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How does a band ensure that it sounds like the most pristine version of itself, no matter where the show takes place or where ...
In 1974 the Grateful Dead revolutionized concert audio with a three-story, 28,800-watt system called the Wall of Sound. Fans were blown away, but the wall only lasted a year.
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Pulitzer-winning author Brian Anderson has written a new book, "Loud and Clear: The Grateful Dead's Wall of Sound and the Quest for Audio Perfection." Anderson joined Thursday's WGN Morning News ...
A year after that interview, the man Annie Leibovitz hailed as “the rock ‘n’ roll photographer” died in New York at age 74, ...
In 1973, Grateful Dead audio engineer Owsley “Bear” Stanley devised his concept for the biggest concert sound system of all time. Weighing 75 tons and able to reach over 28,000 watts, the Wall ...
The original Wall of Sound was designed for the Grateful Dead's live performances in 1974. It weighed about 75 tons and was able to reach over 28,000 watts. Share ...
When journalist Brian Anderson acquired a crumbling speaker monitor from the Grateful Dead’s legendary 1974 Wall of Sound via a Sotheby’s auction, it wasn’t just memorabilia he was after. The former ...
A weeklong Sotheby's auction of Grateful Dead artifacts includes everything from musical instruments to t-shirts to a MacGyvered nitrous oxide kit.
The Grateful Dead rocked the Grandstand 50 years ago at a June 1974 concert. Here is a look back at the iconic show. ... The Wall of Sound was designed in 1973, ...
Grateful Dead fans are known for their unparalleled devotion to the band. Yet, even some of the most die-hard Deadheads might have a hard time wrapping their minds around the idea of paying nearly ...
The Grateful Dead stopped performing more than 20 years ago, after the death of guitarist Jerry Garcia in August 1995, but the Grateful Dead experience lives on as surviving band ...