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    • Oct 21, 1952
    Keyboard player Brent Mydland is born in Munich, Germany. He joins the rock band The Grateful Dead in 1979. The group will be referenced in the 1996 Lonestar country hit "No News"
    May 5, 1965
    Using the name The Warlocks, The Grateful Dead makes its first concert appearance at Magoo's Pizza in Menlo Park, California. The group is referenced in passing in Lonestar's 1996 hit "No News"
    Aug 16, 1969
    The Grateful Dead covers "Mama Tried" during the Woodstock Festival in Bethel, New York, while Country Joe McDonald does "Heartaches By The Number," "Ring Of Fire" and "Tennessee Stud." The day's lineup also boasts Creedence Clearwater Revival and Janis Joplin
    Apr 27, 1971
    The Beach Boys are unannounced guests at a Grateful Dead show at the Fillmore East in New York. Among the songs the two bands perform together is a surprising version of Merle Haggard's "Okie From Muskogee"
    Mar 8, 1973
    Grateful Dead keyboard player Ron "Pigpen" McKernan dies of an abdominal hemorrhage at his apartment in Corte Madera, California. The Dead gets referenced in the 1996 Lonestar hit "No News"
    May 26, 1973
    Waylon Jennings has a stadium gig, opening for The Grateful Dead at Kezar Stadium in San Francisco
    Jul 1, 1978
    Willie Nelson's Fourth of July Picnic takes place at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, with Waylon Jennings, Emmylou Harris and The Grateful Dead
    Sep 2, 1978
    Willie Nelson opens for The Grateful Dead at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Waylon Jennings cancels his planned appearance
    Jul 23, 1980
    Former Grateful Dead keyboard player Keith Godchaux dies in an automobile accident in Marin County, California. The Dead will be referenced in Lonestar's 1996 country hit "No News"
    Jul 12, 1987
    Bob Dylan and The Grateful Dead play Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, for an audience that includes Ketch Secor. As the future lead singer for Old Crow Medicine Show, Secor is destined to complete an unfinished Dylan song, sharing writing credits on "Wagon Wheel"
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