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Five Musicians With Missing and Damaged Fingers

Becoming a professional musician is difficult under any circumstances, but the following musicians beat those odds without a full set of digits.  read more

15 Children Books Written By Celebrities

Here's a list of just a few of the musicians and actors who have added author to their already extensive resumes.  read more

10 Musicians Who Served In The Military

These musicians crawled in the mud with the best of em’ before turning their swords into axes—and other assorted musical instruments.  read more

Who Should Play Jerry Garcia in A Biopic?

2010 is already shaping up to be a big year for Grateful Dead nostalgia, as fans mark the 15th anniversary of the passing of Jerry Garcia with everything from concerts to stadium nights....  read more

San Francisco Giants to Honor Jerry Garcia

This August, San Francisco’s AT&T Park will play host to a crowd that’s more Haight-Ashbury than Major League Baseball when they honor Grateful Dead guitarist and vocalist Jerry Garcia, Spinner reports....  read more

Ten Creatures Named for Entertainers

Last month, scientists announced they'd named a species of prehistoric bird for...  read more

Calling All Deadhead Librarians: Your Job Hunt is Over

Dear Website Visitor, Please answer the following questions as they apply to you. Answering yes to one qualifies you to continue on to the next: 1. Can you read? 2. Do you love The Grateful Dead? 3. No, like really, really love The Grateful Dead? 4. As in, do you love them enough that you’d want to potentially spend the rest of your professional life sorting, cataloging and archiving Grateful Dead music and related literature, manuscripts and relics into one of the country’s most impressive Grateful Dead library collections? 5. Do you have a master’s degree in archives management?...  read more

Pearl Jamband: Is Pearl Jam a Modern Grateful Dead?

Pearl Jam has long been linked to flannel, but what about tie-dye? As the band closes in on its second decade making music, Pearl Jam and its follow-them-anywhere fans have slowly become one of the tightest communities in rock ’n’ roll, complete with a vibrant bootleg trade centered around the band’s ever-changing, much-lauded live show that many claim transcends the pomp and circumstance of normal rock shows for something more human. Sound like a mouthful? Sure. Sound like the Grateful Dead? Absolutely....  read more

50 Best Bob Dylan Covers of All Time

As we began to compile this list of the 50 Best Bob Dylan Covers of All Time—asking for input from Paste readers, writers and editors—someone suggested that it might be easier to compile a list of artists who haven't covered Dylan. I've listened to literally hundreds of Dylan covers over the course of the past week, trying to weigh choices like, "Who's version of 'Tomorrow Is a Long Time' is better, Nick Drake or Nickel Creek?" But I don't mean to make it sound like grueling work. My biggest take-away from this exercise is that going to Dylan for source...  read more

Green-Collar Rock: Great Nature Songs Vol. 1 (Water)

With this week's inauguration of new President Barack Obama, there's been a lot of talk about green-collar jobs and making long-term investments by implementing environmentally sound policies now. It got me thinking about what we're protecting by doing this—first and foremost, the health and well-being of ourselves and future generations. But it's also about preserving this beautiful natural world we inhabit. There is no shortage of amazing songs that celebrate or draw from this beauty. Classics like John Denver's "Rocky Mountain High" and The Beatles' "Blackbird" come immediately to mind, but there are so many more. Here are a few favorites,...  read more