Trey Anastasio of Phish, Billy Strings and Sturgill Simpson were among the special guests to join the band over three nights of concert and amid a city-wide celebration.

While only two of the original Grateful Dead band members are in Dead & Company, that didn't matter to the 60,000 thrilled fans in Golden Gate Park.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Fans of the Grateful Dead are pouring into San Francisco for three days of concerts and festivities marking the 60th anniversary of the scruffy jam band that came to embody a city where people wore flowers in their hair and made love, not war.