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My SF rite of passage: Losing my Grateful Dead virginity at age 36 FacebookTwitterEmail I walked up Haight Street listening to the Grateful Dead on a bluetooth speaker to try to better understand The Most Important San Francisco Band Of All Time.Nicole Album / SFGATE On a breezy Friday at precisely 4:20 p.m., I stepped out of my house in the Lower Haight with a Bluetooth speaker in my hand and pressed play on the Grateful Dead’s live album “Skull & Roses.” I pumped the volume to a definitely-obnoxious level and strolled all the way up Haight. Everyone I passed looked away nervously, exc...

Steve Wong, Times-News correspondent If you’re a Dead Head, you know there is something special about the Grateful Dead, that iconic ‘70s band from California that personified the counter culture with its extensive world touring and diehard fan base. Whenever I see a tie-dyed T-shirt, I can’t help but hear "Truckin’" in my mind. No one can truly re-create the sound or attitude of the Dead, but Asheville’s Dirty Dead will honor them this Friday night at Mills River Brewing Co. Don’t expect to hear this band of six men imitate the Dead - expect to hear Dead songs (and others) with a...