This Wednesday, October 21, founding DEAD members BOB WEIR (in town too for Ratdog
concerts) and PHIL LESH will attend a fundraiser at the New York Historical Society as part of the exhibit celebrating the Rock & Roll Hall of Famers. Fundraiser tickets are available at $300.00. Grateful Dead: Now Playing at the New York Historical Society traces the career and achievements of a band that became one of the significant cultural forces in 20th century America. Through a wealth of original artwork and documents including concert and recording posters, album art, large-scale marionettes and other stage props, banners and decorated fan mail, the exhibition will explore the musical creativity and influence of the Grateful Dead from 1965 to 1995, the sociological phenomenon of the Deadheads and the continuing impact of the Dead’s pioneering approach to the music business. Materials in the exhibition will be drawn almost exclusively from the extraordinary holdings of the Grateful Dead Archive at the University of California Santa Cruz, established in 2008. For more information on the NYHS exhibition, visit NYHistory.org