Grateful Dead All-Star Tribute Album to Hit Shelves in May

According to Page Six, the Grateful Dead all-star tribute album will hit shelves this May 20th. The album, which will be a 59-track box set, will benefit the HIVAIDS nonprofit Red Hot.

The album will feature tracks by Wilco, the Flaming Lips, Bruce Hornsby, Jenny Lewis, Stephen Malkmus, Lucinda Williams and members of bands from Arcade Fire to The Band.

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The Grateful Dead was founded in the San Francisco Bay Area amid the rise of counterculture of the 1960s. The founding members were Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, Phil Lesh, and Bill Kreutzmann. Members of the Grateful Dead had played together in various San Francisco bands, including Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions and the Warlocks. Lesh was the last member to join the Warlocks before they became the Grateful Dead.