A Goodreads user asked Peter Richardson:

It was a moment in time then and they were there right time right places right music and good people. Anyone now compares to them?

Peter Richardson Judy, no one comes immediately to mind, though of course the Dead influenced many groups, both musically and organizationally. Many of my colleagues in the Grateful Dead Scholars Caucus (yes, there is one) are very interested in Phish. There are many points of contact there, but also significant differences. (One difference is that they don't have a Robert Hunter churning out lyrics.) Peter Conners wrote a whole book (JAMerica) on the jam band scene, which he argues was essentially created by the Dead. I won't list all the relevant bands here, but there are a good many. In my book, I describe a concert I attended, the last one in the AmericanramA tour. It included My Morning Jacket and Wilco, both of whom invited Bob Weir out to play, and a little Grateful Dead concert broke out. (They also played Dylan and Springsteen together.) There was obviously an affinity there, but I wouldn't want to force that comparison. I also mention a Furthur show I saw at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley. That was superb, but I don't expect Phil Lesh and Bob Weir to play together regularly again. In short, I guess we should take it wherever we can get it!

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