Grateful Dead Tribute Box Of Rain plays American Beauty and Workingman's Dead

Few bands have ever released two albums in the same year as beloved—or as influential—as Workingman’s Dead and American Beauty. Arriving just five months apart in 1970, they marked a dramatic shift for the Grateful Dead, away from psychedelic experimentation and toward folk, country, bluegrass, blues, and traditional American songwriting.

Workingman’s Dead introduced this new Americana direction with concise, harmony‑rich songs shaped by acoustic guitars and roots‑music influences, a deliberate move after years of improvisational jams and studio psychedelia.

American Beauty followed immediately, refining and expanding that sound with warmer production, richer arrangements, and what many consider the band’s finest songwriting. Together, the two albums are widely regarded as the Dead’s strongest studio work—and as two of the greatest American rock records ever made. Many longtime Deadheads even treat them as an unofficial double album, born from the same remarkable creative burst.


Box Of Rain is the classic six piece that pays tribute to the most prolific and finest period of the Grateful Dead, ‘68-74. Featuring a revolving, all-star lineup with former members of Dark Star Orchestra, Living Earth, Zen Tricksters and Dead On Live, Box Of Rain channels the sound and magic that could have only happened at that special time. And what a time it was - the Dead were at the height of both their songwriting and improvisational prowess! Featuring an extended Pig Pen presence, one very swingin’ drummer and the most coherent and visceral space/improvisations, the typical 5-6 hour GD performances were legendary and a trip for sure.

Box Of Rain is a true labor of love with Bob Stirner (Living Earth/Boris Garcia) on lead guitar, Craig Privett (Half Step, Jam Stampede) on bass, Mike Kennedy (Living Earth) on guitar, Bud Burroughs (Boris Garcia) on keys, Jon Bernstein (Bears Choice) on harp and Pig Pen vocals and Tim Kelley (Boris Garcia) on drums.

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