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With Dead & Co. kicking off its second residency this weekend at Las Vegas’ Sphere at the Venetian — and the first since the death of bassist Phil Lesh in October — the time feels right to celebrate the Grateful Dead. And a big anniversary is upon us: Forming in San Francisco in 1965, the ultimate jam bad has evolved over the 60 ensuing years into an American cultural institution. To commemorate popular music‘s longest, strangest trip, there are the countless Dead reissues, boxed sets and fashion items. But Grateful Dead imagery — the Skulls & Roses, the Dancing Bears, the “Invisible Pimp” of Shakedown Street — now adorns a wide-array of authorized products, all of them appealing choices to spoil the Deadhead in your life.
Tickets for Dead & Co.’s 18-show residency (March 27 to May…