Jamming the Blues: The Grateful Dead's Development of Models for Rock Improvisation

Abstract

In this article, I analyze the approach to playing blues- or soul-related material that the Grateful Dead developed to permit them to integrate their desire to engage in open improvisation with their responsibilities as a working rock band. The importance of blues-related styles for the development of rock improvisation, and the Grateful Dead's status as one of the forerunners of improvised rock performance, makes their work in this regard particularly important for our understanding of the development of the rock improvisational tradition.

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