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Grateful Dead fans tell NPR how the band first hooked them
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Grateful Dead fans tell NPR how the band first hooked themNPR's Felix Contreras explains why this summer was different than most for Grateful Dead fans around the country, and what Deadheads told him about why they got hooked on the band.
TranscriptROB SCHMITZ, HOST:Today is the end of a weeklong annual celebration by Grateful Dead fans known as the Days Between.
GIA PISTO: My sister was actually a big fan of the Grateful Dead in the early '90s.
(SOUNDBITE OF GRATEFUL DEAD SONG, "ONE MORE SATURDAY NIGHT")CONTRERAS: And what we're hearing right now is from the iconic...SCHMITZ: "Saturday Nights" (ph).
But what pulls all this together is the community created when you're in a crowd listening to Grateful Dead songs.