The Grateful Dead played together for over thirty years, quite a remarkable feat by any standards. Over the course of that thirty years they amassed a huge group of fans known as the Deadheads. These fans followed the Grateful Dead with unparalleled devotion. Deadheads are not like other rock & roll fans. They are the only fans that are as essential and charismatic as the band members are themselves. They transformed a subculture that is all …showed first 75 words of 2443 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2443 total…bands, such as Phish and Dead offspring like Ratdog, The Other Ones, Phil and Friends, and the Further tour, for that spiritual fulfillment that had manifested itself in the Grateful Dead for so many years. Also hard to determine is the impact that the more assimilated Deadheads will have on society. One certainty is that Deadheads are everywhere, and through their everlasting devotion, the spirit and music of the Grateful dead will not fade away.