Pete Bernhard and Cooper McBean are getting significantly less weird. Back when the two were childhood friends, both from small towns in southern Vermont, they were far out of the mainstream as far as ...

The cover of Len Dell’Amico’s memoir “Friend of the Devil.” Courtesy Weldon Owen. The Grateful Dead was a carnival centered on musical talent, full of joy, unpredictability, silliness (and in one ...

The retrospective features nine of the San Francisco group’s most popular and recognizable tunes, including “Casey Jones,” “Friend of the Devil,” “Sugar Magnolia,” “Truckin’,” “Fire on the Mountain,” ...

Jerry Garcia, left, and Len Dell’Amico in 1980. Dell’Amico writes about their friendship in “Friend of the Devil.” (Courtesy of Len Dell’Amico) Fairfax resident Len Dell’Amico wrote “Friend of the ...