Esquire

The Great 'Touch of Grey' Debate

But for all the rambling and rocking, the strangest milieu in which the Grateful Dead ever found themselves may have been near the top of the Billboard Hot 100 charts. The week of September 26, 1987, ...
Ultimate Classic Rock

How ‘Touch of Grey’ ‘Almost Killed’ the Grateful Dead

"Touch of Grey" was the most commercially successful song of the Grateful Dead’s career, but their longtime promoter admits there was a downside. “They never really had any hit singles,” John Scher ...
NME

The War On Drugs cover The Grateful Dead’s ‘Touch of Grey’ – listen

The War On Drugs have released a cover of The Grateful Dead‘s most commercially successful track ‘Touch Of Grey’. The cover is part of a Grateful Dead cover’s album called ‘Day of the Dead’, which has ...
Rolling Stone

Grateful Dead Prep RFK Box Set With Lithe ‘Touch of Grey’ at Unreleased D.C. Show

The Grateful Dead deliver a limber performance of “Touch of Grey” in a new clip from their previously unreleased July 12th, 1989 concert at Washington D.C.’s RFK Stadium. The whole concert will air at ...
NPR

The Empire State Building Synced Its Lights To The Grateful Dead's 'Touch Of Grey'

When the Grateful Dead started out in 1966 in San Francisco, they and all other bands of the Fillmore era were aided by elaborate light shows. Think: clear pie plates, filled with water, with colored ...