Day of the Dead
December 4, 1965:
The Grateful Dead know the way to this Silicon Valley city where they play their first-ever show
San Jose
The 1960s home of the Grateful Dead was 710 this street, near the intersection with Haight
Ashbury
A Blackmail scheme, or a Grateful Dead “Street”
Shakedown
This Grateful Dead cover band, formed in Chicago, Illinois, has been "celebrating the Grateful Dead concert experience” since 1997.
What is Dark Star Orchestra
To take a very small amount of psychedelics, perhaps to boost one’s mood, rather than to get high
Micro dose
Oct. 6, 1971:
The "Skull & Roses" live album comes out, calling their fans these on the back cover
Deadheads
In 1991 The Dead played a memorial concert for Bill Graham before an estimated 300,000 people in what park?
Golden Gate Park
A Grateful Dead song plays fast & loose with the story of this heroic train engineer who died in 1900
Casey Jones
This band initially announced only one concert date on October 31, 2015, at Madison Square Garden in New York, but announced a full tour shortly afterwards
Dead & Company
Mind-expanding drugs influenced the name of this style of rock performed by the Grateful Dead & Jefferson Airplane
Psychedelic Rock
August 13, 1995:
25,000 fans jam Golden Gate Park to celebrate this guitarist who'd passed away 4 days earlier
Jerry Garcia
These are the two venues, one outdoors and the other indoors, the band was scheduled to play on December 6, 1969. It decided to skip both appearances.
What are Altamont and The Fillmore West?
This miner’s tale is musically upbeat, belying his message of woe.
What is Cumberland Blues?
Better off ____ is the name of this Grateful Dead cover band
Dead
Swiss chemist Albert Hoffman (1906-2008) was the first to create & learn of the effects of this synthetic psychedelic drug
LSD
Jan. 17, 1968:
the Grateful Dead held their first public concert of the year in their hometown of San Francisco, which included the live debut of what became one of their signature songs, ______
Dark Star
In September ’78, the band performed in front of this landmark – one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.
The Great Pyramid of Giza
“We'll consult the spirits, maybe they'll know what to do"
I Need A Miracle
This Grateful Dead tribute band gets its name from a turtle species featured in a song by the original band
What is Terrapin
November 27, 1965 is alleged to be the first of many parties during the mid-1960s -centered on the use of and advocacy for the psychedelic drug LSD- hosted by Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters, known as the ____
Acid Tests
July 5, 2015:
The Dead say farewell with a 50th anniversary show including this song about their "long, strange trip"
“Truckin”
On Sept. 2, 1978 The Grateful Dead grooved in _______ Stadium, playing tunes like "Jack Straw" & "Sugar Magnolia".
Giants Stadium
These two pieces were debuted at the inaugural ’77 show in California…oddly enough, in the first set.
What are Terrapin Station and Estimated Prophet?
Formed by Furthur and Benevento/Russo Duo drummer Joe Russo, the band played their first show on January 26, 2013
Joe Russo’s Almost Dead
Before becoming a regular performance at the psychedelic fueled parties hosted by Ken Kesey & the “Merry Pranksters” as their new name “The Grateful Dead”, when the band members attended the first party they were still known as their former band name, _______
The Warlocks