These Folks Are The Greatest American Rock Bands Ever

The Grateful Dead

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You don’t have to be a devoted Deadhead to know The Grateful Dead’s revolutionary contribution to the rock and roll scene. Their psychedelic sound fused with elements of rock, country, blues, and folk that turned music of the ’60s counterculture on its head.

Hailing from the San Francisco Bay Area, the group included the musical stylings of Bob Weir, Pigpen McKernan, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann, and of course, Jerry Garcia. They continued to tour after Garcia’s death in 1995 under different names, but things were never the same.