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"Althea" is a song by the Grateful Dead, with lyrics written by Robert Hunter and music by Jerry Garcia. It first appeared as the third track on the band's 1980 studio album Go to Heaven . The song was first performed live on August 4, 1979, at the Oakland Civic Auditorium in Oakland, California .
Go to Heaven is the eleventh studio album (sixteenth overall) by rock band the Grateful Dead, released April 28, 1980, by Arista Records.It is the band's first album with keyboardist Brent Mydland.
Without a Net is the eighth live album by the Grateful Dead (their twenty-first overall). It compiles performances from October 1989 to April 1990, and was released in September 1990. The album simulates the progression of an actual Grateful Dead concert and was certified Gold by the RIAA in November 1990. [2]
As they jammed out to Althea, one of the Grateful Dead’s most recognizable songs, it was clear to both that something magical had taken place. Mayer, who had discovered the Grateful Dead’s ...
Mayer recounts that in 2011 he was listening to Pandora and happened upon the song "Althea" by the Grateful Dead from their 1980 album Go to Heaven.Impressed by the song, Mayer soon was exploring the Grateful Dead's music and felt creatively invigorated by Jerry Garcia's "phenomenally talented" musicianship to improve his own guitar playing.
The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in Palo Alto, California, in 1965. [1] [2] Known for their eclectic style that fused elements of rock, blues, jazz, folk, country, bluegrass, rock and roll, gospel, reggae, and world music with psychedelia, [3] [4] the band is famous for improvisation during their live performances, [5] [6] and for their devoted fan base, known as "Deadheads".
Fare Thee Well: Celebrating 50 Years of the Grateful Dead was a series of concerts that were performed by most of the surviving members of the Grateful Dead: Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart, joined by Trey Anastasio, Bruce Hornsby and Jeff Chimenti, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Grateful Dead.
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