photo: Lockn’ Festival (more by Jessica Giovanetti)
The Grateful Dead celebrated their 50th anniversary this year with their “Fare Thee Well” shows in Chicago and Santa Clara that they recorded and released on CD/DVD, picked up a Grammy nomination for a different box set, and continued to play shows with their various related projects. On top of that, Netflix put out a Bob Weir documentary.
Now Bobby is executive producing a “limited bio-series” on the band with Dead roadie Steve Parish, author of Home Before Daylight: My Life On The Road With The Grateful Dead, Deadline reports. Amazon Studios is developing the series, and Bernie Cahill and ROAR will also be executive producers, while Stephen Emery is a co-EP. According to the article, Bob Weir is overseeing all aspects of music for the series. No title or writer has been revealed yet. Stay tuned for more.