Ron “Pigpen” McKernan

Bands & membership

19651973 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	1973

Releases

Wake of the Flood

November 15, 1973

American Beauty

November 1, 1970

Workingman’s Dead

Aoxomoxoa

Anthem of the Sun

The Grateful Dead

“Mississippi river, so big and wide
A blond haired woman on the other side
Now she's gone, gone, gone and I don't worry
'Cause I'm sitting on top of the world”
— Sitting on Top of the World by The Grateful Dead

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