Melvin Seals has been a powerful presence in the music industry for over 30 years with a long-established reputation as a performer, recording artist and producer. Melvin is most revered for his powerful, high-spirited, Hammond B-3 organ, and keyboards in the Jerry Garcia Band. Melvin spun his B-3 magic with the Jerry Garcia Band for 18 years and in doing so helped pioneer and define what has now become "Jam Band Music". From blues to funk to rock to jazz, Melvin Seals serves up a tasty mix with a little R&B and gospel thrown in to spice things up.

DEAD & COMPANY is launching its 2023 summer tour on Friday, May 19th and Saturday, May 20th in Los Angeles at the Kia Forum with dates running through Friday, July 14th and Saturday, July 15th when the tour ends in San Francisco at Oracle Park.  The band - Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, John Mayer, and Bob Weir, with Oteil Burbridge and Jeff Chimenti – will perform two sets of music drawing from the Grateful Dead’s historic catalog of songs.

The final amount raised for charity through Dead & Company's auctions in partnership with HeadCount, environmental organization REVERB, and a handful of other charities was $658,000! The D’Angelico Premier SS Guitar played on stage by Dead & Company’s Bobby Weir closed out its bid at $300,000 on July 16 at CitiField, the last stop of the tour.

A guitar played on stage by Dead & Company’s Bobby Weir has attracted a monumental bid of $250,000 in a charity auction being conducted throughout the band’s current summer tour.

Turn up the heat this summer by bidding to win the Ultimate Chicago Deadhead Experience: a virtual auction benefiting Rex Foundation!

Bidding starts Wednesday June 8th at 12CT and closes Monday June 13th at 5CT.

CLICK HERE TO BID

1 LUCKY WINNER (AND THEIR 3 LUCKY FRIENDS) WILL RECEIVE:

    (4) Chicago Cubs Grateful Dead Night VIP Experience 6/15: includes tickets to the game, access to the exclusive Maker’s Mark Barrel Room & on-field pre-game access

If you can't be at the show, join us live from home! Every night of Dead & Company's Summer Tour will be streamed live on nugs.net, and passes are now available in stunning 4K and HD formats. For the Dead at heart, you can get every show and save with the Unlimited Devotion livestream tour package, selectable on any single-night livestream. Get your passes now, it all starts this Saturday!