What the Grateful Dead Can Show a Fractured America

After the last key member of the Grateful Dead, guitarist Bob Weir, died last week at the age of 78, the cascade of loving tributes published far and wide underscored how he and his fellow band of misfits had created a new form of music that personified America.
In our melting pot nation, the Dead uniquely wove together the many strands of music brought to and developed on our shores. You could hear English and Scottish ballads and hymns, African rhythms, classical music, the avant-garde in their songs and jams, as well as blues, gospel, country, jazz, and rock. While clearly drawing on all…
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