The Grateful Dead Channel is a
Sirius XM Radio
Sirius XM Holdings Inc. is an American broadcasting company headquartered in Midtown Manhattan, New York City that provides satellite radio and online radio services operating in the United States. It was formed by the 2008 merger of Sirius Sat ...
channel playing music spanning American rock band
The Grateful Dead
The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in Palo Alto, California. The band is known for its eclectic style, which fused elements of rock, folk, country, jazz, bluegrass, blues, rock and roll, gospel, reggae, world music, ...
's entire career including unreleased concert recordings.
It also has featured original shows hosted by band members
Bob Weir,
Mickey Hart,
Phil Lesh, and
Bill Kreutzmann
William Kreutzmann Jr. ( ; born May 7, 1946) is an American drummer and founding member of the rock band Grateful Dead. He played with the band for its entire thirty-year career, usually alongside fellow drummer Mickey Hart, and has continued to ...
. Rare archival interviews with
Jerry Garcia are also featured. Another prime feature is ''Today in Grateful Dead History'', in which the Dead's official archivist,
David Lemieux, plays a selection from the Dead's touring past that took place on or near that date, together with his personal remembrances of particular venues and interpretations of what stretches were or were not artistically successful for the group. The Channel also broadcast live the band's 2015
Fare Thee Well shows.
This channel was originally on
Sirius Satellite Radio
Sirius Satellite Radio was a satellite radio (SDARS) and online radio service operating in North America, owned by Sirius XM Holdings.
Headquartered in New York City, with smaller studios in Los Angeles and Memphis, Sirius was officially lau ...
. It airs on Sirius XM Radio channel 23 and on
Dish Network channel 6023.
References
External links
The Grateful Dead Channel
Sirius Satellite Radio channels
XM Satellite Radio channels
Sirius XM Radio channels
Radio stations established in 2007
Channel
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