List of Grateful Dead members
The following is a list of all the members of the Grateful Dead.[1] The list does not include members of the various reunion projects.
Members
Official members
- Jerry Garcia
- Active: 1965–1995
- Instruments: Lead and Rhythm guitar, lead and backing vocals
- Other projects: Jerry Garcia Band, Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band, Legion of Mary, Reconstruction, Old & In the Way, New Riders of the Purple Sage
- Bob Weir
- Active: 1965–1995
- Instruments: Rhythm and Lead guitar, lead and backing vocals
- Other projects: RatDog, Kingfish, Bobby and the Midnites, The Other Ones, The Dead, Furthur, Dead & Company
- Phil Lesh
- Active: 1965–1995
- Instruments: Bass guitar, backing and lead vocals
- Other projects: Phil Lesh and Friends, The Other Ones, The Dead, Furthur
- Bill Kreutzmann
- Active: 1965–1995
- Instruments: Drums, percussion
- Other projects: SerialPod, Rhythm Devils, The Other Ones, The Dead, BK3, 7 Walkers, Billy & the Kids, Dead & Company
- Active: 1965 – June 17, 1972 (sick leave September–November 1971)
- Instruments: Keyboards, harmonica, percussion, lead and backing vocals
- Active: 1967–1971; 1974–1995
- Instruments: Drums, percussion
- Other projects: Rhythm Devils, The Other Ones, The Dead, Mickey Hart Band, Dead & Company
- Active: November 23, 1968 – January 30, 1970
- Instruments: Keyboards
- Active: September 1971 – February 17, 1979
- Instruments: Keyboards, backing vocals
- Other projects: Jerry Garcia Band, Heart of Gold Band
- Active: December 31, 1971 – February 17, 1979 (maternity leave November–December 1973)
- Instruments: Backing and lead vocals
- Other projects: Jerry Garcia Band, Heart of Gold Band, Donna Jean Godchaux Band, Dark Star Orchestra
- Active: April 22, 1979 – July 23, 1990
- Instruments: Keyboards, backing and lead vocals
- Other projects: Bobby and the Midnites, Go Ahead
- Active: September 7, 1990 – 1995
- Instruments: Keyboards, backing and lead vocals
- Other projects: The Tubes, Missing Man Formation
Touring members
- Active: June – October 1974
- Instruments: keyboards, electronics
- Other projects: Seastones
- Active: September 1990 – March 1992
- Instruments: keyboards, vocals
- Other projects: Bruce Hornsby and the Range, Bruce Hornsby and the Noisemakers, The Other Ones, Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby, The Bruce Hornsby Trio
Band lineups
Over a span of 30 years the Grateful Dead had various combinations of members, as shown in the table.[1]
Timespan | Members, instruments |
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June 1965 – September 1967 |
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September 1967 – November 1968 |
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November 1968 – January 1970 |
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January 1970 – February 1971 |
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February – October 1971 |
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October 1971 – March 1972 |
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March – June 1972 |
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June 1972 – October 1974 |
Touring musician
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October 1974 – February 1979 |
Touring musician
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April 1979 – July 1990 |
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September 1990 – August 1995 |
Touring musician
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Timeline
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References
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- The Grateful Dead
- Anthem of the Sun
- Aoxomoxoa
- Workingman's Dead
- American Beauty
- Wake of the Flood
- From the Mars Hotel
- Blues for Allah
- Terrapin Station
- Shakedown Street
- Go to Heaven
- In the Dark
- Built to Last
- Skeletons from the Closet: The Best of Grateful Dead
- What a Long Strange Trip It's Been
- The Arista Years
- Selections from the Arista Years
- The Very Best of Grateful Dead
- Flashback with the Grateful Dead
- The Best of the Grateful Dead
- Long Strange Trip
- The Best of the Grateful Dead Live
- Sage & Spirit
- Dead Zone: The Grateful Dead CD Collection (1977–1987)
- So Many Roads (1965–1995)
- The Golden Road (1965–1973)
- Beyond Description (1973–1989)
- The Warner Bros. Studio Albums
- All the Years Combine: The DVD Collection
- Grateful Dead Records Collection
- The Story of the Grateful Dead
- The Grateful Dead Movie
- Dead Ahead
- So Far
- Dead Ringers: The Making of Touch of Grey
- Backstage Pass
- Infrared Sightings
- Ticket to New Year's
- Downhill from Here
- Anthem to Beauty
- Sunshine Daydream
- Long Strange Trip
spin-off bands
- The Other Ones
- The Dead
- Furthur
- Dead & Company
- Jerry Garcia Band
- RatDog
- Phil Lesh and Friends
- Rhythm Devils
- Donna Jean Godchaux Band
- Heart of Gold Band
- Missing Man Formation
- New Riders of the Purple Sage
- Old & In the Way
- Legion of Mary
- Reconstruction
- Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band
- JGB
- Kingfish
- Bobby and the Midnites
- SerialPod
- BK3
- 7 Walkers
- Billy & the Kids
- Acid Tests
- Bill Graham Archives v. Dorling Kindersley, Ltd.
- Bob Dylan and the Grateful Dead 1987 Tour
- Dark Star Orchestra
- Day of the Dead
- Deadhead
- Deadheads for Obama
- Deadicated: A Tribute to the Grateful Dead
- Fare Thee Well (album)
- Fare Thee Well (concert tour)
- Grateful dead
- Grateful Dead Archive
- The Grateful Dead Channel
- Grateful Dead Comix
- Grateful Dead discography
- The Grateful Dead Family Album
- Grateful Dead Meet-Up at the Movies
- Grateful Dead Origins
- Grateful Dead Records
- Jazz Is Dead
- List of Grateful Dead members
- Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions
- The Music Never Stopped (album)
- The Music Never Stopped (film)
- Pickin' on the Grateful Dead: A Tribute
- The Planet Earth Rock and Roll Orchestra
- Relix
- Reunions of the Grateful Dead
- Rex Foundation
- Shakedown Street (vending area)
- Summer Jam at Watkins Glen
- Unfinished Grateful Dead album
- Wall of Sound
- Wharf Rats
- Eric Andersen
- Bob Bralove
- Jerilyn Lee Brandelius
- Candace Brightman
- Betty Cantor-Jackson
- Bob Dylan
- Carolyn Garcia
- Bill Graham
- Gerrit Graham
- Rick Griffin
- David Grisman
- Lenny Hart
- Dan Healy
- Bruce Hornsby
- Alton Kelley
- Steve Kimock
- Ned Lagin
- Dick Latvala
- David Lemieux
- Branford Marsalis
- Stanley Mouse
- Ronald Leon Rakow
- Merl Saunders
- Rock Scully
- Bob Seidemann
- Laurence Shurtliff
- Owsley Stanley
- Howard Wales
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