LOS ANGELES — John Mayer is, by any seasoned Deadhead's measure, a real newbie.
Already four albums and seven Grammy wins into his career as a radio-friendly pop/rock star, Mayer first "heard" the Grateful Dead in 2011. The song was "Althea," a late-vintage Dead song co-written and sung by the late Jerry Garcia — and on Pandora Radio, of all things
Smash cut to four years later: Mayer is about to stand in Garcia's shoes, playing lead guitar and singing dozens of songs during a 15-show fall tour billed as Dead & Company. The latest reunion kicks off Oct. 29 in Albany, New York (with a bonus "free" show Nov. 7 at Madison Square Garden for the Dead's charity, the Robin Hood Foundation). Read more...
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