Njengoba kunikezwe isigaba esiphathelene ne-Grateful Dead, ngitshele ukuthi yasungulwa nini, ukuthi ayengobani amalungu okuqala, nokuthi yimaphi amanye amalungu ayephakathi kweqembu.
Context:I-Grateful Dead yasungulwa eSan Francisco Bay Area phakathi nokukhuphuka kwesiko eliphikisayo lama-1960. Amalungu asungula iqembu kwakunguJerry Garcia (guitar lead, vocals), uBob Weir (rhythm guitar, vocals), uRon "Pigpen" McKernan (keyboards, harmonica, vocals), uPhil Lesh (bass, vocals), noBill Kreutzmann (drums). Amalungu eGrateful Dead, ekuqaleni aziwa ngokuthi amaWarlocks, ayedlale ndawonye emaqenjini ahlukahlukene aseBay Area, kufaka phakathi i-Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions. U-Lesh waba yilungu lokugcina ukujoyina i-Warlocks ngaphambi kokuba bashintshe igama labo baba yi-Grateful Dead; esikhundleni sikaDana Morgan Jr., owayedlale i-bass emidlalweni embalwa. UDrummer Mickey Hart nombhali wezinkondlo ongasebenzi uRobert Hunter bajoyina ngo-1967. Ngaphandle kukaMcKernan, owashona ngo-1973, noHart, owathatha ikhefu kusukela ngo-1971 kuya ku-1974, umnyombo weqembu wahlala ndawonye kuwo wonke umlando wawo weminyaka engama-30. Amanye amalungu asemthethweni aleli qembu nguTom Constanten (amakhibhodi; 1968<unk>1970), uJohn Perry Barlow (umbhali wezingoma ongenzi lutho; 1971<unk>1995), uKeith Godchaux (amakhibhodi, izingoma ngezikhathi ezithile; 1971<unk>1979), uDonna Godchaux (izingoma; 1972<unk>1979), uBrent Mydland (amakhibhodi, izingoma; 1979<unk>1990), noVince Welnick (amakhibhodi, izingoma; 1990<unk>1995). UBruce Hornsby (i-accordion, upiyano, izingoma) wayeyilungu lokuvakasha kusukela ngo-1990 kuya ku-1992, kanye nesivakashi neqembu ngezikhathi ezithile ngaphambi nangemva kokuvakasha.
I-Grateful Dead yasungulwa ngawo-1960 njenge-Warlocks nguJerry Garcia, uBob Weir, uRon "Pigpen" McKernan, uPhil Lesh noBill Kreutzmann. Eminyakeni edlule, iqembu lalinamanye amalungu amaningi, kufaka phakathi uTom Constanten, uJohn Perry Barlow, uKeith Godchaux, uDonna Godchaux, uBrent Mydland, uVince Welnick noBruce Hornsby.