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Topic: grateful dead

A photo of the author taken by John Perry Barlow; John Perry Barlow (Wikimedia/Joi Ito/Salon)

My long strange winter trip with Barlow

James McEnteer
A photo of the author taken by John Perry Barlow; John Perry Barlow (Wikimedia/Joi Ito/Salon)

My long strange winter trip with Barlow

James McEnteer

Al Franken in conversation with Salon

Alexandra Clinton

Dead fans love the band's vibe

Alli Joseph

Grateful Dead get a Love Light

Alli Joseph
Long Strange Trip (Sundance Institute)

The Dead is not dead yet

John Semley

Shopping for Christmas vinyl

Annie Zaleski
Bill Walton

The Grateful Dead made me

Erik Nelson
Grateful Dead (AP)

The Grateful Dead are cool now

Annie Zaleski
Jerry Garcia (AP)

"It was the tour from hell"

Blair Jackson, David Gans
Jerry Garcia at Madison Square Garden, Sept. 15, 1987. (AP/Corey Struller)

Jerry Garcia's final shows

David Browne
Bob Weir and Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead, at Madison Square Garden, Sept. 15, 1987. (AP/Corey Struller)

My Grateful Dead romance

Jennifer Finney Boylan
Timothy Leary (AP/Mark J. Terrill)

CIA thanks the Grateful Dead!

Richard J. Miller

"I'm good at sitting in a bar"

Kera Bolonik