Grateful Dead Keeps on Truckin’ for Its 60th Anniversary

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🗓️ 1 August 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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The Grateful Dead is showing a touch of grey as the band turns 60, and San Francisco is pulling out the stops to celebrate: tie-dye buses, banners across the city and the revival of Shakedown Street, the pop-up market that appears at Dead shows. The party culminates with three-nights of Dead & Company concerts from August 1-3 at Golden Gate Park’s Polo Field featuring band originals Bob Weir and Mickey Hart, along with other artists including John Mayer. We’ll talk about the long, strange history of the Dead, and hear about what the band has meant to you. Guests: David Gans, musician and author, "This Is All a Dream We Dreamed: An Oral History of the Grateful Dead" Hollie Rose, author, "When Push Comes to Shove: Real Life on Dead Tour" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:19.3	The Grateful Dead turned 60 this year, showing off a touch of gray.
1:23.9	The band was born on the peninsula, but raised and nurtured in San Francisco, and the city is pulling out all the stops to celebrate.
1:31.5	Muni buses have gone psychedelic, shakedown street is open for business, and for three nights in Golden Gate Park, the dead and company will be jamming with musical guests.
1:40.5	We'll talk to the ultimate deadheads about the band's impact and hear from you.
1:44.8	Tell us about your long, strange trip with the Grateful Dead.
1:48.5	That's all coming up next after this news.
2:08.1	Welcome to Forum. I'm Grace Juan, in for Alexis Matricle.
2:14.1	If you think Deadheads are a thing of the past, this weekend in San Francisco is going to prove you wrong.
2:19.2	For the Grateful Dead's passionate fan base, the music never stopped and the last 60 years have felt like one long song in concert. That symbiotic relationship between the band and its
2:25.7	fans might be one reason why the Dead remained popular and relevant and how they keep on trucking.
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