Set among the tree-and-meadow acreage of the old Black Oak Ranch north of Laytonville, California, and with Wavy Gravy and his wife, Jahanara, in attendance, the three-day affair included a family of bohemian bands including The Infamous Stringdusters, Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, Galactic, Keller Williams, Ghost Light, Fruition, Cosmic Twang with Nicki Bluhm, Ron Artis II, and many more.
Considering the hotness of Zero’s selected song release from this 1992 Great American Music Hall three-night October run, Grateful Web couldn’t resist the opportunity to chat with the two founding nuclei of the highly innovative group, Steve Kimock (guitar) and Greg Anton (drums). Following their previous release from the same October shows, Chance in a Million, Naught Again…
With a love for the Grateful Dead and impressive body of photography work that has continued for almost 50 years, Bob Minkin’s new coffee-table book, “Just Bobby,” is a definitive comprehensive compendium of Bob Weir imagery. A follow-up to Minkin’s popular, “Just Jerry,” a photographic profile of the Grateful Dead’s Jerry Garcia, “Just Bobby…
The Maple House Festival completed its inaugural presentation in a large retired livestock pasture on the verdant rolling hills of the Hartwood Acres Park in Pittsburgh PA. It was no coincidence that the festival was also a Parks Foundation benefit. The beautiful park area flanked by maple trees is, in other moments, a pleasant…
When it comes to the Grateful Dead family, the old saying, “The whole is greater than the sum of its parts,” is epitomized by Deadheads the world over. Yet we would be remiss if we didn’t understand that this is due to the quality of the parts, and their relationship with one another. The whole cannot be greater than its parts if the parts do not serve the whole. And in the end, this is…
