Grateful Dead:

The object of adoration for popular music's most fervent fan following -- the Deadheads, their numbers and devotion legendary in their own right -- they were the ultimate cult band, creating a self-styled universe all their own; for the better part of their career orbiting well ... moreoutside of the mainstream, the Dead became superstars solely on their own terms, tie-dyed pied pipers whose epic, free-form live shows were rites of passage for an extended family of listeners who knew no cultural boundaries.

Here, those fans get a taste of something like "the old days" with guitar virtuosos Warren Haynes (Gov't Mule) and Jimmy Herring (Aquarium Rescue Unit, Widespread Panic) taking lead guitar duties.
(Image: Jay Blakesberg/Retna)

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