Ka lebaka la serapa se buang ka sehlopha sa Grateful Dead, mpolelle hore na se thehiloe neng, litho tsa sona tsa pele e ne e le bo-mang, le hore na litho tse ling tsa sona e ne e le bo-mang.
Context:The Grateful Dead e thehiloe San Francisco Bay Area har'a ho phahama ha counterculture ea bo-1960. Litho tsa motheo e ne e le Jerry Garcia (lead katara, vocals), Bob Weir (rhythm katara, vocals), Ron "Pigpen" McKernan (keyboards, harmonica, vocals), Phil Lesh (bass, vocals), le Bill Kreutzmann (meropa). Litho tsa Grateful Dead, tseo qalong li neng li tsejoa e le Warlocks, li ne li bapala hammoho lihlopheng tse fapaneng tsa Bay Area, ho kenyeletsoa le sehlopha sa moetlo sa Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions. Lesh e ne e le setho sa ho qetela sa ho ikopanya le Warlocks pele ba fetola lebitso la bona ho Grateful Dead; ho nkela Dana Morgan Jr. sebaka, ea neng a bapala bass bakeng sa likonsarete tse'maloa. Moropa Mickey Hart le non-ho phetha lyricist Robert Hunter ikopanya ka 1967. Ntle le McKernan, ea ileng a hlokahala ka 1973, le Hart, ea ileng a nka nako ho tloha ka 1971 ho ea ho 1974, motheo oa sehlopha o ile oa lula hammoho bakeng sa histori ea eona ea lilemo tse 30. Litho tse ling tsa semmuso tsa sehlopha ke Tom 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), le Vince Welnick (keyboards, vocals; 1990<unk>1995). Bruce Hornsby (accordion, piano, vocals) e ne e le setho sa leeto ho tloha ka 1990 ho ea ho 1992, hammoho le moeti le sehlopha ka linako tse ling pele le ka mor'a maeto.
The Grateful Dead e thehiloe lilemong tsa bo-1960 e le Warlocks ke Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, Phil Lesh le Bill Kreutzmann. Ho theosa le lilemo, sehlopha se ne se e-na le litho tse ling tse ngata, ho akarelletsa Tom Constanten, John Perry Barlow, Keith Godchaux, Donna Godchaux, Brent Mydland, Vince Welnick le Bruce Hornsby.