In the very beginning we were a real tight family but now it's different. You know, toward the end, we had separate limos, stuff like that. It's hard to get six giant egos in the same place.

In 2009 Oteil Burbridge was replaced by James Hutchinson. They released an EP Dice with the Universe and an album Trichromes. They toured the southern U.

Bill Kreutzmann (born May 7 1946 in Palo Alto California) is an American drummer who played with the rock band the Grateful Dead for their entire thirty-year career. Recently he has been playing shows with his own bands BK3 and 7 Walkers which also features guitarist Papa Mali.