In the wake of a sold-out, three-night run in Golden Gate Park commemorating the Grateful Dead’s 60th anniversary, the band’s surviving members and collaborators took to social media to reflect on what may have been the group’s final bow.
“Night 3 in Golden Gate Park… will be one we’ll never forget,” guitarist John Mayer posted on Instagram on Tuesday, Aug. 5.
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The musician also recalled his first onstage collaboration with Phish’s Trey Anastasio.
“The lock we had going was instant,” Mayer wrote. “Trey’s ear-to-fretboard data transfer time is unparalleled.”
Mayer, who joined original Grateful Dead members Bob Weir, Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann in 2015 to form Dead & Company, has long acknowledged the legacy he stepped into…