With this weekend’s long-anticipated Grateful Dead reunion concerts in New York, we continue our series on "superfans" with an examination of the inner realms of Deadhead culture. Also: Jazz drummer Brian Blade performs live in our studio.
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Brian BladeSuperfans: The Grateful Dead
As the surviving members of the Grateful Dead reunite for concerts in New York this weekend, Soundcheck’s occasional series on superfans continues with a look at Deadheads. Music critic Ben Ratliff of the New York Times; Peter Conners, author of the memoir "Growing Up Dead;" and sociologist Rebecca Adams of ...
Brian Blade
Drummer Brian Blade has always been in two musical worlds. He learned how to drive listening to the music of Joni Mitchell and then got into jazz greats like Elvin Jones. Brian ended up working with performers like Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell as well as jazz giants like Wayne ...
Bring out your deadheads
In our miniseries of shows on Super Fans, you just had to know there'd be a time when we focused on the ultimate Super Fans - that curious tribe of wandering fans known as Deadheads. For decades, two or even three generations of them crisscrossed the country in their beat ...
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