How ‘Touch of Grey’ ‘Almost Killed’ the Grateful Dead
"Touch of Grey" was the most commercially successful song of the Grateful Dead’s career, but their longtime promoter admits there was a downside.“They never really had any hit singles,” John Scher said during an appearance on The Bob Lefsetz Podcast. “They had one hit single, ‘Touch of Grey,’ which almost killed everybody.”Of course, the Grateful Dead had long been a massively popular live act. “I remember standing out on the […]