Spirit of the Grateful Dead lives on with Dead and Company, performing Friday at the Gorge

Following the Grateful Dead around the country and recording each show used to be a given for many a Deadhead.

And though the Grateful Dead is no more, core members have formed other bands that draw nearly the same levels of devotion, including Dead and Company.

But it’s now 2018, and technology has made the need to drive hours from show to show to record unnecessary. Yes, Dead and Company has done the work for fans.

At livedead.co, fans can download audio recordings of just about every show the band has performed since forming in 2015, including the band’s upcoming show at the Gorge Amphitheatre on Friday.

Especially dedicated fans can purchase the Unlimited Summer Devotion 2018 option ($449.99-$739.99), which includes a webcast of every show on the band’s current tour, or a 2018 Summer Tour CD box set ($369.99-$859.99), which features all 26 shows on CD.

Dead and Company is former Grateful Dead members Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann and Bob Weir, along with John Mayer, Oteil Burbridge (Allman Brothers Band) and Jeff Chimenti (Bob Weir and RatDog, the Dead, Furthur).

The band began to take shape after Mayer, hosting “The Late Late Show,” invited Weir to join him for a studio performance.

After Weir, Kreutzmann, Hart and former Grateful Dead member Phil Lesh completed “Fare Thee Well: Celebrating 50 Years of the Grateful Dead,” the former three, Mayer, Burbridge and Chimenti, who also performed at the “Fare the Well” shows, formed Dead and Company.

Live reviews have been positive across the board, with the Asbury Park Press’ Alex Biese praising the band’s June 2 show in New Jersey.

“What’s so remarkable about the band on (a) night like Friday is the way that Dead and Company lovingly honors the 50-plus-year history of the Grateful Dead while still being unafraid to stand on its own, conjuring something singular out of the sextet’s considerable, combustible abilities.”