GRATEFUL DEAD DISCOGRAPHY SERIES

There are several series of these albums. In 1991, the band started releasing retrospective live albums, a practice that has continued to the present time. (The Dead's second album, Anthem of the Sun, was an experimental amalgam of studio and live material.) They filled the role of traditional studio albums, and were an integral part of the contemporaneous evolution of the band.

The nine live albums were recently recorded and mostly contained previously unreleased original material. While they were together, from 1965 to 1995, the Grateful Dead released thirteen studio albums and nine contemporary live albums. Others who were band members at different times were keyboardists Tom Constanten, Keith Godchaux, Brent Mydland, and Vince Welnick, and vocalist Donna Jean Godchaux. Second drummer Mickey Hart was also in the band for most of that time. Pigpen died in 1973, but the other four remained with the band for its entire 30-year history.

The founding members were Jerry Garcia on guitar and vocals, Bob Weir on guitar and vocals, Phil Lesh on bass and vocals, Bill Kreutzmann on drums, and Ron 'Pigpen' McKernan on organ, harmonica, percussion, and vocals. They made extensive use of improvisation, and are considered one of the originators of jam band music. They had many musical influences, and their music evolved to a great degree over time. The Grateful Dead formed in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1965 amid the counterculture of the 1960s. The band has also released more than two dozen singles and a number of videos. The discography of the rock band the Grateful Dead includes more than 130 albums, the majority of them recorded live in concert. The Steal Your Face sign is one of the Grateful Dead's official logos.

Grateful dead discography