Editing Grateful Dead (section)

=== Frequent collaborators ===
*[[Robert Hunter (lyricist)|Robert Hunter]] – lyrics <small>(1967–1995; died 2019)</small>
*[[Ned Lagin]] – keyboards, synthesizers <small>(1970–1975)</small>
*[[John Perry Barlow]] – lyrics <small>(1971–1995; died 2018)</small>
*[[Bruce Hornsby]] – keyboards, vocals <small>(1990–1992)</small>

Lead guitarist [[Jerry Garcia]] was often viewed both by the public and the media as the leader or primary spokesperson for the Grateful Dead, but was reluctant to be perceived that way, especially since he and the other group members saw themselves as [[musical collective|equal participants]] and contributors to their collective musical and creative output.<ref>"The way it works is it doesn't depend on a leader, and I'm not the leader of the Grateful Dead or anything like that; there isn't any fuckin' leader." [https://web.archive.org/web/20070504024939/http://www.geocities.com/mnoferi/garcia.html Jerry Garcia interview, ''Rolling Stone'', 1972]</ref><ref>"Garcia's influence on the overall chemistry of the band was surprisingly subtle, McNally tells NPR's Scott Simon. 'Jerry was not the leader, except by example. He was a charismatic figure.'"[https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=908773 Simon, Scott. "'A Long Strange Trip': Insider McNally Writes a History of the Grateful Dead", NPR Music, January 11, 2003] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080213151504/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=908773 |date=February 13, 2008}}</ref> Garcia, a native of San Francisco, grew up in the [[Excelsior District]]. One of his main influences was bluegrass music, and he also performed—on [[banjo]], one of his other great instrumental loves, along with the [[pedal steel guitar]]—in bluegrass bands, notably [[Old & In the Way]] with [[mandolin]]ist [[David Grisman]].

[[Ned Lagin]], a young [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]] student and friend of the band, guested with them many times from 1970 through 1975, providing a second keyboard as well as synthesizers. Upon graduating from MIT, he began touring with the band fulltime in 1974, performing sets of electronic music with [[Phil Lesh]], occasionally with Garcia and Kreutzmann, during the band's intermission.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://nedbase.blogspot.com/2014/09/annotated-nedbase-1970-1975.html|title=NedBase: Annotated Nedbase 1970–1975|date=September 16, 2014}}</ref> The "Ned and Phil" set became a regular fixture of that era, and was featured nearly every night during their Summer '74 and Europe '74 tours, as well as their five-night residency at the [[Winterland Ballroom]] during October 1974. Lagin is also featured in ''[[The Grateful Dead Movie]]''. During 1974 and 1975, he would also occasionally play entire sets with the band, usually on Garcia's side of the stage, before ending his touring relationship with the band and focusing on his solo music projects, such as his album ''[[Seastones]]'', which features several members of the Dead.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dead.net/deadcast/bonus-nedcast-ned-lagin|title=BONUS: The Nedcast with Ned Lagin|website=Grateful Dead}}</ref>

[[Bruce Hornsby]] never officially joined the band full-time because of his other commitments, but he did play keyboards at most Dead shows between September 1990 and March 1992, and sat in with the band over 100 times in all between 1988 and 1995. He added several Dead songs to his own live shows<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bruuuce.com/2014/06/11/bruce-hornsby-grateful-dead-covers|title= Hornsby Grateful Dead covers: Bruce Does the Dead |website=Bruuuce.com|access-date=May 6, 2019|date= June 11, 2014 }}</ref> and Jerry Garcia referred to him as a "floating member" who could come and go as he pleased.<ref>McNally, Dennis, "A Long Strange Trip", New York 2002, p. 447. {{ISBN|0-7679-1186-5}}</ref><ref>Scott, Dolgushkin, Nixon, "Deadbase X", New Hampshire, p. 79. {{ISBN|1-877657-21-2}}</ref><ref>Brown, David, "So Many Roads: The Life and Times of the Grateful Dead", p. 382 (referencing Garcia's calling Hornsby a "floating member") DeCapo Books, Boston, 2015, {{ISBN|978-0306821707}}</ref>

[[Robert Hunter (lyricist)|Robert Hunter]] and [[John Perry Barlow]] were the band's primary [[lyricist]]s, starting in 1967 and 1971, respectively, and continuing until the band's dissolution.<ref name=Dead.net-RH>[http://www.dead.net/band/robert-hunter The Band: Robert Hunter] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150507100318/http://www.dead.net/band/robert-hunter |date=May 7, 2015 }}. Dead.net. Retrieved May 30, 2015</ref><ref name=Dead.net-JPB>[http://www.dead.net/band/john-perry-barlow?intcmp=topnav/john-perry-barlow The Band: John Perry Barlow] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150528135929/http://www.dead.net/band/john-perry-barlow?intcmp=topnav%2Fjohn-perry-barlow |date=May 28, 2015 }}. Dead.net. Retrieved May 30, 2015</ref> Hunter collaborated mostly with Garcia and Barlow mostly with Weir, though each wrote with other band members as well. Both are listed as official members at Dead.net, the band's website, alongside the performing members.<ref name=Dead.net-band>[http://www.dead.net/band The Band] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150508123200/http://www.dead.net/band |date=May 8, 2015 }}. Dead.net. Retrieved October 24, 2019</ref> Barlow was the only member not inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]].