Grateful Dead Turns 60: Dogfish Head Beer, Live Tributes, and Vault Gems Celebrate a Legacy

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Grateful Dead are rolling into July with more energy and fresh celebration than ever as their 60th anniversary prompts both tributes and unique collaborations. In the biggest headline of the week, Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, under Boston Beer Company, just launched a limited-edition 19.2oz Grateful Dead Juicy Pale Ale can featuring the band’s 60th anniversary logo. The beer itself remains their year-round 5.3 percent ABV brew, but these cans are pure collector bait and will be available through Dogfish Head’s Delaware locations and select San Francisco accounts during Dead and Company’s August gigs in Golden Gate Park. Later this month, Dogfish Head is also releasing a co-branded T-shirt and a coaster, all celebrating the anniversary. Brewery founder Sam Calagione described the release as a “way to officially say happy birthday to the Grateful Dead while raising a can to Dogfish Head’s biggest beer launch in our 30-year history,” according to a statement published July 9 by Globe Newswire and echoed by Morningstar.

On the performance front, Dead music continues to pulse through live and tribute shows. Seattle’s Hidden Hall featured Deal: Tribute to Grateful Dead performing Brown-Eyed Women on July 3rd, a clear sign the grassroots Dead scene is thriving. In Chandler, Arizona, SanTan Gardens is hosting a Grateful Day of the Dead event with Touch of Dead on July 19th, while New York’s Industry City gears up for “Minglewood Plays Grateful Dead” on July 13th, promising deeply improvisational versions of classic Dead tunes.

The band’s official website, Dead.net, is keeping fans engaged with exclusive limited-edition releases and community updates. David Lemieux’s weekly Tapers’ Section just highlighted pristine soundboard recordings from 1977, 1980, and 1993—evidence that the Dead’s vault is far from empty. Meanwhile, every Friday brings a new “Jam of the Week” feature, with last week spotlighting a wild 40-minute jam from Des Moines, 1980.

On public radio, KBOO’s “Grateful Dead and Friends” aired its latest show July 5th, spinning both Dead and Dead-adjacent acts for the fan faithful. Social media continues to buzz with user-generated content, including multiple livestreams and themed “Grateful Dead Monday” YouTube sessions, the latest clocking in on July 7th.

So while none of the surviving members have made a high-profile public appearance in the past few days, the Grateful Dead’s brand, music, and legend are only gathering steam, with their 60th anniversary attracting new business tie-ins, non-stop tribute concerts, and a thriving online presence. No major unconfirmed reports or rumors have surfaced, just an enduring love affair with one of America’s most iconic bands.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Grateful Dead are rolling into July with more energy and
fresh celebration than ever, as their sixtieth anniversary prompts both
tributes and unique collaborations. In the biggest headline of the week,
dogfish Headcraft Brewery under Boston Beer Company just launched a
limited edition nineteen point two ounces Grateful Dead Juicy Pale

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ale can featuring the band's sixtieth anniversary logo. The beer
itself remains their year round five point three percent ABV brew,
but these cans are pure collector bait and will be
available through dogfish Head's Delaware locations and select San Francisco
accounts during Dead and Company's August gigs in Golden Gate
Park later this month. Dogfishead is also releasing a co

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branded T shirt and a coaster, all celebrating the anniversary.
Brewley founder Sam Calajoni described the release as a way
to officially say Happy Birthday to the Grateful Dead while
raising a can to dogfish Head's biggest beer launch in
our thirty year history. According to a statement publish July
ninth by Globe Newswire and echoed by Morning Star. On

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the performance front, Dead Music continues to pose through live
and tribute shows. Seattle's Hidden Hall featured deal tribute to
Grateful Dead performing Brown Eyed Women on July third, a
clear sign the grassroots dead scene is thriving in Chandler, Arizona.
Santan Gardens is hosting a Grateful Day of the Dead
event with Touch of Dead on July nineteenth, while New

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York's Industry City gears up for Minglewood plays Grateful Dead
on July thirteenth, promising deeply improvisational versions of classic Dead tunes.
The band's official website, dead dot net is keeping fans
engaged with exclusive, limited Dash edition releases and community updates.
David Lemieu's weekly Taper section just highlighted pristine soundboard recordings

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from nineteen seventy seven, nineteen eighty, and nineteen ninety three,
evidence that the Dead's vault is far from empty. Meanwhile,
every Friday brings a new Jam of the Week feature,
with last week spotlighting a wild forty minute jam from
Des Moines nineteen eighty. On public Radio, kbou's Grateful Dead
and Friends aired its latest show July fifth, spinning both

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Dead and Dead adjacent axe for the fan. Faithful. Social
media continues to buzz with user dash generated content, including
multiple live streams and themed Grateful Dead Monday YouTube sessions,
the latest clocking in on July seventh. So while none
of the surviving members have made a high profile public
appearance in the past few days, the Grateful Dead's brand, music,

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and legend are only gathering steam, with their sixtieth anniversary
attracting new business tie ins, NonStop tribute concerts, and a
thriving online presence. No major, unconfirmed reports or rumors have surfaced,
just an enduring love affair with one of America's most
iconic bands, and that is it for today. Make sure
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