Looking for an amazing Grateful Dead website to explore? Try these sites and discover music, forums, facts, friends, and more:

http://www.dead.net/

This site includes news, forums, a store, blogs, interviews, information about the band, music to listen to or download, song lyrics, fan photos, a chat room, a newsletter, and more. There is even an archive of the old Grateful Dead Hour radio program, and the site plays one of the shows from this collection each Wednesday.

http://www.archive.org/details/GratefulDead

This huge site of musical archives includes lots of Grateful Dead music to download or stream. There's a cool feature that lets you search for Grateful Dead shows from the current day and month--”Grateful Dead Shows on this day in history.” The song collections can be browsed by date or by subject and keyword, allowing you to find the music you're looking for quickly.

http://www.deadlistening.com/

This informative site aims to help “new and old comers navigate through listening choices in the sea of Grateful Dead shows available on and off line.” With sections dedicated to “The Best Dead Shows,” “'80s Grateful Dead,” “Call of the Wall,” and “Dark Star Garden,” there is plenty here to browse and explore. There is also a podcast series and a trading community.

http://artsites.ucsc.edu/GDead/agdl/

A collection of essays and notes about Grateful Dead music, this site that was produced by David Dodd of the University of California contains footnotes and annotations to such songs as “The Golden Road,” “Stella Blue,” and “Attics of my Life.” There are lots and lots of thematic essays, too.

Now that you know where to look, your next web surfing excursion could lead you to new discoveries about your favorite band and their incredible music! Happy listening and looking!