Grateful Dead - Music Box Biographical Collect. - DVD

Formed in 1965 in San Francisco with Bluegrass - Country Enthusiast Jerome "Jerry" Garcia on guitar, "Pigpen" McKernan on keys, Bob Weir also on guitar, Phil Lesh on bass, and Bill Kreutzmann on drums, the musicians performed for a while as the Warlocks which were basically a folk and Bluegrass outfit. However, Acid rock and Psychedelia popular at the time - especially in San Francisco - helped the Band merge a more modern Sound with its affinity for rootsier Music and drugs played a hand in making their music that much more intoxicating. During December 1965, Garcia renamed the Band the Grateful Dead, from a Song about a Pauper's Funeral.
Jerry Garcia, the Granddaddy of all Deadheads, died in 1995 of heart failure while in drug rehab, thus ending an impressive Reign.