Ron “Pigpen” McKernan

September 8, 1945March 8, 1973

VocalsKeyboardsHarmonica

Bands & membership

1965-12-041973-03-08 Vocals Keyboards Harmonica

Membership timeline

The Grateful Dead

1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973

Vocals Keyboards Harmonica

Membership timeline
Person	Role	Start	End
The Grateful Dead	Vocals, Keyboards, Harmonica	1965-12-04	1973-03-08

Releases

American Beauty

November 1, 1970

Workingman’s Dead

Aoxomoxoa

Anthem of the Sun

The Grateful Dead

“the hour's getting late
hey
hey
all along the watchtower”
— All Along the Watchtower by The Grateful Dead

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