A leaderless democracy, they were fronted by guitarist Jerry Garcia, whose improvisational tangents made him a pied piper to the largest and most devoted cult following in popular music: a massive network of fans known as "Deadheads." The Dead and their followers did much to keep the spirit of the Sixties alive in modern times. They broke all the rules while slowly and steadily building a career that carried them from the ballrooms of San Francisco in the Sixties to arenas and stadiums all over the country in the decades that followed. Inductees: Tom Constanten (keyboards born March 19, 1944), Jerry Garcia (guitar, vocals born August 1, 1942, died August 9, 1995), Donna Godchaux (vocals born August 22, 1945), Keith Godchaux (keyboards born July 14, 1948, died July 21, 1980), Mickey Hart (drums, percussion born September 11, 1943), Robert Hunter (lyricist born June 23, 1941), Bill Kreutzmann (drums born April 7, 1946), Phil Lesh (bass, vocals born March 15, 1940), Ron "Pigpen" McKernan (keyboards, harmonica, vocals born September 8, 1945, died March 8, 1973), Brent Mydland (keyboards, vocals born October 21, 1952, died July 26, 1990), Bob Weir (guitar, vocals born October 16, 1947), Vince Welnick (keyboards born February 22, 1951, died June 2, 2006).The Grateful Dead were the most important band of the psychedelic era and among the most groundbreaking acts in rock and roll history.
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