Grateful Dawg

Oct 14, 2000

1h 21m

★ 5.7

Overview

Jerry Garcia, legendary lead guitarist for the Grateful Dead and David Grisman, virtuoso mandolinist and founder of "Dawg" music… Now, for the first time ever, the musical matrimony and extraordinary friendship of Garcia and Grisman is traced in the award-winning documentary Grateful Dawg.

Genres

Documentary

Music

Production Companies

11th Hour Productions & Entertainment Inc.

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Cast

Self

Jerry Garcia

Self

David Grisman

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6.0

Béla Fleck & the Flecktones: Live at the Quick

Feb 26, 2002

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10.0

Bill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass Music

May 31, 1993

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3.0

Flamekeeper: The Michael Cleveland Story

Feb 12, 2019

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0.0

The Carter Family: Will the Circle Be Unbroken

May 22, 2005

The life and times of The Carter Family, one of the earliest and most-influential group in American country and roots music.

7.1

The Grateful Dead Movie

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The Grateful Dead performs live at Winterland in San Francisco in October 1974.

0.0

A Kentucky Treasure: The Osborne Brothers Story

Aug 5, 2014

The story of Bobby and Sonny Osborne, better known as The Osborne Brothers, one of the most successful bluegrass groups of all time. Born in Hyden, Kentucky, they achieved world wide recognition with their 1967 single, “Rocky Top.”

0.0

In Our Eyes: The European Deadhead Odyssey

Jan 1, 1990

Rarely seen unofficial Grateful Dead documentary short. Filmed on the road in Europe, 1990.

0.0

Conversations With The Deadheads

Invalid Date

Recorded on Shakedown Street in Albany, NY during Grateful Dead's Summer Tour, 1992.

0.0

And Miles to Go Before I Sleep

Jan 1, 1994

In 1993, Grateful Dead took the stage at Buckeye Lake Music Center in Hebron, OH. On hand that night was Peter Shapiro, at the time a Northwestern film student spending a month on summer tour alongside cameraman Philip Bruell. The Buckeye Lake show opens and the Heads document the swelling Dead scene.

0.0

Deadheads: An American Subculture

Jan 1, 1990

1990 documentary by the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, featuring sociologist Rebecca Adams, PhD, who examines Deadhead subculture through a theoretical framework based on the ideas of social theorist Georg Simmel. Aired on PBS in the early 90s.

0.0

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Nov 27, 2015

Ending months of speculation and anticipation surrounding the first Fare Thee Well -Celebrating 50 Years of the Grateful Dead concert, the “core four” remaining Grateful Dead members -drummers Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart, bassist Phil Lesh and guitarist Bob Weir -along with Phish guitarist Trey Anastasio and keyboardists Bruce Hornsby and Jeff Chimenti slowly eased into “Truckin’” to begin the show. The biographical lyrics to the song proved to be a fitting choice to start the anniversary celebration, with the famed “What a long strange trip it’s been” verse capturing the moment perfectly. Recorded at Levi's Stadium on June 27th and 28th, 2015.

9.8

Grateful Dead: Fare Thee Well - 50 Years of Grateful Dead (Chicago)

Nov 20, 2015

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of Grateful Dead, the "core four" original members - Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh, and Bob Weir - reunited at Chicago's Soldier Field on July 3rd, 4th and 5th for the most anticipated concerts in recent history. Joined by Trey Anastasio, Jeff Chimenti, and Bruce Hornsby. Fare Thee Well: Celebrating 50 Years Of Grateful Dead is the original members' last-ever performance together nearly 20 years to the day of the last ever Grateful Dead concert with Jerry Garcia, which took place at the same historic venue.

0.0

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0.0

Bluegrass Jamboree

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6.0

Grateful Dead: Downhill from Here

Jan 1, 1989

Grateful Dead show on July 17, 1989 at Alpine Valley.

8.7

Alison Krauss + Union Station Live

Jul 15, 2003

No overview available.

0.0

Gospel Bluegrass Homecoming Volume 2

Jan 1, 2003

Bill Gaither and bluegrass expert Marty Stuart trace the history of mountain and country music with the help of the Homecoming Friends and legendary artists from the bluegrass field. Joining the Isaacs, the Lewis Family, the Easters and other Homecoming Friends are Ralph Stanley, Ricky Skaggs, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Marty Raybon, Del McCoury and others in the first ever Bluegrass Homecoming video!

5.2

Grateful Dead: View from the Vault

Oct 10, 2000

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