1. Biography of the Grateful Dead 3 decades of inspiring and legendary music from 1965 to 1995

2. The Musicians Jerry Garcia Phil Lesh Bob Weir Mickey Hart Bill Kreutzman Ron “Pigpen” McKernan Keith Godchaux Donna Jean Godchaux Vince Welnick Brent Mydland Robert Hunter http://www.purplemoon.com/patches/patches-dead.html

3. Jerry Garcia Lead guitarist, lyricist, and vocals Icon and best known of the group Became a bluegrass banjo player Died in 1995 of a heart attack www.franceinfo.us.com

4. GD Introduction The Grateful Dead made its debut in 1965 The Grateful Dead was previously known as The Warlocks. The Grateful Dead are a mixture of rock, folk, bluegrass, blues, reggae, country, jazz, psychedelia, space rock and gospel—and for live performances of long musical improvisation.

5. Bob Weir rhythm guitar and vocals youngest member; started at the age of 17 Plays with The Other Ones, Ratdog, and The Dead nowadays www.dead.net

6. Grateful Dead Statistics 22 albums Countless bootleg reproductions Over 2,300 concerts Millions of fans known as Deadheads www.classicrock.about.com

7. Phil Lesh Bass guitar Started on violin Plays with Phil Lesh and Friends currently www.talkbass.com

8. Grateful Dead Albums Grateful Dead Anthems of the Sun Aoxomoxoa Working Man’s Dead Live/Dead American Beauty Europe ’72 Terrapin Station Shakedown Street In the Dark www.dead.net

9. Mickey Hart Drummer- both of his parents were drummers Author of many books Involved in American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress's "Endangered Music Project” http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=mickey+hart+photos&um=1&ie=UTF -8&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&resnum=1&ct=title

10. Grateful Dead Tribute Bands Dark Star Orchestra Cosmic Charlies Uncle John’s Band Shakedown Street Dead Beats Crazy Fingers Jakes Leg www.democraticunderground.com

11. Bill Kreutzman Drummer Spends his time surfing, kayaking, and diving, and in 1993 made a video called "Ocean Spirit" www.dead.net

12. Grateful Dead Artwork http://www.art.com/asp/display-asp/_/id--2240/The_Grateful_Dead.htm

13. Robert Hunter Lyricist Never played on stage gone on to write several books of poetry, and is currently at work on a novel www.dead.net

14. Grateful Dead Legacy Started in the San Francisco music scene that spawned Janis Joplin, Steve Miller, and Jefferson Airplane Created a new type of music called Acid Rock Was involved in Acid Kool-Aid Tests and friends with Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters

15. Ron “Pigpen” McKernan Harmonica, keyboard, and vocals His idea to start a rock band Died in 1973 from alcohol poisoning www.dead.net

16. Grateful Dead Archives Visit their website at: www.dead.netwww.dead.net Read lyrics at: www.dead.net/showsandlyrics www.dead.net/showsandlyrics Listen to songs at: www.last.fm/music/Grateful+Dead All Grateful Dead icons & decals from: http://www.purplemoon.com/Stickers/stick ers.html

17. The End Thanks for viewing my power point. I hope you learned something about the Grateful Dead and its members. Feel free to use this site for other means. Goodbye. Check out more Grateful Dead art

18. More Artwork and Memorabilia http://www.art.com/