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How long would it take to listen to every Grateful Dead concert?
A Spotify playlist published by the U.K. outlet Far Out has put every Grateful Dead official live release in chronological order. This mammoth undertaking amounts to a whopping 362 hours and chronologizes the band’s 30 year history of live concerts.
How long was the average Grateful Dead concert?
3 hours
The Grateful Dead played a total of 2,318 concerts. Though each Grateful Dead concert was different, the average length of time for a Grateful Dead concert was 3 hours. Calculate approximately how many hours the Grateful Dead played in all.
What were the best years for the Grateful Dead?
Generally speaking, the best regarded eras are 1972, Spring 1977, and basically all of 1991. I choose 1991. Because 1) they have released entire box sets of that tour, which shows empirically the Dead feel this was a critical era.
What happened to the original Grateful Dead?
Although the original incarnation of the Grateful Dead broke up more than 20 years ago, it still looms large in our culture.
How many concerts has Grateful Dead performed in 2021?
Grateful Dead has 3248 concerts Date Venue Location Jun 13, 2021 McNichols arena Denver, Colorado, United States Nov 21, 2020 High gate Airport Vermont, USA Nov 07, 2020 Aug 27, 2020 McNichols arena Denver, Colorado, United States
How many albums did the Grateful Dead sell?
As of 2014, they’d sold over 35 million albums, according to the New York Times. Keyboardist Keith Godchaux joined the band with his wife, singer Donna Jean Godchaux, in late 1971 following a fortuitous encounter with Garcia at San Francisco’s Keystone Club.
Where did the Grateful Dead live during the Haight-Ashbury era?
The Grateful Dead had a fair number of run-ins with the law back in the ’60s and ’70s. They lived in a boarding house in San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury district during the fabled Summer of Love in 1967, as drummer Bill Kreutzmann recalled in a 2015 article for the San Francisco Chronicle.