Photographer Rosie McGee moved in with Grateful Dead bass player Phil Lesh at the band’s L.A. home in February of 1966. When they split four years later, she remained in the Dead’s inner circle as their travel agent, French interpreter, occasional onstage dancing girl and office manager for Alembic, the band’s sound and recording team. Her candid photographs of the Dead have appeared in dozens of books, films and magazines. She is widely respected in the Deadhead community for her photography and as an early-days tribal storyteller.
She currently lives in Oregon, where she enjoys time with her family, photographing the beauty of the Pacific Northwest, writing, making art, managing her photo/publishing company and dancing to live music.
