When $300 VIP packages went on sale Feb. 14, there was so much traffic that it temporarily crashed the Terrapin Crossroads site. The sailboat sign of The Seafood Peddler restaurant is seen in San Rafael, Calif. on Wendesday, Jan. 4, 2012. (IJ photo/Alan...

Jerry Garcia's vaunted Travis Bean TB5 guitar, Bob Weir's Ibanez "cowboy" custom guitar and a bass from Phil Lesh. The Dead's famed "Wall of Sound" system will be incorporated into the exhibit design. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in...

Phil Lesh and Friends kicked off their three night engagement at Broomfield's 1stBank Center, Thursday, Feb. 16. The band fronted by former Grateful Dead member, Phil Lesh, consist of Warren Haynes, Jackie Greene, John Scofield, Jeff Chimenti and Joe...

Lesh and Friends is more of a rotating cast of characters than a set band like other Grateful Dead offshoots (Furthur, Bob Weir and Ratdog). This time, the "friends" that Lesh has brought along for his weekend stand at the 1stBank Center are the best in...

Few guitarists have weathered the dreck and trends of the last three decades with as much taste and success as John Scofield, who collates soul, funk, rock, and jazz into a style that bears only the brightest elements of fusion. The virtuoso is perhaps...

Not surprisingly, the 71-year-old Rock and Roll Hall of Famer is launching his new venture at 100 Yacht Club Drive in San Rafael with a 12-show run of Phil Lesh and Friends, beginning March 17 and hitting Saturdays, Sundays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and...

(Reuters) - For Jeff Chimenti, a rock keyboardist who plays with offshoots of the Grateful Dead, it has been anything but a "long strange trip" getting his medical product to market. Chimenti's resume includes stints with Furthur -- the band founded by...

LESH RUN MARIN PERFORMANCE SPACE STARTS WITH A BIG BANG The Grate Room Terrapin Crossroads has announced their opening slate with a twelve-show Phil Lesh & Friends run. The pre-sale of weekend packages and VIP tickets for all scheduled shows starts...

Courtney Love Hole Former Weezer bandmates Rivers Cuomo and Matt Sharp bury the hatchet when Cuomo appears at Sharp's solo gig at California State Fullerton. Sharp originally left the "Buddy Holly" band in 1998. Weezer Bob Weir, Mickey Hart, and Phil...

Dead tribute bands by picking a particular Dead show and re-creating the set list. But keyboardist Rob Barraco is quick to point out that doesn’t mean the group re-creates the show. “We don’t copy the music note for note or make any attempt to do that,”...

Mattson said. "The spirit of the music is to improvise--that's critical to the spirit of it." A couple years after Jerry Garcia died, the DSO formed in Chicago, 1997, and began gathering their own legions of fans. John Kadlecik, the first in the Garcia...

"Yes, please!" We say, "Do you have any that involve the Grateful Dead?" He'll see your Grateful Dead and raise you a Hall of Fame pitcher. He hasn't told this story in a while and is excited when it flashes in his memory. "I was sitting in with Phil...

Nelson to pull out his American Express card as proof of his identity. I beat him to the punch line: "Never leave home without it!" Raphael counters by offering another story. He hasn't told this one in a long time, and he's excited about it. "I was...

Guitarist Bob Weir and bassist Phil Lesh live in Marin County and both have set their sites on the area to open music clubs. Weir's Sweetwater Music Hall and Lesh's Terrapin Crossroads will both offer up organic food and state-of-the-art technology. ...

Dead bassist Phil Lesh recently announced plans to open a new mixed-use performance space called Terrapin Crossroads in San Rafael, Calif. Not to be outdone by his band mate, guitarist Bob Weir has now revealed his involvement in a similar venture just...

Dead bassist Phil Lesh recently announced plans to open a new mixed-use performance space called Terrapin Crossroads in San Rafael, Calif. Not to be outdone by his bandmate, guitarist Bob Weir has now revealed his involvement in a similar venture just...

Day. Now add two new destinations to the set list, each spearheaded by a member of another iconic Bay Area band, the Grateful Dead. Guitarist Bob Weir will open his Sweetwater Music Hall on Friday. Guitarist Bob Weir will open his Sweetwater Music Hall...

YORK - OCTOBER 21: Musician Phil Lesh (C) looks at exhibit samples at a fundraising reception in support of the new exhibition "The Grateful Dead: Now Playing" at the New-York Historical Society on October 21, 2009 in New York City. (Photo by Amy...

Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann, Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, Mickey Hart and Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead, circa 1970. Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart admits his band has always been wary of plastering its name or likeness onto products. "People...