The first time Bertha: Grateful Drag performed, it was meant to be a one-off show. The seven-piece, which covers the music of the Grateful Dead while decked out in drag, made its debut in April 2023 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The musicians of Bertha are proving that drag queens and the Grateful Dead are not such strange bedfellows. (Illustration by ...

When Melody Walker and her friend Caitlin Doyle first envisioned the Grateful Dead tribute band Bertha, Tennessee’s legislature hadn’t yet introduced legislation limiting drag performance. The ...

BERTHA: Grateful Drag made their Bay Area pilgrimage over the weekend. The Nashville-located first and only Grateful Dead drag band appeared at the UC Theatre Taube Family Music Hall in Berkeley, ...

BERTHA: Grateful Drag will perform Grateful Dead favorites June 11 at The Guild Theatre. Courtesy BERTHA. As the saying goes, “Don’t judge a book by its cover,” and while BERTHA: Grateful Drag does ...

Most Grateful Dead tribute bands have a hard run perfecting the sound of Jerry & company. For Bertha, the test wasn’t mastering the Dead’s music, but learning how to contour some killer eyebrows. The ...