Did Dead & Co. Just Deliver Greatest Moment of Grateful Dead Weekend?

Deadheads hope to “make America grateful again”

The band’s 60th anniversary concerts show how much San Francisco has changed

See Sturgill Simpson Join Dead and Company for ‘Morning Dew’ at GD 60

San Francisco street where Jerry Garcia's childhood home resides was also renamed after guitarist as part of Grateful Dead's 60th anniversary celebration

Did Dead & Co. just deliver greatest moment of Grateful Dead weekend?

It was like night and day. After opening its three-night stand at the Polo Field in Golden Gate Park with a mostly pedestrian offering on Friday, Dead & Company did a complete 180 and delivered a truly triumphant performance in front of 50,000-plus fans on Saturday. And that’s why we go see multiple shows in a single stand, since it’s not at all uncommon for this band to be so-so on one night and then absolutely superior on the next. Dead & Comp…

Grateful Dead 60th Anniversary Weekend: Dead & Company Jam With Openers, Jerry Garcia Gets Street Named After Him

The Grateful Dead, one of the great institutions in American music, threw itself a 60th-anniversary party this weekend. Dead & Company, the band led surviving Dead members Bob Weir and Mickey Hart, played a series of three shows at Golden Gate Park, in their San Francisco hometown, while the late Dead leader Jerry Garcia got a street named after him. During the shows, the band’s handpicked opening acts — Billy Strings, Sturgill Simpson, and the …

Watch Sturgill Simpson’s Spirited Performance Of Grateful Dead’s “Morning Dew” With Bob Weir & John Mayer

Sturgill Simpson, Bob Weir and John Mayer all on one stage? Say less. Country music star with countless genre-bending hits? Check. Succeed under the completely different name of “Johnny Blue Skies” that allows for an exploration into a different sound? Check. The ability to drop in and play with one of the most recognizable bands in the history of music? Check. Sturgill Simpson is simply one of the most versatile artists the music industry has e…