LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The 10th annual Grateville Dead Music Festival kicked off Friday at the Brown Foreman Amphitheater in Louisville, bringing together Dead Heads for Grateful Dead and jam band-style music while honoring late members of Louisville band The Pranksters.
The weekend festival along the Ohio River has long featured The Pranksters, a Louisville band that has opened every Grateville Dead Music Festival. This year’s event is honoring guitarist RD Miller, who died in July, and Dave Young, another founding member of The Pranksters who died a few years ago.
Festival co-founder Dennie Humphrey said the event has become a multigenerational gathering…