Bill Kreutzmann
Bill Kreutzmann (born May 7, 1946 in Palo Alto , California ) is an American rock musician , who was best known as a member of the band Grateful Dead .
Kreutzmann started playing drums at the age of 13. In 1964 he founded the band The Warlocks with Phil Lesh , Jerry García , Bob Weir and Ron "Pigpen" McKernan . They had their first appearance two days before his 19th birthday, on May 5th, 1965. In November 1965, the Warlocks became the Grateful Dead .
In the fall of 1967 Kreutzmann met the percussionist Mickey Hart , who soon joined the band. The Kreutzmann-Hart drum kit, the Rhythm Devils , became a trademark of the Grateful Dead. Bill Kreutzmann stayed with Grateful Dead until the band split up after Garcia's death in 1995. He had drummed at all of the group's 3,500 performances.
After the end of the Grateful Dead, Kreutzmann initially took a break and lived in Hawaii for a while . In 1997 he founded his own band Backbone and in 2001 Trichromes (with Neil Schon, Ex- Journey ). Both formations released a CD each.
In 2000 Kreutzmann played with his former bandmates Bob Weir and Mickey Hart as well as Bruce Hornsby , Steve Kimock , Mark Karan and Alphonso Johnson in the band The Other Ones . From 2003 they went on tour (with a different line-up) under the name The Dead .
In addition to his musical activities, Kreutzmann also appeared as a visual artist in the period after the Grateful Dead.
In 2016, the Rolling Stone listed Kreutzmann together with band colleague Mickey Hart on rank 34 of the 100 best drummers of all time .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ 100 Greatest Drummers of All Time. Rolling Stone , March 31, 2016, accessed August 6, 2017 .
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| SURNAME | Kreutzmann, Bill |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American rock musician, drummer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 7, 1946 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Palo Alto , California |