The Dead Tour Line-Up All Set
January 9, 2009
The word “Grateful” is no more, but the band formerly known as The Grateful Dead have exorcised the skeletons in their respective closets and are gearing up for this awesome Dead tour 2009. America now waits on tenterhooks to see what gems the Dead will serve up. Among the supporting cast are some of the best-loved counterculture figures you could dream of; Gov’t Mule are slated to play support for The Dead, and the fabled Warren Haynes of the Allman Brothers Band is set to handle lead guitar. Jeff Chimenti of Ratdog will be icking out the keyboard jams, which makes for a very colorful ensemble indeed.
The Dead tour tickets 2009 are going to be sought and bought in a lightning skull flash, so it advised that you move quick and secure yours. This Grateful Dead tour kicks off in North Carolina in April and is currently planned to continue until May, for a show at the beautiful Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, California. Very fitting. be there or be square.
The Dead Tour Tickets. Why Not Grateful?
January 9, 2009
The Dead tickets back on sale should send Hippies into delirium, surely? But why not “Grateful”? You might well ask.
The Dead announced that they’d abandoned the “Grateful” part of the name after the 1995 death of frontman Jerry Garcia. Garcia was often described as the “leader” of the Grateful Dead, but in an early-70s Rolling Stone interview he famously retorted, “I’m not the leader of the Grateful Dead or anything like that; there isn’t any f****n’ leader!”
The changing the band’s name didn’t go without resistance. Dead guitarist Bob Weir said of the change, “At least a couple of the guys really wanted to do it. I think it’s a bit premature. I was just fine being the Other One. If they really want to do it, they’re going to — I’m clearly out-voted on this.”
One thing is for sure, all members of the Dead are thrilled to be together as a group again and this tour is set to amaze, as ever.
The Dead Tour 2009 Inspired by Obama
January 9, 2009
Tickets to The Dead are moving fast, but this Grateful Dead tour might never have happened if not for the optimism of the great American voter. The four surviving Grateful Dead members responsible for this 20 city US tour were initally inspired to unite after playing two fundraisers for Barack Obama. Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Mickey Hart and Bill Kruetzmann have been the heroes of Hippies everywhere, but have not regularly toured or performed as a group since Jerry Garcia’s untimely death in 1995. The prospect of a Grateful Dead resurrection were almost zero, but the president elect’s fundraisers lit a flame under the surviving Dead members and the rest is history. It’s time to think about Grateful Dead tickets in a new way; with only Garcia missing and a new dawn in American politics, 2009 could well be the best year in music in quite a while.