Grateful Slug at the Shoreline Amphitheater

“Let there be songs

 to fill the air.”

—The Grateful Dead

 “Ripple”

In 2008, the remaining members of the Grateful Dead gifted their complete archives – documenting 30 years of performing – to UCSC’s Special Collections in McHenry Library. A year later, the Dead delighted their legions of fans by announcing a full concert tour!

The lineup for this edition of the Dead will be the same one that rocked the house at Penn State last fall at the Obama benefit: The Core Four of Phil Lesh, Bob Weir, Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart, joined by guitar monster Warren Haynes and RatDog keyboard ace Jeff Chimenti (both veterans of the 2004 Dead “Wave That Flag” tour).

The Bay Tree Bookstore and the Library will be joining faithful Deadheads at their two Bay Area engagements: Sunday, May 10th, and Thursday, May 14th, at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in San Francisco.

To celebrate the tour and acquisition of the complete archives, the Bay Tree Bookstore and the Library will be operating a booth at both shows, explaining the archives and offering a selection of unique “Grateful Slug” merchandise. A portion of all proceeds will directly support the archives at McHenry Library. Donations to the library will also be accepted.

To find out more, visit the Archive website at the McHenry Library.