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06/05/08 - Road Trips Volume 1, Number 3 is a 2 CD set from Summer 1971.

03/14/08 - Winterland 1973: The Complete Recordings can now be ordered.

02/04/08 - Road Trips Volume 1, Number 2 is a 2 CD set from October 1977.

02/01/08 - From Dead.net:

Members of the Grateful Dead will host a get out the vote concert in support of Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama on Monday, February 4th at The Warfield Theatre in San Francisco.

Mickey Hart, Phil Lesh, and Bob Weir, joined by Jackie Greene, John Molo, and Steve Molitz, will play show together in support of Barack Obama.

12/12/07 - A special holiday collection of live tracks from the summer of 2007 by Bruce Hornsby and The Noisemakers can be downloaded for free at BruceHornsby.com.

10/27/07 - Road Trips Volume 1, Number 1 is a 2 CD set from Fall 1979.

09/06/07 - According to Jambands.com, Mark Karan "took the stage wearing a cowboy hat to help the New Riders of the Purple Sage through drummer John Markowski’s 'Higher' at California’s Sausalito Art Festival on Labor Day. . . Though Karan will sit out RatDog’s fall tour, he will likely rejoin the group this December or in early 2008." Also, according to GDTSTOO, Steve Kimock will again join RatDog for their Fall Tour.

07/06/07 - Michael Grais will direct the film version of Steve Parish's book Home Before Daylight: My Life on the Road With the Grateful Dead.

06/28/07 - A Message From Ratdog

05/22/07 - SIRIUS Satellite Radio and the Grateful Dead expect to launch Grateful Dead Radio on SIRIUS this summer.

05/14/07 - Allman Brothers Band and RatDog August 2007 Tour dates are up.

05/03/07 - Three From the Vault will be released 06/26/07.

03/31/07 - Ratdog and Keller Williams Summer 2007 Tour dates are up.

02/12/07 - RatDog Spring Tour dates are up.

12/20/06 - From Jambands.com:

The House Democratic Leadership and The House Democratic Caucus are hosting a concert event in honor of Speaker Nancy Pelosi on January 4. Tony Bennett, Carole King, Wyclef Jean are scheduled to perform with a house band that features four Grateful Dead alumni (Bob Weir, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann and Bruce Hornsby) along with Warren Haynes and Mike Gordon. Richard Gere and Amy Brenneman are also scheduled to appear at the big ticket fundraiser ($1,000+) which will take place at the National Building Museum on January 4.

12/13/06 - RatDog Winter Tour dates are up.

11/28/06 - A bonus CD, Spirit of '76, will be included for those who pre-order Live At The Cow Palace from GDStore.com.

11/04/06 - According to this GDForum Postcard the next Grateful Dead Vault release will be:

Live At The Cow Palace: New Years Eve 1976 [3 CD]
Release Date January 9, 2007, list price $31.97

10/28/06 - Open Court Books will publish The Grateful Dead and Philosophy (from the Popular Culture and Philosophy series) in Spring 2007.

10/26/06 - Phil Lesh posted an important message about his health on his website.

10/26/06 - On 12/01/06 there will be a Rex Foundation benefit performance at the Warfield Theatre in San Francisco featuring The Rhythm Devils with Special Guests including Bob Weir.

10/20/06 - According to the latest issue of Relix the next Vault release (due in early 2007) will be a "historic New Years Eve show."

10/12/06 - Tom Snyder's Electric Kool-Aid Talk Show DVD includes four live performances by the Grateful Dead.

09/14/06 - Rhythm Devils Fall Tour dates are up.

08/30/06 - 2 additional discs of bonus material will be included for those who pre-order The Very Best of Jerry Garcia from jerrygarciastore.com.

08/09/06 - RatDog Fall Tour dates are up.

08/01/06 - Some more August dates for The Rhythm Devils are up at Mickey Hart's MySpace website. Also, a site called RhythmDevils.net is supposedly forthcoming.

07/19/06 - Coliseum, Hampton, Virginia, November 9, 1991 (JGB with special guest Bruce Hornsby), the seventh installment in the "Pure Jerry" series of live recordings, is now available from jerrygarcia.com. Also, Hornsby's upcoming box set Intersections 1985-2005 will include a collaboration with The Grateful Dead (a live version of "The Valley Road" from 1990).

06/10/06 - RatDog played the Welnick/Hunter/Bralove composition "Way to Go Home" at Sonoma County Fairgrounds on 6/9/06.

06/03/06 - Grateful Dead keyboard player Vince Welnick died June 2, 2006.

05/01/06 - Robert Hunter's 5/01/06 Journal update includes thoughts on the future of DeadNet, DNC, The Dead, and the marketing of Grateful Dead music.

03/23/06 - From the Boone Mountain Times:

[Radioio is] one of the top five independent internet radio services, according to webcastMetrics.com. . . Shortly, [RadioioDEAD] will become available. RadioioDEAD will be hosted by the official archivist of the Grateful Dead organization, David Lemieux. . .

03/17/06 - The Rhythm Devils featuring Mickey Hart & Bill Kreutzmann will play 4/19/06 at the Canal Room, New York, NY.

01/05/06 - From the Message From Phil at Philzone.org:

Phil: JC tells me that everyone wants to know about the Dead and Archive.org.

The Dead - The Dead is a big rusty machine that takes awhile to crank up. I am completely open to doing a Terrapin Station weekend and hopefully we will get it together for this summer.

12/18/05 - The setlists for the Asheville performances by Trey Anastasio, Mike Gordon, and Bill Kreutzmann have been posted at TreyAnastasio.com with the note:

This is the first official performance of "SerialPod"

12/06/05 - Download Series Volume 8 - 12/10/73 and Download Series - A Night At The Family Dog 2/4/70 are now available at GDStore.com.

10/24/05 - Download Series Volume 7 (9/3/80 and the second set from 9/4/80) will be available 11/01/05 at GDStore.com.

10/05/05 - Dick's Picks 36 is a 4 CD set featuring the complete 9/21/72 and highlights from 9/3/72.

10/04/05 - Download Series Volume 6 (3/17/68) is now available at GDStore.com.

09/06/05 - Download Series Volume 5 (3/27/88) is now available at GDStore.com.

09/01/05 - Ladder to the Stars: Garcia Plays Dylan will be released 10/11/05.

08/17/05 - The Dead Ahead DVD (due 11/01/05) will include "more than 50 minutes of never-before-released footage from October 30, 1980."

08/11/05 - On 09/24/05, Mickey Hart, Bruce Hornsby, Bill Kreutzmann, Donna Jean McKay, Bob Weir, and many others will participate in "Comes a Time" - A Celebration of the Music and Spirit of Jerry Garcia, at the Greek Theatre, Berkeley, CA.

08/02/05 - Download Series Volume 4 (6/18/76) is now available at GDStore.com.

08/01/05 - The Fillmore West 1969 - The Complete Recordings 10 CD box set is now available for pre-order from GDStore.com; a bonus CD containing previously unreleased performances recorded at the Carousel Ballroom and Fillmore West between 1968-1970 will be included for those who pre-order before 11/15/05. Also, the August 2005 issue of Relix magazine celebrates the Grateful Dead's 40th anniversary; check out the web-only extras.

08/01/05 - Warner Theatre, March 18, 1978, the sixth installment in the "Pure Jerry" series of live recordings, is now available from jerrygarcia.com. Also, Pure Jerry Digital Downloads are now available from jerrygarciastore.com; a free sampler of tracks from each of the six Pure Jerry releases can be downloaded directly from jerrygarciastore.com or Nugs.net.

07/08/05 - Jerry Garcia Band: Live at Shoreline DVD and The Jerry Garcia Collection, Vol. 1: Legion of Mary are now available for pre-order from jerrygarcia.com. Also, according to GD Almanac 12-3, the Grateful Dead's The Complete Fillmore West "Live/Dead" Shows February 27 - March 2, 1969 will be available for pre-order in August.

06/07/05 - The first two volumes of the Grateful Dead Download Series (4/30/77 at The Palladium in New York City and 1/18/70 at Springer's Inn in Portland, Oregon) are now available at either GDStore.com or iTunes. New downloads will be available on the first Tuesday of each month (Rochester 10/26/71 will be the July release).

06/06/05 - According to this GDForum Postcard, "Dick's Pick #35 will be four CDs [from Summer 1971]: the complete San Diego (8/7/71) show, all that was salvageable of the 8/24 Chicago show, and an hour-plus from the Hollywood Bowl (8/6). It will be available at dead.net Friday, June 17th." Also, in mid-October "there will be a 10-CD package, limited to 10,000 copies, and available only from dead.net, that will contain every single note from the entire [Fillmore West 2/27->3/2/69] run."

05/19/05 - RatDog Summer Tour dates are up, including shows with Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers.

05/17/05 - The Night at the Family Dog DVD (featuring Jefferson Airplane, Grateful Dead, and Santana from September, 1970) will be released 06/28/05.

04/21/05 - The Jerry Garcia Collection, Vol. 1: Legion of Mary will be released 06/28/05. On DeadNetCentral Blair Jackson posted, "All I'll say about the LOM is that it's a two-disc compilation, from stereo SBDs (not multitrack) mostly not in circulation, selected by DL2. Liner notes by yours truly." And "my impression is that Rhino is after something a bit more, dare I say, commercial than the typical Pure Jerry release, so they will showcase the different JG band lineups in anthology-style releases that will perhaps be somewhat more palatable to the masses while not overlapping with the PJ releases."

04/20/05 - The new Grateful Dead DVD Truckin' Up To Buffalo (from Rich Stadium 07/04/89) will be released 07/05/05.

04/01/05 - According to Powell's Books, "While supplies last, purchase a copy of Searching for the Sound directly from Powells.com and receive an exclusive new CD produced by Phil that includes four previously unreleased Grateful Dead tracks."

03/27/05 - From the Wisconsin State Journal:

Weir said there are no set plans yet for a Dead amphitheater tour this summer, but they will be on the road, possibly towards fall.

03/17/05 - The Rare Cuts and Oddities 1966 CD is now available.

03/02/05 - Due 04/05/05, the Bonnaroo 2004 2 CD set will include "Self Defense" by The Dead.

03/01/05 - According to an email from Grateful Dead Interactive, "in the near future, certain new, previously unreleased shows will be digitally available exclusively through the iTunes Music Store and GDStore.com."

02/22/05 - Merriweather Post Pavilion, September 1 & 2, 1989, the fifth installment in the "Pure Jerry" series of live recordings, is now available for pre-order from jerrygarcia.com.

02/19/05 - According to the KPFA Grateful Dead marathon playlist, the Grateful Dead's Rare Cuts and Oddities 1966 (featuring Standin' on the Corner, Walkin' the Dog, and Good Lovin') will be released in March.

02/09/05 - From Dead.net:

The Grateful Dead's Mickey Hart and Particle, a pioneering electronic/jam-rock band, have come together to form HYDRA. The new group will launch a 14-date tour, debuting their new sound nationwide, beginning April 7 in Santa Cruz, Calif. and ending on April 24 in Washington, DC
Visit hydra-music.com for all the info.

02/04/05 - Dick's Picks 34 is a 3 CD set featuring the complete 11/05/77 and highlights from 11/02/77.

02/03/05 - From the Arizona State University Web Devil:

Weir says if the surviving Dead members are to tour again this year, it will be a "modest summer run."