Hello, I'm an expert in music history and trivia. The original name of the Grateful Dead, a band known for their unique blend of rock, folk, country, and blues, was "The Warlocks". However, after discovering that another band was already using that name, they changed it to the Grateful Dead, which was inspired by a folk song titled "The Frozen Logger" and a dictionary.

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The Grateful Dead began their career as the Warlocks, a group formed in early 1965 from the remnants of a Palo Alto, California jug band called Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions. The band's first show was at Magoo's Pizza located at 639 Santa Cruz Avenue in suburban Menlo Park, California, on May 5, 1965.read more >>