It’s the summer of 1973, and I’m 18 years young and living by Franklin & Marshall College. A friend of mine had a 1955 panel truck and floated an idea: Let’s follow the band the Grateful Dead around ...

For newcomers, finding an entry point to Grateful Dead’s music can be intimidating. The band became an institution and, arguably, its own genre, blending rock, folk, blues, and country. Instead of ...