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The Grateful Dead - what members say


  • Grateful Dead - Dead Ahead
  • Grateful Dead - Dead Ahead review by from Essex, England
    Rated - 3.0 stars A must for dead heads 16 March 2005
    ...I hadn't listened to The Grateful Dead for years but I'm glad I saw this superb live show featuring an interesting blend of country, blues and insanity. There is a 20 min drum b...   Read customer review
  • Festival Express
  • Festival Express review by from Uxbridge, England
    Rated - 4.0 stars All Aboard! 30 May 2005
    ...private train. Among the luminaries were: Janis Joplin, The Band, Buddy Guy and The Grateful Dead. It's clear that the performers enjoyed their time on the train with plentiful...   Read customer review
  • A Night At The Family Dog
  • A Night At The Family Dog review by A customer from ni
    Rated - 4.0 stars A Night at the Family Dog 15 December 2005
    ...e night of performances from three of the era's most definitive bands: Santana, The Grateful Dead, and Jefferson Airplane. Produced by poet and jazz critic Ralph J. Gleason as p...   Read customer review

The Grateful Dead - filmography


  • Festival Express on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Janis Joplin,  The Grateful Dead,  The Band
    Director: Bob Smeaton
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In 1970 a train journeyed across Canada carrying some of the greatest rock bands of all time. Janis Joplin, The Band, The Grateful Dead, Ian & Sylvia, Buddy Guy, Delaney & Bonnie, and others lived (and partied) for five days, giving concerts where and when they stopped. The train was called the ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 796 members
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  • Classic Albums - The Grateful Dead - Fro... on DVD (1997)
    Starring: The Grateful Dead
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
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    Jerry Garcia and the boys are at their best on this video album, which proves to be a Deadhead's dream. ANTHEM TO BEAUTY contains an assortment of video clips from the band's seminal AMERICAN BEAUTY album, newly taped (as of 1997) interviews with Bob Weir and Phil Lesh, a discussion of the album by ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 176 members
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  • Grateful Dead - Dead Ahead (1980)
    Starring: The Grateful Dead
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    This electrifying live performance by the cult jam band The Grateful Dead was filmed (oddly enough) at Radio City Music Hall in October of 1980. DEAD AHEAD splices together the best footage of that historical week when the Dead played at the legendary Music Hall every day. Songs performed over the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 109 members
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  • A Night At The Family Dog (1970)
    Starring: Jefferson Airplane,  The Grateful Dead,  Santana
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Filmed at San Francisco's legendary Family Dog Ballroom in September 1970, A NIGHT AT THE FAMILY DOG is an amazing document of the entire Haight-Ashbury scene distilled into one incredible night of performances from three of the era's most definitive bands: Santana, the Grateful Dead, and Jefferson ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 37% from 16 members
    Due for release on 11th June 2012
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The Grateful Dead facts

5 most recent films

Festival Express - 3.0 stars
Classic Albums - The Grateful Dead - From Anthem to Beauty - 3.0 stars
Grateful Dead - Dead Ahead - 3.5 stars
The Grateful Dead Movie - 3.0 stars
The Grateful Dead Movie - Blu-ray - 1.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Grateful Dead - Broadcasting Live - 3.5 stars
Grateful Dead - Dead Ahead - 3.5 stars
Festival Express - 3.0 stars
Classic Albums - The Grateful Dead - From Anthem to Beauty - 3.0 stars
The Grateful Dead - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Grateful Dead Movie - Blu-ray - 1.5 stars
Great Performers - Rock 'N' Roll Goldmine - 2.0 stars
A Night At The Family Dog - 2.0 stars
The Grateful Dead Movie - 3.0 stars
The Grateful Dead - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Susan R. Crutcher - 2 times - show films
Janis Joplin - 2 times - show films
Santana - 1 times - show films
Van Morrison - 1 times - show films
The Band - 1 times - show films

Most frequent directors

none - 4 times - show films
Jerry Garcia - 2 times - show films
Bob Smeaton - 1 times - show films