| 1946 |
5/07 |
Bill Kreutzmann is born in Palo Alto, CA |
| 1954 |
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Bill keeps the beat for his mother's dance class at age 8 |
| 1957 |
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Bill is kicked out of the orchestra in 6th grade for not keeping time |
| 1958 |
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Bill takes private drum lessons at age 12 |
| 1960 |
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Legends are joined by Bill at YMCA dances |
| 1962 |
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Bill hears Jerry, Pigpen, & Hunter play at the Tangent in Palo Alto |
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Bill meets Jerry at Dana Morgan's music store in Palo Alto |
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Jerry starts playing banjo, purchased from Bill |
| 1963 |
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Zodiacs formed |
| 1965 |
4/?? |
Warlocks formed |
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5/05 |
Magoo's Pizza Parlor first paid Warlocks gig |
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11/06 |
Warlocks meet Bill Graham at a Family Dog benefit for the Mime Troupe |
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12/01 |
Acid Tests organizer Ken Kesey enlists Warlocks as house band |
|
12/0? |
Grateful Dead founded in San Francisco |
| 1967 |
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Mickey meets Bill at a Dead show at the Fillmore |
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Mickey becomes Bill's drum teacher, using hypnosis to get him to practice more |
| 1968 |
10/08 |
Mickey and the Hartbeats formed |
| 1969 |
6/~ |
New Riders of the Purple Sage formed |
| 1970 |
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Planet Earth Rock and Roll Orchestra formed |
| 1975 |
8/05 |
Jerry Garcia Band formed |
|
8/20 |
Keith and Donna Band formed |
| 1976 |
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Drumz debut |
| 1979 |
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The Beast percussion set becomes a concert standard |
| 1984 |
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Billy Kreutzmann's All-Stars formed |
| 1985 |
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Go Ahead formed |
| 1994 |
1/19 |
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts the Grateful Dead |
| 1995 |
12/08 |
Grateful Dead put to rest by the remaining personnel |
| 1997 |
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Backbone formed |
| 2000 |
8/2? |
Bill returns to touring, with Furthur Festival |
| 2001 |
12/31 |
Bob, Phil, Bill & Mickey play together for the first time since 1995 |
| 2003 |
2/12 |
The Dead formed |
