he popularity of this song brought in tremendous revenues like the band had never experienced before from any of their other albums and never saw again. Not to say the Grateful Dead was in any kind of financial trouble but drew in a lot of money from it. In fact the Grateful Dead made more money from concerts than any other band ever has, partly because the Grateful Dead played tremendous amounts of shows all over the country and even toured in Europe. The Grateful Dead in 1970 played one-hundred and forty-five shows more than anyone else ever has and probably ever will.In my opinion the Grateful Dead had a lot of talent and a great ear for truly good music. In writing this research paper I have learned many things about the Grateful Dead. One being, the idea of how drug related and based the band actually was. I cant go around promoting the use of drugs but, they really can open your mind up to many different lifestyles and open your ears, eyes and soul to become one with the music. After all the drugs and alcohol had created this band and ultimately destroyed it. Alcohol having killed Ron Pigpen McKernan with liver disease and the one whom brought the band together and forced them to stay together through all the bad times the infamous Jerry Garcia. Jerry died in early August of 1995 of a heart attack, which was a direct result of his terrible cocaine problem. Jerry enlightened this world with his music and will never be forgotten among the family he has left behind. The Grateful Dead officially was ended when Jerry passed away, however the remaining members still tour and play under the name The Other Ones and the family of the Grateful Dead the deadheads still follow them around the country. In my mind the Grateful Dead has never died and never will, they will never be gone if you wont let them. BIBLIOGRAPHY1) de Curtis, Anthony, and James Henke, eds. The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock and Roll. New York: Random ...
