Posted: Friday, Mar 23rd, 2018
The Music of San Francisco 60’s band Grateful Dead comes alive in Ventura this spring!
by Dennis McNally
Everyone knows a Dead Head—fans of the San Francisco ‘60s band the Grateful Dead. Hippies in tie-dye, right? The band’s best-known member, Jerry Garcia, passed on more than 20 years ago, but did you know that there are even more Dead Heads now than when he passed? And that lots of fans now weren’t even born before he died? AND that thousands of them will gather at Ventura County Fairgrounds this April to listen to his music? The truth is, Grateful Dead music has become a genre all its own, something like blues or jazz. People play it all across the nation (and in Europe and Japan, for that matter). The songs are “Hymns,” said the great pianist Bruce Hornsby, and he’s got a point. This 2nd annual weekend festival is one you won’t want to miss.
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