When journalist Brian Anderson acquired a crumbling speaker monitor from the Grateful Dead’s legendary 1974 Wall of Sound via a Sotheby’s auction, it wasn’t just memorabilia he was after. The former ...

This summer, when the bass drops clean and delay-free at Lollapalooza or some other sweaty festival field, spare a thought for the Grateful Dead. You have them to thank, whether you have a skull and ...

Picture yourself at a concert. If you’re standing by the soundboard, usually near the rear center of the venue, you’ll enjoy the best possible version of the band’s performance—what the “sound guy,” ...