Sturgill Simpson and Bob Weir First Met and Performed Together Here

Golden Gate Park? Dead Ahead Festival? Farm Aid?

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Relix Daily
May 24, 2026

May 24, 2026

QUESTION 1

Mickey Hart first joined the Grateful Dead at the Straight Theater in San Francisco on this date.

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QUESTION 2

Which of these fiddle players appeared on multiple albums with the Marshall Tucker Band during the era in which Paul Riddle and Toy Caldwell were members of the group?

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DelFest’s bluegrass heart meets the Grateful Dead songbook on DelFest Does Dead, a live 2-LP vinyl featuring 10 interpretations captured across DelFest 2025 (May 22–25, 2025), in Cumberland, MD. Festival favorites bring their own pulse and picking to Dead staples: Del McCoury Band, The Travelin’ McCourys, Leftover Salmon, Kitchen Dwellers, Darrell Scott, Sister Sadie, Railroad Earth, Mountain Grass Unit, Clay Street Unit, and The Price Sisters. The result is a front-to-back journey of Grateful Dead covers filtered through Appalachia, high-lonesome harmonies, and hot-rod string band energy, mixed to be played loud.

QUESTION 3

Marco Benevento first appeared with Andrew and Brad Barr, when the brothers were in what band?

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There are all-access laminates from the band's final summer, a ticket from the very last show, July 9, 1995, Soldier Field, Chicago, and signed posters that document the long aftermath of the Dead's run, in which the surviving members continued to carry the music forward under different names and configurations. Each item carries a direct, documented provenance. For those who believe that the crew built something just as enduring as the music, this is where to look.

QUESTION 4

The initial Frank Zappa studio release with Ike Willis on vocals was this triple album, rumored to be in consideration for Phish’s Halloween shows during the 1990s.

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QUESTION 5

Where did Sturgill Simpson both meet and perform with Bob Weir for the first time?

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