Katy Perry performs during the 2015 Super Bowl XLIX halftime show at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images hide caption
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2024 Kennedy Center honoree jazz trumpeter, pianist, and composer Arturo Sandoval, blows a kiss as fellow honoree blues rock singer-songwriter and guitarist Bonnie Raitt, applauds as they arrive during the 47th Kennedy Center Honors at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP hide caption
Phil Lesh of The Grateful Dead, seen here in 2005, died Friday at the age of 84. Michael Buckner/Getty Images North America hide caption
The 2024 Kennedy Center honorees (clockwise from left): the Apollo Theater; the Grateful Dead (Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann); jazz trumpeter, pianist and composer Arturo Sandoval; blues rock singer-songwriter and guitarist Bonnie Raitt; and director and filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola. Apollo Theater, Jay Blakesberg, Jeremy Lock, Ken Friedman, Chad Keig/The Kennedy Center Honors hide caption
Grateful Dead, Francis Ford Coppola, Bonnie Raitt on 2024 Kennedy Center Honors list
Baron Wolman, photographed on Aug. 2, 2011 in New York for the release of his book The Rolling Stones Years. Anna Webber/WireImage hide caption
Grateful Dead's American Beauty (seen here in a 50th anniversary edition from Rhino Entertainment) is the shared obsession of two NPR staffers born decades apart. Rhino Entertainment hide caption
2 Deadheads, From 2 Generations, On 'American Beauty' At 50
Robert Hunter, performing at Red Rocks Amphitheater on Aug. 9, 2002. Larry Hulst/Getty Images hide caption
Chuck Berry is one of the early rock and roll artists who were inspired by Latin music. Terry Fincher/Getty Images hide caption
Jay-Z performs on stage during 'On the Run II' tour in 2018. The rapper is among the headliners of Woodstock 50. Kevin Mazur/Getty Images hide caption
Can Woodstock 50 'Re-Create The Magic' Of The Original Festival?
Betty Cantor-Jackson worked as the sound engineer for The Grateful Dead on official live and studio albums — and perhaps more importantly, recorded hundreds of reels of prized soundboard tape. Ed Perlstein/Redferns hide caption
Jerry Garcia would have turned 75 on Tuesday. Jim Marshall hide caption
The Empire State Building's lights were synced to the encore performance of "I Will Get By" by Dead & Company at nearby Citi Field. YouTube hide caption
Bob Marley, with his guitar in the yard at Tuff Gong (his home and headquarters). Kingston, Jamaica, March 1976. David Burnett/Contact Press Images hide caption
LSD tabs on tip of young man's tongue during Woodstock '94 in upstate New York. Mark Peterson/Corbis/Getty Images hide caption
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Hart Valley Drifters included a very young Jerry Garcia (left) and future Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter (right). The new album, Folk Time, comes out Nov. 11. Jerald Melrose/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
The Grateful Dead. Keith Stieduhar/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Samson And Delilah
The Best Of Fare Thee Well: Celebrating 50 Years Of The Grateful Dead comes out Nov. 20. Jay Blakesberg/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Grateful Dead fans gather in the parking lot before a show this summer at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
The Grateful Dead's Laid-Back, Yet Surprisingly Shrewd, Business Plan
David Browne On World Cafe
John Oswald's Grayfolded, an epic version of the Grateful Dead's song "Dark Star," is getting a reissue on three LPs. Courtesy of the artist hide caption