How the Grateful Dead inspired Bill Walton and shaped his life’s perspective
Basketball great Bill Walton, who died Monday at age 71, was a noted Deadhead who attended hundreds of Grateful Dead shows ...
Grateful Dead Members Laud Bill Walton as Band’s Biggest Fan and ‘The Best Friend I Ever Had’
Members of the Grateful Dead and its current offshoot, Dead and Company, shared their grief and love for superfan Bill Walton ...
Bill Walton’s Long, Special Relationship With the Grateful Dead
Walton grew up in San Diego and first became famous for his basketball skills at U.C.L.A., where he won two national titles ...
The Late Bill Walton, Who Went To Over 1,000 Grateful Dead Concerts, Gets Touching Tributes From Band Members
There was no bigger Grateful Dead fan than Bill Walton, the late basketball icon who died yesterday (May 28) at 71 years old: ...
The Grateful Dead mourns the loss of Bill Walton in moving tributes
The sports world mourned when former NBA star Bill Walton died Monday. But some of the most touching tributes came from a ...
Bill Walton’s Long, Strange Trip With the Grateful Dead
The summer of 2015 was a culminating moment in Bill Walton’s life. He’d been seeing the Grateful Dead, in all of its ...
Rick Carlisle shares story about how Bill Walton secured all-access Grateful Dead passes
Indiana Pacers coach Rick Carlisle took a moment during his pregame press conference ahead of Game 4 of the Eastern ...
Roving bazaar of all things Grateful Dead hits Las Vegas
The Grateful Dead truly was a band of the people: To cite but one example, the group allowed fans to record their shows from ...
Band Dead & Company pays tribute to Bill Walton
Bill Walton is a legend in basketball, but the Hall of Fame player-turned-commentator was also well-known for his passion ...
Dead & Company Went All In On Honoring Grateful Dead Superfan Bill Walton At Their First Show Since His Death
There was another Walton tribute during “Fire On The Mountain.” The usual visuals were replaced by falling red flowers as photos of Walton with band members were shown. At the song’s end, “Walton 32” ...
10 Grateful Dead songs to celebrate the late Bill Walton's life as a major Deadhead
Grateful Dead members Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir and Mickey Hart detailed Walton’s fandom in an old news package as he gradually ...
Grateful Dead Honor Bill Walton: ‘Biggest Deadhead in the World’
Grateful Dead's Bob Weir, Mickey Hart, and Bill Kreutzmann say fare thee well to NBA great Bill Walton, "the biggest Deadhead in the world." ...