cult band, creating a self-styled universe all their ow... Read More

Bob Dylan, Chuck Berry, The Beatles, The Byrds, Howlin' Wolf, Charley Patton, Merle Haggard, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Cannon's Jug Stompers, Woody Guthrie, Marty Robbins, Bobby Blue Bland, Henry Thomas, Jimmy Reed and Buddy Holly

Primus, Cowboy Junkies, Cracker, Meat Puppets, Blind Melon, Blues Traveler and The Jayhawks