Word: welnick
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Last fall, Vince Welnick joined The Grateful Dead as its regular keyboardist after Brent Mydland, who had been with the band for 10 years, died of a heroin overdose. At the time, he was faced with the daunting task of learning over 100 songs before The Dead's annual fall tour...
Despite the band's enormous playlist, the complexity of its signature improvisational jams and the fact that Deadheads are some of the most attentive fans in popular music, Welnick says he was not frightened at the job that lay before...