The Psychedelic Arts and Culture Trust will commemorate the Grateful Dead's 60th anniversary this December with a coupled offering of music and art. The

The Grateful Dead were not, by most people's definition, a band fit for the studio. To condense their songwriting and penchant for free flowing jams into the sort of sterile, structured environment usually required for recording an album was, in a word, challenging.

Donna Jean Godchaux, a singer for Grateful Dead from 1972 to 1979, has died at 78. She also sang backup on "When a Man Loves a Woman."