As one of their fans put it, “If Jerry Garcia and Bob Marley had put a band together, it would have sounded like The Grateful Dread.”For years, The Grateful Dread have been packing clubs on the island of Martha’s Vineyard, enthralling sellout crowds with their unexpected hybrid of Grateful Dead songs played with reggae and ska grooves.
A homegrown Martha’s Vineyard band, The Grateful Dread were as surprised as anyone to discover that the combination of Dead and reggae has amazing appeal, as evidenced by all the college kids...

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