Editing Deadhead (section)

==Famous Deadheads==
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The following celebrities have claimed to be Deadheads or have had media reported on them saying they are Deadheads:
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* [[Trey Anastasio]] – rock musician, member of jam band [[Phish]]; saw his first Grateful Dead concert in 1980, and the band is a significant influence on him and his group Phish.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Days Between: Trey Anastasio Reflects on His Time in Dead Camp |url= https://relix.com/articles/detail/the_days_between_trey_anastasio_reflects_on_his_time_in_dead_camp/ |website= relix.com | publisher= Relix Media |access-date=12 September 2018 |date=23 November 2016}}</ref>
* [[Will Arnett]], actor<ref name="A&E"/>
* [[Steve Bannon]], investor and political influencer<ref>{{cite web | last= Cook-Wilson| first= Winston | date= March 15, 2017 | title=Steve Bannon Was Apparently a Huge Deadhead | website=Spin.com | url= https://www.spin.com/2017/03/steve-bannon-grateful-dead/ | access-date=October 31, 2018}}</ref>
* [[John Belushi]], actor; like many of the original ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' cast, Belushi went from fan to friend of the band. Belushi's blues band, [[The Blues Brothers]], even opened for the Dead, and Belushi joined the group in singing "U.S. Blues". 
* [[Tony Blair]], politician – played in "Mars Hotel"-inspired student band<ref name="trip375" /><ref>turn Mars Hotel upside down & look at it in a mirror to see name of Blair's band"</ref>
* [[Jimmy Buffett]], rock musician – recorded a version of "Scarlet Begonias" on the 2004 album "License to Chill"
* [[Joseph Campbell]] – proclaimed Deadheads as "the world's newest tribe"<ref name="trip375">{{cite book| title= Grateful Dead: The Illustrated Trip| editor-first= Jake| editor-last= Woodward| publisher= Dorling Kindersley Limited| year= 2003| pages= 330, 375| isbn= }}</ref>
* [[Tucker Carlson]], television personality<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.maxraskin.com/interviews/interview-with-tucker-carlson|title= Interview with Tucker Carlson| website= Interviews with Max Raskin | access-date=2023-07-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna8063563|title= SUVs, Canadians and the Grateful Dead| website= NBCnews.com |date= June 2005| publisher= NBC| access-date=2007-06-15}}</ref>
* [[Pete Carroll]]<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/stories/MYSA010106.1C.FBCrosebowl.carroll.31f5fea.html |title=Rose Bowl: Carroll the life of Southern Cal's party |date=December 31, 2006 |publisher= | website= MySA.com |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070929083124/http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/stories/MYSA010106.1C.FBCrosebowl.carroll.31f5fea.html |archive-date=2007-09-29 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.esquire.com/features/pete-carroll-1009 | title=Big Balls Pete Carroll | work=[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]] | date=December 6, 2009 | access-date=3 February 2014 | author=Sager, Mike}}</ref>
* [[Owen Chamberlain]] – claimed the Rhythm Devils gave him "interesting ideas"<ref name="trip375" />
* [[Bill Clinton]], 42nd [[President of the United States]]<ref name="trip375" /><ref name= Garcia-BJ>{{cite book| title= Garcia: An American Life| first= Blair| last= Jackson| publisher= Penguin Books| year= 1999| isbn= }}</ref>{{rp|456}}
* [[Andy Cohen (TV personality)|Andy Cohen]], television personality<ref>{{cite web | last=O'Brien | first= Andrew | title=TV's Andy Cohen Talks Raging Dead & Co Tour With Mickey Hart's Wife On Seth Meyers | website=Live For Live Music | date=June 20, 2017 | url=https://liveforlivemusic.com/news/tvs-andy-cohen-talks-raging-dead-tour-seth-meyers-watch/ | access-date=November 20, 2018}}</ref>
* [[Ann Coulter]], journalist<ref>{{cite magazine | last= Coulter| first= Ann | title=Ann Coulter on Why She Loves the Grateful Dead | magazine=Billboard | url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/live/7416520/ann-coulter-im-a-deadhead-for-life-grateful-dead | access-date=October 31, 2018}}</ref>
* [[Elvis Costello]], rock musician – a fan throughout the 1970s (including seeing them on the Europe '72 tour), Elvis later interviewed Jerry Garcia for the magazine ''[[Musician (magazine)|Musician]]'' in which he effusively professed his admiration for the band. Costello contributed "Ship of Fools" to the ''Deadicated'' tribute album.
* [[Walter Cronkite]], journalist – attended two Grateful Dead concerts<ref>{{cite news| url= http://www.harpers.org/index/1995/2/33| title= Harper's Index| first= Marlene |last= Adler| year= 1995| access-date= May 1, 2009}}</ref> and was a personal friend of Mickey Hart.<ref>{{cite news| url= https://www.cbsnews.com/news/celebrating-cronkite-at-90/| title= Celebrating Cronkite at 90| date= 15 May 2007| publisher= CBS News| access-date= May 1, 2009}}</ref>
* [[Lila Downs]], Mexican/American singer –  dropped out of university in the late 1980s and lived about two years on the road following Grateful Dead tours.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.culturebase.net/artist.php?231#bio|title= Lila Downs Bio| website= culturebase.net| publisher= | date= | access-date= }}</ref>
* [[Perry Farrell]], [[Dave Navarro]] and other members of the rock band [[Jane's Addiction]] have spoken to their affection for the Dead in multiple interviews around the time of the ''Deadicated'' tribute album (to which they contributed a version of "Ripple" that incorporated parts of "Bird Song" and "The Other One") Farrell has spoken of admiring how they constructed their sets, stringing songs together.  
* [[Al Franken]], actor, commentator and politician<ref name= Garcia-BJ />
* [[Whoopi Goldberg]], actress, television personality – a fan of Grateful Dead music and personal friend of Mickey Hart.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/03/31/rolling-with-the-dead-legends-rock-three-back-to-back-shows-in-new-york/ |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090401132343/http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/03/31/rolling-with-the-dead-legends-rock-three-back-to-back-shows-in-new-york/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 1, 2009 |title=Rolling with the Dead  |website= RollingStone.com |access-date=23 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dead.net/features/dead-world-roundup/road-again-rockin-faithful-and-good-causes-few-minutes-phil-lesh |title=Dead World Roundup |publisher=Grateful Dead| website= dead.net |date=9 April 2009 |access-date=23 October 2021}}</ref>
* [[Mike Gordon]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Thompson |first1=Stephen |title=Bassist/vocalist Mike Gordon talks about his new album, his band's notorious long windedness and his most aggravating fans |url= https://music.avclub.com/bassist-vocalist-mike-gordon-talks-about-his-new-album-1798207853 |website= Music.AVClub.com|date=16 October 1996 | publisher= |access-date=22 October 2018}}</ref>
* [[Al Gore]], politician<ref name="A&E"/>
* [[Tipper Gore]], activist<ref name="A&E"/>
* [[Fred Goss]] – actor, director, writer, and editor, who created the TV show ''[[Sons & Daughters (2006 TV series)|Sons & Daughters]]'' in 2006. The theme song to the show is the annotated "Althea".
* [[Jerry Greenfield]], co-creator of ice cream brand [[Ben & Jerry's]]<ref>{{Cite news |url= https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE6D9173EF933A05754C0A961948260&n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fPeople%2fG%2fGarcia%2c%20Jerry |title= Company News; Ben & Jerry's|date=July 30, 1987|access-date=2007-06-16 | work=The New York Times}}</ref>
* [[Matt Groening]], creator of ''[[The Simpsons]]''<ref name= dozen>{{cite web| url= https://www.starpulse.com/bill-walton-george-rr-martin-and-a-dozen-of-the-most-famous-grateful-d-1848489427.html?page=9| title= Bill Walton, George R.R. Martin And A Dozen Of The Most Famous Grateful Dead Fans| website= StarPulse.com| publisher= | date= | access-date= July 5, 2015| archive-date= October 31, 2018| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181031173745/https://www.starpulse.com/bill-walton-george-rr-martin-and-a-dozen-of-the-most-famous-grateful-d-1848489427.html?page=9| url-status= dead}}</ref>
* [[Keith Haring]], artist<ref name="trip375" />
* [[Phil Jackson]], basketball coach<ref name="trip375" /><ref name= Garcia-BJ />{{rp|415}}
* [[Malcolm Jenkins]], professional American football player
* [[Steve Jobs]], co-creator of Apple Inc.<ref name="A&E">{{cite web | work= Biography.com| url= http://www.biography.com/people/groups/celebrity-deadheads/all | title=Celebrity Deadheads a to z | publisher= [[A&E (TV channel)|A&E]] | access-date=3 February 2014}}</ref>
* [[Christopher Kimball]], TV cooking show host{{spaced ndash}} has a cover band Shady Grove<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A47549-2004Feb17 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110216092706/http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A47549-2004Feb17 |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 16, 2011 |title=King of the Kitchen | newspaper=The Washington Post | first= Candy |last=Sagon |date=February 18, 2004}}</ref>
* [[Stephen King]], author<ref>{{cite web | last=Pauly | first=Brett | title=STEPHEN KING'S A DEADHEAD AND IT SHOWS | website=Chicago Tribune | date=May 26, 1994 | url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1994-05-26-9405260136-story.html | access-date=October 31, 2018}}</ref>
*[[Ezra Koenig]]{{citation needed|date=April 2023}} <ref>{{cite web |url=https://m.mixcloud.com/sonos/ezra-koenig-in-defense-of-the-dead/ |website=m.mixcloud.com| title=EZRA KOENIG, IN DEFENSE OF THE DEAD}}</ref> and [[Chris Tomson]] of [[Vampire Weekend]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Greenhaus |first1=Mike |url=https://jambands.com/features/2012/08/24/moving-full-circle-with-vampire-weekend-s-chris-tomson-tri-phish-and-old-school-geeking/ |website=Jambands.com |title=Moving Full Circle With Vampire Weekend's Chris Tomson: TRI, Phish and Old-School Geeking|date=24 August 2012 }}</ref>
* [[Patrick Leahy]], politician<ref name="trip375" /><ref>{{cite web |url= http://leahy.senate.gov/vermont/chats/chat980506.html |title=Patrick Leahy at Vermont Senate.gov |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060601203735/http://leahy.senate.gov/vermont/chats/chat980506.html |archive-date=2006-06-01 }}</ref>
* [[Steve Liesman]], journalist – hosted 2015 pay-per-view of last shows from Chicago
* [[Mike Lookinland]], actor (played Bobby Brady on ''[[The Brady Bunch]]'')<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.gettingit.com/article/35 |title=A Greg-Shaped Box: Barry Williams dismantles post-Brady hijinx, and hawks his CD |publisher= | website= Gettingit.com |access-date=February 5, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120224959/http://www.gettingit.com/article/35 |archive-date=January 20, 2013 }}</ref>
* [[Frank Marino]], Canadian rock guitarist{{spaced ndash}}has in interviews talked about his interest in classic San Francisco rock. He has referred to the music he and Mahogany Rush play as Grateful Dead jazz.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kaos2000.net/interviews/frankmarino/|work=Kaos2000 Magazine|title=Fall 1999 – On the phone from Canada|access-date=2008-07-30|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080720063932/http://www.kaos2000.net/interviews/frankmarino|archive-date=2008-07-20|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[George R.R. Martin]], author of ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]''<ref>{{cite web | title=George RR Martin says Grateful Dead inspired previous work | website=The Guardian | date=May 5, 2015 | url= https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/may/05/grateful-dead-inspired-george-rr-martin | access-date=October 31, 2018}}</ref><ref name= dozen />
* [[John Mayer]], musician – discovered the Grateful Dead's music by accident while listening to [[Pandora Radio]]. Co-founded and is currently touring as [[Dead & Company]] with Bob Weir, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Oteil Burbridge and Jeff Chimenti
* [[Laraine Newman]], actress{{spaced ndash}} along with many others from the original ''Saturday Night Live'' cast; has spoken about attending the closing of Winterland<ref>{{citation| via= YouTube | title= Conversation with Tom Davis| interviewer= Tom Davis| first= Laraine| last= Newman| date= | url= | publisher= }}</ref>
* [[Adam Nimoy]], documentarian and the son of actor [[Leonard Nimoy]]; stated he spent the early 1970s as a Deadhead<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sequart.org/magazine/64686/for-the-love-of-spock-an-imperfect-portrait-of-a-fascinating-man/| website= sequart.org| title= For the Love of Spock: An Imperfect Portrait of a Fascinating Man|access-date=30 September 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url= http://moria.co.nz/sciencefiction/for-the-love-of-spock-2016.htm|title=For the Love of Spock (2016) |website= moria.co.nz |date=18 September 2016| publisher= | access-date=30 September 2018}}</ref>
* [[Larry Page]], co-founder of Google<ref>{{Cite book| author=Vise, David A. |author2=Malseed, Mark | year=2006 | title=The Google Story | chapter=When Larry met Sergey | edition=2nd  | page=22 | publisher= Delacorte Press | isbn=0-330-44005-5 }}</ref>
* [[Nancy Pelosi]], politician<ref>{{Cite news |url= https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-skinny-follow-the-money-nah/|title= The Skinny: Follow The Money? Nah|access-date=2007-01-04 | work=CBS News | date=January 4, 2007}}</ref>
* [[Bob Pisani]], journalist<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2015/07/01/confessions-of-a-deadhead-40-years-with-the-grateful-dead.html |title=Confessions of a Deadhead: 40 years with the Grateful Dead| website= [[CNBC]].com |date=July 2015 |access-date=18 May 2020}}</ref> 
* [[Jerome Powell]], chair of the US Federal Reserve<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cnbc.com/2023/06/21/listen-to-the-music-play-fed-chair-jerome-powell-admits-to-being-a-deadhead.html | title=Listen to the music play: Fed Chair Jerome Powell admits to being a Deadhead | website=[[CNBC]] | date=21 June 2023 }}</ref>
* [[Lee Ranaldo]], rock musician, [[Sonic Youth]] {{spaced ndash}} has spoken of the Dead's influence (the Dead's "Feedback" jams of 1968 and 1969 being obvious precursors to Sonic Youth's own feedback forays). He appears in the documentary "The Other One" singing the band's praises.
* [[Harry Reid]], politician<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.8newsnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=5753478 | title=The I-Team Talks With Senator Reid in Searchlight | publisher=KLAS-TV | access-date=February 5, 2013 | last= Knapp| first= George | website= 8newsnow.com| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140220182058/http://www.8newsnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=5753478 | archive-date=2014-02-20 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Henry Rollins]] and [[Greg Ginn]], rock musicians of [[Black Flag (band)|Black Flag]] {{spaced ndash}} In a ''[[BAM (magazine)|BAM]]'' review of a Dead show in [[Irvine, California]], on April 13, 1985, the author wrote: "So-called adventuresome people who dig Black Flag probably wouldn't be caught alive at a Grateful Dead show". Ginn subsequently wrote to ''BAM'' to explain that he and other members of Black Flag had attended the concert being reviewed, that he had attended many Dead shows and that the Grateful Dead was his favorite band.<ref>{{cite magazine| date= Winter 1986| place= fanzine | magazine= The Golden Road| title= Response to ''BAM''| publisher= | pages= }}</ref>
* [[Adam Scott (actor)|Adam Scott]], actor and comedian<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.earwolf.com/episode/analyze-phish-episode-3/ |title= ''Analyze Phish'' episode 3; episode 5 of ''Earwolf Presents''| format= Podcast |publisher= | website= Earwolf.com |date=2011-11-28 |access-date=2014-06-19}}</ref>
* [[Chloë Sevigny]], actress<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20639834,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130413010459/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20639834,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 13, 2013|title=On My iPod: Chloë Sevigny|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |access-date=March 10, 2014}}</ref>
* [[Steve Silberman]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dead.net/features/all-family/all-family-steve-silberman |title=All In The Family: Steve Silberman | website= dead.net|date=21 May 2013 | publisher= |access-date=20 June 2019 }}</ref>
* [[Mark Talbott]], former professional squash player<ref>{{cite web |url= http://squashmagazine.ussquash.com/2008/07/mark-talbott-a-very-good-friend/ |title=Mark Talbott: A Very Good Friend |website= squashmagazine.ussquash.com |date=July 2008 |access-date=11 January 2016 }}</ref>
* [[Miles Teller]], actor<ref>{{cite web |title=Miles Teller honors the Grateful Dead - 2024 Kennedy Center Honors |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRzOAE1F9XI |website=Youtube |publisher=The Kennedy Center |date=22 December 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Schmidt |first1=Mackenzie |title=Miles Teller's Fans Are Sending HIm Grateful Dead Shirts After He and Wife Lost Home |url=https://people.com/miles-teller-wife-keleigh-grateful-dead-shirts-la-fires-8778172 |website=People |date=3 February 2025}}</ref>
* [[Patrick Volkerding]], founder and maintainer of the [[Slackware Linux]] distribution<ref>{{Cite news |url= http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/2750|title= Interview with Patrick Volkerding|access-date=2011-07-18 | work=Linux Journal | date=April 1, 1994}}</ref>
* [[Bill Walton]], professional basketball player<ref name="trip375" /><ref name= Garcia-BJ /><ref>{{cite press release| url= http://billwalton.com/dead_press_release.html |title=Press Release |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060514063700/http://www.billwalton.com/dead_press_release.html |archive-date= May 14, 2006 }}</ref> – known as "Grateful Red", he frequently included Dead references in interviews. Walton was a fan of the Dead since 1967, when he was a teenager, and he subsequently attended over 800 of their concerts during their career.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Varga |first1=George |title=Bill Walton has seen the Dead 850+ times |url=http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/entertainment/music/sdut-bill-walton-chats-about-life-and-the-grateful-dead-2015jun27-htmlstory.html |website=sandiegouniontribune.com |date=27 June 2015 |access-date=8 September 2018}}</ref><ref name= dozen />
* [[Bill Weld]], politician<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2012/03/15/ex_mass_gov_with_als_raising_funds_for_research/ | title=Ex-Mass. Gov. with ALS raising funds for research | work=The Boston Globe | last= Salsberg| first= Bob| via= boston.com | date=March 15, 2012 | access-date=February 5, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| title= Sadness From the Streets to High Offices| first= John| last= Markoff | work= The New York Times |date= 10 August 1995}}</ref>
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