Tichifunga ndima inotaura nezveGrateful Dead, ndiudzei kuti yakavambwa rini, ndivanaani vaiva nhengo dzapakuvamba, uye kuti dzimwe nhengo dzipi dzaiva muboka racho.
Context:The Grateful Dead yakavambwa muSan Francisco Bay Area pakati pekusimuka kweiyo counterculture yema1960. The dzakavamba nhengo vaiva Jerry Garcia (kutungamirira gitare, nenzwi), Bob Weir (rhythm gitare, nenzwi), Ron "Pigpen" McKernan (keyboards, harmonica, nenzwi), Phil Lesh (bass, nenzwi), uye Bill Kreutzmann (ngoma). Nhengo dzeGrateful Dead, dzaizivikanwa pakutanga seWarlocks, dzaive dzatamba pamwechete mumapoka akasiyana siyana eBay Area, kusanganisira yechinyakare jug bhendi Amai McCree's Uptown Jug Champions. Lesh aiva nhengo yokupedzisira kubatana Warlocks vasati vakachinja zita ravo kuti Vakafa Vanoonga; achitsiva Dana Morgan Jr., uyo akanga kuridza bass kuti gigs shoma. Drummer Mickey Hart uye munyori wenziyo Robert Hunter vakabatana muna 1967. Kunze kwaMcKernan, uyo akafa muna 1973, naHart, uyo akatora nguva kubva muna 1971 kusvika muna 1974, musimboti weboka wakaramba uri pamwe chete kwamakore ayo ose 30. Dzimwe nhengo dzebhendi ndiTom Constanten (keyboards; 1968<unk>1970), John Perry Barlow (non-performing lyricist; 1971<unk>1995), Keith Godchaux (keyboards, occasional vocals; 1971<unk>1979), Donna Godchaux (vocals; 1972<unk>1979), Brent Mydland (keyboards, vocals; 1979<unk>1990), uye Vince Welnick (keyboards, vocals; 1990<unk>1995). Bruce Hornsby (accordion, piano, vocals) aiva nhengo yezororo kubva muna 1990 kusvika muna 1992, uyewo muenzi pamwe neboka pane imwe nguva isati yasvika uye shure kwekushanya.
The Grateful Dead yakavambwa muma1960 seWarlocks naJerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, Phil Lesh naBill Kreutzmann. Kwemakore, boka racho raiva nedzimwe nhengo dzakawanda, kusanganisira Tom Constanten, John Perry Barlow, Keith Godchaux, Donna Godchaux, Brent Mydland, Vince Welnick naBruce Hornsby.