The Grateful Dead

Slightly Stoopid

Saturday, April 20, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, 303-830-8497.

Slightly Stoopid's Miles Doughty on playing at Red Rocks on 4/20 and couch-lock ganja

Next week, stoners across the Front Range will converge upon Red Rocks to celebrate 4/20. Two acts will be on hand to help raise a toast roast commemorating the occasion, and you can hardly find a pair of more fitting acts, the hemp-hop icons of Cypress Hill, and their SoCal-based punk rock, reggae ... More >>

Can we get Sirus for minute? It's time to give these six artists their own channel already!

Craig Hlavaty I've had satellite radio in my life since Christmas. Nothing is better than falling asleep on the couch on a Saturday afternoon after a big fat lunch with Willie's Roadhouse playing; waking up every few hours to piss during a Ray Price cut and then falling back to sleep. What I love t ... More >>

Bob Weir

Thursday, December 13, Paramount Theatre, 303-830-8497.

The Gromet

Barren
Self-released

The ten best concerts this weekend: Oct. 19-21

Ah, yes, welcome to the weekend! And what a glorious weekend it's going to be. Have you seen the forcast? What's more, the Broncos have a bye-week this week, which means there's no reason at not to get out in the sunshine during the day and then treat yourself to some shows at night. As always, we'v ... More >>

Twenty fabled moments in Denver music: #15: Grateful Dead's first time at Red Rocks in 1978

Over the course of the next few weeks, Backbeat will be counting down the twenty most fabled moments in Denver music history. Today, a look back at the the first time the Grateful Dead played at Red Rocks in 1978. The origins of Colorado's jam band "scene" are pretty nebulous, but July 7, 1978, is ... More >>

Mickey Hart Band at Ogden Theatre, 5/17/12

MICKEY HART BAND @ OGDEN THEATRE | 5.17.12 Maybe it was the energy in the room, this veneration coming off the crowd in adoring waves. Maybe it was the clapping, like an old-time spiritual keeping time with sacred rhythm. Whatever it was, the Ogden felt something like a church service last night fo ... More >>

Mickey Hart on Rhythm Devils, sampling the Big Bang and the healing power of music

Mickey Hart (due tomorrow night at the Ogden Theatre) was one of the Grateful Dead's two drummers; along with Bill Kreutzmann, Hart helped weave the unique polyrhythms of the legendary band. Whether as a solo artist, with the Dead or as an activist, Hart always puts his heart and his being into his ... More >>

A Grateful Dead musical would be as entertaining as staring at a brick wall

Halloween Events: Great American Taxi, MiM0Sa and Designer Drugs (win tickets!)

This weekend is huge. It's one of those, "If you aren't here, then you aren't having as much fun as me" kind of weekends. The deck is stacked with amazing things to do, so pick a card -- any card. We've got some passes to Designer Drugs at Club Vinyl to give away, so leave us a comment on a memorabl ... More >>

Furthur

Friday-Sunday, September 30-October 2, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 303-830-8497.

Furthur at 1STBANK, 2/12/11

Kate Levy​ FURTHUR 02.12.11 | 1STBANK Center Almost a year after they played the reopening of the remodeled 1STBANK Center and just five months after its three night run at Red Rocks, Furthur, the Grateful Dead spin-off featuring Dead members Bob Weir and Phil Lesh and Jerry Garcia sound-ali ... More >>

Last Night(s): Furthur at Red Rocks 9/24/2010-9/26/2010

​ FURTHUR 9/24/2010 - 9/26/2010 | Red Rocks Amphitheatre In some way or another, the surviving members of the Grateful Dead have kept things alive for the last fifteen years. Bassist Phil Lesh has been the hardest touring, with his ever-evolving lineup of Phil and Friends. Guitarist Bob We ... More >>

Furthur

Friday, September 24, through Sunday, September 26, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 303-830-8497.

No more live music after next month at PT's Club Inferno

Throughout the late '60s, 1601 West Evans was a prime destination for live music, with acts like the Doors, Cream, the Grateful Dead and Van Morrison performing in the space now occupied by PT's Showclub at 1688 East Evans. Four years ago, rock returned to the building when the folks at Left Nut E ... More >>

Top ten myths about Red Rocks

RedRocksOnline.com​ As Red Rocks is gearing up for its set of summer shows, we decided to do a little bit of research about its vibrant history. Not surprisingly, we learned that the ancient venue has its fair share of myths and rumors, many of which we've collected below. Feel free to share ... More >>

Resurrecting the Dead

Heavy Rotation, our top spins for the week of October 12, 2009

​As music critics, the most common question we get asked (and ask each other, for that matter) is, "What are you listening to?" The pervasiveness of this query is precisely what inspired Heavy Rotation, our latest feature. For the benefit of those who happen to be curious, we've compiled a list of ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Ratdog at Chautauqua

​Bob Weir & Ratdog Sunday, August 30 Chautauqua Auditorium Better Than: Parts of the reunited Dead's performance in Denver a few months ago For those of us who were introduced to the Grateful Dead as elementary school kids in the late-1980s by the San Francisco band's ubiquitous MTV hit "Touc ... More >>

Last night: The Dead at the Pepsi Center

Photo: Adam PerryThe DeadThursday, May 7, 2009Pepsi CenterBetter than: a Grateful Dead cover band but at times worse than some of Phil Lesh's bands -- wait, the Dead kind of is a Grateful Dead cover band.Singer/guitarist Bob Weir, always the wild-eyed youngster in the Grateful Dead, was in his late ... More >>

Bring Out Your Dead

Mini Reviews

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D Note

D Note

Kettle Joe's Psychedelic Swamp Revue

Friday, December 8, Quixote's True Blue; Saturday, December 9, Cervantes' Masterpiece Ballroom, 1-866-455-2263.

Terrapin Nation

Thursday, August 3, Cervantes' Masterpiece Ballroom, 303-297-1772.

Polywood Ending

Cervantes' is the perfect place for Polytoxic to take its Last Waltz.

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Now Hear This

Best Free Musical Event

Ween

Continental Cycles

Moto Euro rides overseas trend

Time Tripping

Deadheads pick up the tie-dyed banner

Days of the Dead

The Grateful Dead’s chief observer attempts to distill the band’s appeal in a new book.

Coming Clean

Concertgoers come together to sober up and jam straight.

Best Reason to Take a Trip to the Bathroom

Quixote's True Blue

Jerry Meander

Grateful Dawg isn't quite alive enough to be Dead.

American Beauty

A new Rhino boxed set catalogues the Grateful Dead's journey down The Golden Road.

The Dead Zone

With its precise duplications of Grateful Dead bootlegs, the Dark Star Orchestra is the ultimate cosmic cover band.

Business Unusual

The String Cheese Incident's sunny music has earned it fans all over the world. Its six companies have earned millions.

Best donation for victims of the June fires

Grateful Dead tapes

Love That Dave

Critics hate Dave Matthews, but that doesn't mean you should.

Playlist

Shaft's Big Score!

Ted Nugent's blood-and-guts bowhunting video rakes in the money for public TV.

Dead, Schmed

So what's with all these Jewish Deadheads? Doug Gertner has a theory or two.

JERRY'S KIDS

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