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The Deadheads, young and old, gathered to pay tribute to original Grateful Dead members Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzman and Mickey Hart.

Chicago has been seemingly an odd pick since the band’s twin homes are in California – from whence they sprung – and the “Grateful Dead Belt” of the East Coast that stretches from Washington, DC north to the Canadian border. The event was also...

Chicagoan Scott Goldstein, 45, who caught the Dead every time they came through the city between 1989 and 1995, as well as their last show with Garcia, at Solider Field, describes the band’s music as “simply transcendent”.