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Jerry Garcia

Background information
Birth name Jerome John Garcia
Born August 1, 1942
San Francisco, California, USA
Died August 9, 1995 (aged 53)
Forest Knolls, California, USA
Genre(s) Folk rock, jam band, bluegrass, soul music, country rock, rock and roll, psychedelic rock, rhythm and blues
Occupation(s) Artist, musician, songwriter
Instrument(s) Piano, banjo, electric guitar, pedal steel guitar
Years active 1960 – 1995
Label(s) Rhino, Arista, Warner Bros., Acoustic Disc, Grateful Dead
Associated acts Grateful Dead, Legion of Mary, Reconstruction, Jerry Garcia Band, Old and in the Way, Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band, New Riders of the Purple Sage
Website JerryGarcia.com
Notable instrument(s)
Gibson SGs
Guild Starfire
1957 Gibson Les Paul
Gold-top Les Paul with P-90
Fender Stratocaster "Alligator"
Doug Irwin-modified Alembic "Wolf"
Doug Irwin Custom "Tiger"
Doug Irwin Custom "Rosebud"
Stephen Cripe Custom "Lightning Bolt"

Jerome John "Jerry" Garcia (August 1, 1942 – August 9, 1995) was a musician, songwriter, artist, and lead guitarist and vocalist of the psychedelic rock band the Grateful Dead. Events 30 BC - Octavian (later known as Augustus enters Alexandria, Egypt, bringing it under the control of the Roman Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 48 BC - Caesar's civil war: Battle of Pharsalus - Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Folk rock is a musical genre combining elements of Folk music and rock music. Jam bands (or jambands) are musical groups whose albums and live performances relate to a fan culture which originated with the 1960s group Grateful Dead and continued Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music, and is a sub-genre of Country music. Soul music is a Music genre that combines Rhythm and blues and Gospel music, originating in the United States. For the geological term see Country rock (geology. Country rock is a Musical Genre formed from the fusion of rock Rock and roll (also known as rock 'n' roll) is a form of Music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s with roots in mostly African Psychedelic rock is a style of Rock music that attempts to replicate the mind-altering experiences of hallucinogenic drugs. The definition of an artist is wide-ranging and covers a broad spectrum of Activities to do with creating Art, practicing the Arts and/or demonstrating A musician is a person who plays or writes Music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music An instrumentalist plays a A songwriter is someone who writes the Lyrics to songs the Musical composition (chords or Melody to songs or both A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making Music. The piano is a Musical instrument played by means of a keyboard that produces sound by striking steel strings with Felt covered hammers The banjo is a Stringed instrument developed by enslaved Africans in the United States, adapted from several African instruments An electric guitar is a type of Guitar that uses pickups to convert the vibration of its steel-cored strings into an electrical current which is made louder The pedal steel guitar is a type of Electric guitar that uses a metal slide to stop the strings rather than fingers on strings as with a conventional guitar In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Rhino Entertainment Company is an American specialty Record label and production company owned by Warner Music Group. Arista Records (ˈɛərɪstə is an American Record label. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment and operates under the Warner Bros Records Inc is an American Record label that operates as a wholly owned Subsidiary of Warner Music Group. Acoustic Disc is the name of the Record label founded by mandolinist David Grisman, in 1990. In 1973 the Grateful Dead established their own Record label, aptly titled Grateful Dead Records. The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in the San Francisco Bay Area. Legion of Mary was a side project of the Grateful Dead 's Lead guitarist, Singer, and defacto leader Jerry Garcia. Reconstruction was a band formed by John Kahn to occupy him while Jerry Garcia, his long-time musical collaborator was busy with the Grateful Dead. The Jerry Garcia Band was a San Francisco Bay Area rock band led by Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead. Old and in the Way was a bluegrass supergroup in the 1970s. The group performed traditional tunes such as "Pig in a Pen" as well as bluegrass-flavoured The Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band (JGAB was a band formed by Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead. New Riders of the Purple Sage is an American Country rock band The Gibson SG is a popular model of solid-bodied Electric guitar that was introduced in the early 1960s The Guild Guitar Company is a USA -based Guitar manufacturer founded in 1952 by Alfred Dronge. The Gibson Les Paul is a solidbody Electric guitar originally developed in the early 1950s The Fender Stratocaster, often referred to as the Strat, is a model of Electric guitar designed by Leo Fender, George Fullerton and Freddie Tavares Tiger was Jerry Garcia 's main guitar from 1979 to 1990 It was built by Sonoma County luthier Doug Irwin Events 30 BC - Octavian (later known as Augustus enters Alexandria, Egypt, bringing it under the control of the Roman Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 48 BC - Caesar's civil war: Battle of Pharsalus - Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 A musician is a person who plays or writes Music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music An instrumentalist plays a A songwriter is someone who writes the Lyrics to songs the Musical composition (chords or Melody to songs or both The definition of an artist is wide-ranging and covers a broad spectrum of Activities to do with creating Art, practicing the Arts and/or demonstrating Lead guitar refers to the use of a Guitar to perform Melody lines instrumental fill passages, and Guitar solos within a song structure Psychedelic rock is a style of Rock music that attempts to replicate the mind-altering experiences of hallucinogenic drugs. The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in the San Francisco Bay Area. [1][2] Though he vehemently disavowed the role, Garcia was viewed by many as the leader or "spokesman" of the group. [1][2][3][4]

One of the original founders of the Grateful Dead, Garcia performed with the Dead for its entire three-decade career (which spanned from 1965 to 1995); and also founded and participated in a variety of side projects, including the Jerry Garcia Band, Old and in the Way, the Garcia/Grisman acoustic duo, and Legion of Mary. The Jerry Garcia Band was a San Francisco Bay Area rock band led by Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead. Old and in the Way was a bluegrass supergroup in the 1970s. The group performed traditional tunes such as "Pig in a Pen" as well as bluegrass-flavoured David Grisman (born March 23, 1945 in Hackensack New Jersey) is a Jewish bluegrass / newgrass Mandolinist Legion of Mary was a side project of the Grateful Dead 's Lead guitarist, Singer, and defacto leader Jerry Garcia. [1] Garcia co-founded the New Riders of the Purple Sage with John Dawson and David Nelson. New Riders of the Purple Sage is an American Country rock band David Nelson may refer to David Nelson (British Army officer, an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross David Nelson (actor, an American He also released several solo albums, and contributed to a number of albums by other artists over the years as a session musician. Session musicians are musicians available for hire as opposed to musicians who are either permanent members of a musical outfit or who have acquired fame in their own right He was well known by many for his distinctive guitar playing and was ranked 13th in Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" cover story. [5]

Later in life, Garcia was sometimes ill because of his unstable weight, and in 1986 experienced a diabetic shock that nearly cost him his life. Although his overall health improved somewhat after that, he also struggled with heroin addiction,[3][4] and was residing in a drug rehabilitation facility when he died of a heart attack in August 1995. [2][4]

Contents

Childhood

Jerry Garcia's ancestry was Galician (a historical nation in Spain), Irish, and Swedish. The Galicians ( Galician: Galegos) are an Ethnic group or Nationality whose homeland is Galicia, which is a historical region Galicia (occasionally Galiza) is an autonomous community in northwest Spain. The Irish people ( Irish: Muintir na hÉireann, na hÉireannaigh, na Gaeil) are a Western European Ethnic group who originate [6] He was born in San Francisco, California, on August 1, 1942, to Jose Ramon "Joe" Garcia and Ruth Marie "Bobbie" Clifford. [7][8][9] His parents named him after the famous composer Jerome Kern. Jerome David Kern ( January 27, 1885 &ndash November 11, 1945) was an American Composer of popular music [7][10][11] Garcia was their second and final child, preceded by Clifford Ramon "Tiff" Garcia, who was born in 1937. [12][13] Shortly before Clifford's birth, their father and a partner leased a building in downtown San Francisco and turned it into a bar, a move in response to Jose being blackballed from a musician's union for moonlighting. [14]

Garcia was influenced by music at an early age,[15] taking piano lessons for much of his childhood. [16] His father was a retired professional musician and his mother enjoyed playing the piano. [7] His father's extended family—who had emigrated from Spain in 1919—would often sing during reunions. [13]

At age four,[17][18] Garcia experienced the amputation of two-thirds of his right middle finger. Amputation is the removal of a body extremity by trauma or Surgery. [19][20] While vacationing in the Santa Cruz Mountains, Garcia was given the chore of steadying wood while his elder brother chopped, when he inadvertently put his finger in the way of the falling axe. The Santa Cruz Mountains, part of the Pacific Coast Ranges, are a Mountain range in central California, United States. [20] Garcia's father drove him, after his mother wrapped his hand in a towel, over thirty miles away to the nearest hospital. [19] A few weeks later, Garcia, who immediately after the accident never looked at his finger, was surprised to discover that a majority of his finger was missing when the bandage he was wearing came off during a bath. [21] Garcia later confided that he often used it to his advantage in his youth, showing it off to other children in his neighborhood.

Garcia had several traumatic or tragic events occur during his youth. Less than a year after losing a segment of his finger, his father died. While on vacation with his family near Arcata in Northern California in 1947, his father went fly-fishing in the Trinity River, part of the Six Rivers National Forest. Arcata is a small city adjacent to the Arcata Bay (northern portion of Humboldt Bay in Humboldt County, California, United States. The Trinity River is the longest tributary of the Klamath River, approximately long in northwestern California in the United States. Six Rivers National Forest is a US National Forest located in the northwestern corner of California. [22] His father, not long after entering, slipped on a rock underfoot, plunging into the deep rapids of the river. The incident was witnessed by a group of boys who immediately sought help, beckoning a pair of nearby fishermen. By the time they pulled Jose from the water, he had already drowned. Garcia later claimed to have seen his father fall into the river, but Dennis McNally, author of the book A Long Strange Trip: The Inside Story of the Grateful Dead, asserts that he did not, instead forming the memory from hearing the story repeated many times. [11] Blair Jackson, who wrote the biography Garcia: An American Life, lends weight to McNally's claim, citing that the newspaper article describing Jose's death made no mention of Garcia being at the scene—it even misidentified him as his parents' daughter. [22]

Following the accident, Garcia's mother took over their late father's bar, buying out his partner for full ownership. As a result, Ruth began working full-time and sent Garcia and his brother to live with their maternal grandparents, Tillie and William Clifford, just down the road. During the five year period in which he lived with his grandparents, Garcia enjoyed a large amount of autonomy and attended Monroe School, the local elementary school. See also Primary education An elementary school is an institution where children receive the first stage of Compulsory education known as elementary At the school, Garcia was greatly encouraged in his artistic abilities by his third grade teacher; through her, he discovered that "being a creative person was a viable possibility in life. "[23] According to Garcia, around this time, he was opened up to country music and bluegrass by his grandmother, who he recalled enjoyed listening to the Grand Ole Opry. Country music is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains. Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music, and is a sub-genre of Country music. The Grand Ole Opry is a weekly Country music radio program and concert broadcast live on WSM radio in Nashville, Tennessee His elder brother, Clifford, however, staunchly believed the contrary, insisting that Garcia was "fantasizing all [that] … she'd been to Opry, but she didn't listen to it on the radio. " It was at this point that Garcia started playing the banjo, his first stringed instrument. [24]

Teen years

In 1953, Garcia's mother remarried to a man named Wally Matusiewicz. [25] Subsequently, Garcia and his brother moved back home with their mother and new stepfather. However, due to the roughneck reputation of their neighborhood at the time, the Excelsior District, Garcia's mother moved their family to Menlo Park. The Excelsior District in San Francisco is the area along Mission Street, south of Interstate 280 and north of Geneva Avenue. Menlo Park is an affluent City in San Mateo County, in the San Francisco Bay Area of California [25] During their stay in Menlo Park, Garcia became acquainted with racism and antisemitism, things he disliked intensely. List of racism-related topics|Racism by country Racism, by its simplest definition is the belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that Antisemitism (alternatively spelled anti-semitism or anti-Semitism; also rarely known as judeophobia) is the Prejudice against or hostility [25] The same year, Garcia was also introduced to rock and roll and rhythm and blues by his brother, and enjoyed listening to the likes of Ray Charles, John Lee Hooker, B.B. King, Hank Ballard, and, in a few years, Chuck Berry. Rock and roll (also known as rock 'n' roll) is a form of Music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s with roots in mostly African Ray Charles Robinson ( September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004) known by his Stage name Ray Charles, was an American John Lee Hooker ( August 22, 1917 &ndash June 21, 2001) was an influential American Post-war Blues singer B B King (born Riley B King, September 16 1925 is an American Blues Guitarist and Singer-songwriter. Hank Ballard (born John Henry Kendricks) ( November 18, 1927 - March 2, 2003) was an African American R&B / Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry (born October 18 1926 in St [26] Clifford often memorized the vocals for his favorite songs, and would then make Garcia learn the harmony parts, a move to which Garcia later attributed much of his early ear training. Ear training or aural skills is a process by which Musicians learn to identify intervals chords Rhythms and other basic elements of [26]

Having listened to music by Chuck Berry,[16] Buddy Holly, and Eddie Cochran during his youth, Garcia's one wish was to have an electric guitar. Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry (born October 18 1926 in St Charles Hardin "Buddy" Holley (September 7 1936 – February 3 1959 was an American Singer-songwriter and a pioneer of Rock and roll. Raymond Edward "Eddie" Cochran ( October 3, 1938 He took music lessons in school but quit the band to play drums An electric guitar is a type of Guitar that uses pickups to convert the vibration of its steel-cored strings into an electrical current which is made louder On his fifteenth birthday, his mother purchased him an accordion, which he pleaded with her to exchange for a guitar. The accordion is a portable box-shaped Musical instrument of the hand-held Bellows -driven free-reed aerophone family sometimes referred to as a Squeezebox [7][15] She eventually relented, buying a Danelectro with a small amplifier. Danelectro is a manufacturer of musical instruments and accessories specializing in Guitars Bass guitars amplifiers and Effects units [15]

The following summer, Garcia took up an art program at the San Francisco Art Institute in order to further his burgeoning interest in the visual arts. Founded in 1871 the San Francisco Art Institute ( SFAI) is one of the U [17] At the SFAI, Garcia studied with Wally Hedrick and Elmer Bischoff. Wally Bill Hedrick (1928 in Pasadena California - December 17, 2003 in San Francisco, California) was a seminal Elmer Nelson Bischoff ( July 9, 1916 &ndash March 2, 1991) was a visual artist in the San Francisco Bay Area It was the only school Garcia would ever be proud of attending. [27] Hedrick, a seminal artist and California countercultural figure in San Francisco in the 1950s, was instrumental in introducing him to the city's bohemian scene. [28] Hedrick served Jerry as a model not only as a painter but as an expositor of a way of life. [29] Hedrick thought Garcia bright and hip, and advised Garcia to attend poetry readings at the North Beach coffee houses, such as the Co-Existence Bagel Shop, the social centre of the Beat community. [30] To Garcia, Wally Hedrick was a genuine beatnik; even keeping a ‘job’ ironically posing as a bohemian sitting at the bar at Vesuvios, a famous hangout in San Francisco’s North Beach, and it was Hedrick who turned the young Jerry on to acoustic blues [31] and Jack Kerouac’s On the Road and all its attendant attitudes. Wally Bill Hedrick (1928 in Pasadena California - December 17, 2003 in San Francisco, California) was a seminal Jack Kerouac ( March 12 1922 &ndash October 21 1969) was an American Novelist, Writer, Poet, and On the Road is a novel by American writer Jack Kerouac, written in April 1951 and published by Viking Press in 1957. On the Road changed Garcia’s life forever. [32] "Wally taught me that art is not only something you do, but something you are. ” [33] While music soon became his main focus, Garcia never stopped drawing and painting.

Around 1958, Garcia attended tenth grade at Balboa High School. Balboa High School, colloquially known as Bal, is an American public High school located near the Excelsior District in the Mission Terrace neighborhood During this period, he was introduced to marijuana. Cannabis, also known as marijuana or marihuana, or ganja (from Hindi / Sanskrit: गांजा gānjā hemp) is a [15] Garcia would later reminisce: "Me and a friend of mine went up into the hills with two joints, the San Francisco foothills, and smoked these joints and just got so high and laughed and roared and went skipping down the streets doing funny things and just having a helluva time. "[15]

In 1959, the Garcia Family moved to Cazadero, California, a small, backwoods town bordering the Russian River in Sonoma County. Jerry attended Analy High School in Sebastopol, a small town nearby. At Analy, Jerry joined a garage band called The Chords. Though his mother hoped the move from the city of San Francisco to the small town of Cazadero would help Jerry's school performance, he didn't become any more studious than before. He ended up stealing a car and was forced to choose between a jail sentence or joining the army.

After completing Basic Training and Service School Training as an auto maintenance helper at Fort Ord, Garcia was stationed at Fort Winfield Scott in the Presidio of San Francisco. Fort Ord was a US Army post on Monterey Bay in California. It was established in 1917 as a maneuver area and field artillery target range and was closed The Presidio of San Francisco (originally El Presidio Real de San Francisco or Royal Presidio of San Francisco) is a park on the northern tip of the San [15] Garcia was still spending his hours at his leisure picking up the acoustic guitar. A steel-string acoustic guitar, is a modern form of Guitar descended from the Classical guitar, but strung with steel strings for a brighter louder sound He was given a general discharge on December 14, 1960, after accruing two courts martial and eight AWOLs. A military discharge is given when a member of the Armed forces is released from his or her obligation to serve Events 1287 - St Lucia's flood: The Zuider Zee sea wall in the Netherlands collapses killing over 50000 people Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In Military terminology desertion is the Abandonment of a " Duty " or post without permission from one's Government or superior

After his discharge, Garcia traveled to Palo Alto to experience the alternative scene then surrounding Stanford University. Palo Alto (ˌpæloʊˈæltoʊ from Spanish: palo: "stick" and alto: "high" i Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly known as Stanford University or simply Stanford, is a private Research university located in [15] It was at this time that Garcia began to realize that he needed to begin playing the guitar in earnest—a move which meant giving up his love of drawing and painting. This decision was softened when Garcia recognized the impressive talent of his friend Paul Speegle.

In 1960, Garcia and his friend Paul Speegle were involved in a car accident. Garcia was thrown from the vehicle, resulting in a broken collarbone. Speegle, however, was fatally wounded by the crash. The accident served as an awakening for Garcia, who later elaborated: "That's where my life began. Before then I was always living at less than capacity. I was idling. That was the slingshot for the rest of my life. It was like a second chance. Then I got serious. "[34]

Early adulthood

During the early sixties, Garcia spent much of his time in and around Palo Alto near Stanford University. In 1962, Garcia met Phil Lesh, the eventual bassist of the Grateful Dead, during a party on Perry Avenue. Phillip Chapman Lesh (born March 15, 1940 in Berkeley California) is a Musician and a founding member of the Grateful Dead. The electric bass guitar (also called electric bass, or simply bass; ˈbeɪs as in "base" is a Stringed instrument played primarily with the Lesh would later write in his autobiography that Garcia resembled the "composer Claude Debussy: dark, curly hair, goatee, Impressionist eyes. Achille-Claude Debussy (aʃil klod dəbysi (August 22 1862 &ndash March 25 1918 was a French Composer. "[17]

Garcia soon met Robert Hunter in April of 1960. Robert C Hunter (born June 23, 1941) is an American Lyricist, Singer songwriter, and Poet, best known for his association Hunter would go on to become a long-time lyrical collaborator with the Grateful Dead. The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in the San Francisco Bay Area. [1][7] Living out of his car next to Robert Hunter in a lot in Palo Alto, Garcia and Hunter began to participate in the local art and musical scene, sometimes playing at Kepler's Books. Kepler's Books is an Independent bookstore in Menlo Park California. [7] Garcia performed his first concert with Hunter, each earning five dollars. Garcia and Hunter would also play in a band with David Nelson, a contributor to a few Grateful Dead albums, labeled the Wildwood Boys. David Nelson (June 12 1943 is an American Guitarist and musician [17]

The corner of Haight and Ashbury, the neighborhood in which 710 Ashbury was located.
The corner of Haight and Ashbury, the neighborhood in which 710 Ashbury was located. Haight-Ashbury is a district of San Francisco, California, US, named for the intersection of Haight and Ashbury Streets

While attending another party at 48 Carmas Drive, Phil Lesh approached Garcia suggesting that they record some songs, with the intention of getting them played on the radio station KPFA. Phillip Chapman Lesh (born March 15, 1940 in Berkeley California) is a Musician and a founding member of the Grateful Dead. KPFA (941 FM) is a listener-funded Progressive talk radio and music Radio station located in Berkeley California, broadcasting to the [17] Using an old Wollensak tape recorder, they recorded "Matty Groves" and "The Long Black Veil", among several other tunes. Their efforts were not in vain, later landing a spot on the show, where a ninety-minute special was done specifically on Garcia. It was broadcast under the title "'The Long Black Veil' and Other Ballads: An Evening with Jerry Garcia". [17]

Garcia soon began playing and teaching acoustic guitar and banjo during this time. A steel-string acoustic guitar, is a modern form of Guitar descended from the Classical guitar, but strung with steel strings for a brighter louder sound The banjo is a Stringed instrument developed by enslaved Africans in the United States, adapted from several African instruments [17] One of Garcia's students was Bob Matthews, who later engineered many of the Grateful Dead's albums. [35] Matthews went to high school (and was friends) with Bob Weir, and on New Year's Eve 1963, he introduced Weir and Garcia to each other. Bob Weir (born Robert Hall Weir, October 16 1947 is an American singer songwriter and guitarist most recognized as a founding member of the Grateful Dead [35]

Between 1962 and 1964, Garcia sang and performed mainly bluegrass, old-time and folk music. Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music, and is a sub-genre of Country music. Old-time music is a form of North American Folk music, with roots in the Folk musics of many countries including England, Scotland, Folk music can have a number of different meanings including Traditional music: The original meaning of the term "folk music" was synonymous One of the bands Garcia was known to perform with was the Sleepy Hollow Hog Stompers, a bluegrass act. The group consisted of Jerry Garcia on guitar, banjo, vocals, and harmonica, Marshall Leicester on banjo, guitar, and vocals, and Dick Arnold on fiddle and vocals. [36] Soon thereafter, Garcia formed a jug band, inspired by the Jim Kweskin Jug Band, called Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions, whose membership also included Ron "Pigpen" McKernan. A jug band is a band employing a jug player and a mix of traditional and home-made instruments Jim Kweskin (born July 18, 1940, Stamford Connecticut) is the founder of the Jim Kweskin Jug Band, with Fritz Richmond, Mel Ronald C "Pigpen" McKernan ( September 8, 1945 – March 8, 1973) was a founding member of the band Grateful Dead.

Around this time, the psychedelic LSD was beginning to gain prominence. Garcia first began experimenting with LSD in 1964; later, when asked how it changed his life, he remarked: "Well, it changed everything [. . . ] the effect was that it freed me because I suddenly realized that my little attempt at having a straight life and doing that was really a fiction and just wasn't going to work out. Luckily I wasn't far enough into it for it to be shattering or anything; it was like a realization that just made me feel immensely relieved". [15]

In 1965, Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions evolved into the Warlocks, with the addition of Phil Lesh on bass guitar and Bill Kreutzmann on percussion. Phillip Chapman Lesh (born March 15, 1940 in Berkeley California) is a Musician and a founding member of the Grateful Dead. The electric bass guitar (also called electric bass, or simply bass; ˈbeɪs as in "base" is a Stringed instrument played primarily with the Bill Kreutzmann (born May 7, 1946 in Palo Alto, California) is an American drummer who played with rock band the Grateful Dead A drum kit (also drum set or trap set) is a collection of Drums Cymbals and sometimes other Percussion instruments such as cowbells However, the band quickly learned that another group was already performing under their newly selected name, prompting another name change. After several suggestions, Garcia came up with the name by opening either an old Oxford[15] or Britannica World Language Dictionary. Oxford is currently bidding for the 2010 Wikimania Conference Oxford () is a city, and the County town of Oxfordshire, The Encyclopædia Britannica is a general English-language encyclopaedia published by Encyclopædia Britannica Inc [17] He was then promptly greeted with the "Grateful Dead". [15][16][17] The definition provided for "Grateful Dead" was "a dead person, or his angel, showing gratitude to someone who, as an act of charity, arranged their burial. "[37] The band's immediate reaction was disapproval. [15][16] Garcia later explained the group's feelings towards the name: "I didn't like it really, I just found it to be really powerful. [Bob] Weir didn't like it, [Bill] Kreutzmann didn't like it and nobody really wanted to hear about it. [. . . ]"[15] Despite their dislike of the name, it quickly spread by word of mouth, and soon became their official title.

Career with the Grateful Dead

Garcia served as lead guitarist, vocalist, and principal songwriter of the Grateful Dead for their entire career. Lead guitar refers to the use of a Guitar to perform Melody lines instrumental fill passages, and Guitar solos within a song structure A songwriter is someone who writes the Lyrics to songs the Musical composition (chords or Melody to songs or both Garcia composed such songs as "Dark Star",[38] "Franklin's Tower",[38] and "Scarlet Begonias",[38] among many others. " Dark Star " is a Song released as a single by the Grateful Dead. " Scarlet Begonias " is a song by the Grateful Dead. The lyrics were written by Robert Hunter, and the music was written by Guitarist Jerry Robert Hunter, an ardent collaborator with the band, contributed lyrics to all but a few of Garcia's songs. Robert C Hunter (born June 23, 1941) is an American Lyricist, Singer songwriter, and Poet, best known for his association

Garcia was well-noted for his "soulful extended guitar improvisations",[2] which would frequently feature interplay between himself and his fellow band members. His fame, as well as the band's, arguably rested on their ability to never play a song the same way twice. [3] Often, Garcia would take cues from rhythm guitarist Bob Weir on when to solo, remarking that "there are some [. Rhythm guitar is the use of a Guitar to provide Rhythmic chordal Accompaniment for a singer or other instruments in a Musical ensemble Bob Weir (born Robert Hall Weir, October 16 1947 is an American singer songwriter and guitarist most recognized as a founding member of the Grateful Dead . . ] kinds of ideas that would really throw me if I had to create a harmonic bridge between all the things going on rhythmically with two drums and Phil [Lesh's] innovative bass playing. Weir's ability to solve that sort of problem is extraordinary. [. . . ] Harmonically, I take a lot of my solo cues from Bob. "[39]


When asked to describe his approach to soloing, Garcia commented: "It keeps on changing. I still basically revolve around the melody and the way it’s broken up into phrases as I perceive them. With most solos, I tend to play something that phrases the way the melody does; my phrases may be more dense or have different value, but they’ll occur in the same places in the song. [. . . ]"[40]

Garcia and the band toured almost constantly from their formation in 1965 until Garcia's in death in 1995, a stint which gave credit to the name "endless tour". Periodically, there were breaks due to exhaustion or health problems, often due to unstable health and drug use of Garcia. During their three decade span, the Grateful Dead played 2,314 shows. [3]

Garcia's mature guitar-playing melded elements from the various kinds of music that had enthralled him. Echoes of bluegrass playing (such as Arthur Smith and Doc Watson) could be heard. Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music, and is a sub-genre of Country music. Arthur Smith (born April 1, 1921 in Clinton South Carolina) is an American musician and songwriter Arthel Lane "Doc" Watson (born March 3, 1923) is an American Guitar player Songwriter and Singer of But the "roots music" behind bluegrass had its influence, too, and melodic riffs from Celtic fiddle jigs can be distinguished. Celtic music is a term utilised by artists record companies music stores and music magazines to describe a broad grouping of Musical genres that evolved out of the Folk There was also early rock (like Lonnie Mack, James Burton and Chuck Berry), contemporary blues (such as Freddie King and Lowell Fulson), country and western (such as Roy Nichols and Don Rich), and jazz (like Charlie Christian) to be heard in Jerry's style. Rock and roll (also known as rock 'n' roll) is a form of Music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s with roots in mostly African Lonnie Mack (born Lonnie McIntosh, 18 July 1941 Dearborn County, Indiana) is a rock and Blues Guitarist. James Burton (born August 21, 1939, in Minden Louisiana) is an American Guitarist. Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry (born October 18 1926 in St The Blues is a vocal and instrumental form of Music based on the use of the Blue notes It emerged as an accessible form of self-expression Freddie "The Texas Cannonball" King ( September 3 1934 &ndash December 28 1976) was an influential American Blues Country music is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains. Roy Nichols ( October 21, 1932 &ndash July 3, 2001) was a United States Country music Guitarist best known as the lead Donald Eugene Ulrich, best known by the Stage name Don Rich ( August 15, 1941 - July 17, 1974) was a Country music Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States Charlie Christian (Charles Henry Christian ( 29 July 1916 &ndash 2 March 1942) was an American swing and Bebop Don Rich was the sparkling country guitar player in Buck Owens's "Buckaroos" band of the 1960s, but besides Rich's style, both Garcia's pedal steel guitar playing (on Grateful Dead records and others) and his standard electric guitar work, were influenced by another of Owens's Buckaroos of that time, pedal-steel player Tom Brumley. Alvis Edgar "Buck" Owens Jr, (August 12 1929 – March 25 2006 was an American Singer and Guitarist, with 20 number-one hits on the The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 The pedal steel guitar is a type of Electric guitar that uses a metal slide to stop the strings rather than fingers on strings as with a conventional guitar And as an improvisational soloist, John Coltrane was one of his greatest personal and musical influences.

Garcia later described his playing style as having "descended from barroom rock and roll, country guitar. Just 'cause that's where all my stuff comes from. It's like that blues instrumental stuff that was happening in the late Fifties and early Sixties, like Freddie King. " Garcia's style varied somewhat according to the song or instrumental to which he was contributing. His playing had a number of so-called "signatures" and, in his work through the years with the Grateful Dead, one of these was lead lines making much use of rhythmic triplets (examples include the songs "Good Morning Little School Girl", "New Speedway Boogie", "Brokedown Palace", "Deal", "Loser", "Truckin'", "That's It for the Other One", "U. "Truckin'" is a song by the Grateful Dead, which first appeared on their 1970 album American Beauty. S. Blues", "Sugaree", and "Don't Ease Me In"). " Sugaree " is a Song written by long-time Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter and composed by Guitarist Jerry Garcia

Side projects

In addition to the Grateful Dead, Garcia had numerous side projects, the most notable being the Jerry Garcia Band. The Jerry Garcia Band was a San Francisco Bay Area rock band led by Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead. He was also involved with various acoustic projects such as Old and in the Way and other bluegrass bands, including collaborations with noted bluegrass mandolinist David Grisman (the documentary film Grateful Dawg chronicles the deep, long-term friendship between Garcia and Grisman). Old and in the Way was a bluegrass supergroup in the 1970s. The group performed traditional tunes such as "Pig in a Pen" as well as bluegrass-flavoured Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music, and is a sub-genre of Country music. A mandolin is a musical instrument in the Lute family (plucked or strummed David Grisman (born March 23, 1945 in Hackensack New Jersey) is a Jewish bluegrass / newgrass Mandolinist Grateful Dawg is a Documentary film from 2000 which chronicles the friendship and musical relationship of musicians Jerry Garcia and David

Other groups of which Garcia was a member at one time or another include the Black Mountain Boys, Legion of Mary, Reconstruction, and the Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band. Legion of Mary was a side project of the Grateful Dead 's Lead guitarist, Singer, and defacto leader Jerry Garcia. Reconstruction was a band formed by John Kahn to occupy him while Jerry Garcia, his long-time musical collaborator was busy with the Grateful Dead. The Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band (JGAB was a band formed by Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead. Jerry Garcia was also an appreciative fan of jazz artists and improvisation: he played with jazz keyboardists Merl Saunders and Howard Wales for many years in various groups and jam sessions, and he appeared on saxophonist Ornette Coleman's 1988 album, Virgin Beauty. Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States Merl Saunders (sometimes spelled Merle) born February 14, 1934 in San Mateo California, is an American multi- Genre Howard Wales is an American Keyboardist and sometime collaborator of Jerry Garcia. The saxophone (commonly referred to simply as sax) is a conical- bored transposing Musical instrument considered a member of the Woodwind Ornette Coleman (born March 9, 1930) is an American saxophonist Violinist Trumpeter and Composer. Ornette Coleman (born March 9, 1930) is an American saxophonist Violinist Trumpeter and Composer.

The album cover of Garcia (1972), Garcia's debut solo album. Several of the songs featured on the album eventually became concert staples of the Grateful Dead.
The album cover of Garcia (1972), Garcia's debut solo album. Garcia is Grateful Dead Guitarist Jerry Garcia 's first solo album released in 1972 Several of the songs featured on the album eventually became concert staples of the Grateful Dead.

Garcia also spent a lot of time in the recording studio helping out fellow musician friends in session work, often adding guitar, vocals, pedal steel, sometimes banjo and piano and even producing. He played on over 50 studio albums the styles of which were eclectic and varied, including bluegrass, rock, folk, blues, country, jazz, electronic music, gospel, funk, and reggae. Artists who sought Garcia's help included the likes of Jefferson Airplane (most notably Surrealistic Pillow, Garcia being listed as their "Spiritual Advisor") ,Tom Fogerty, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, David Bromberg, Robert Hunter (Liberty, on Relix Records), the late Paul Pena, Peter Rowan, Warren Zevon, Country Joe McDonald, Ken Nordine, Ornette Coleman, Bruce Hornsby, Bob Dylan and many more. Surrealistic Pillow is an album by American Psychedelic rock band Jefferson Airplane, released in February 1967 He was also one of the first musicians to really cover in depth motown music in the early-1970s and probably the most prolific coverer of Bob Dylan songs. This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970.

Throughout the early-1970s, Garcia, Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh, drummer Mickey Hart, and David Crosby collaborated intermittently with MIT-educated composer and biologist Ned Lagin on several projects in the realm of early electronica; these include the album Seastones (released by the Dead on their Round Records subsidiary) and L, an unfinished dance work. Phillip Chapman Lesh (born March 15, 1940 in Berkeley California) is a Musician and a founding member of the Grateful Dead. Mickey Hart (born September 11, 1943) is a percussionist and musicologist. David Van Cortlandt Crosby (born August 14, 1941) is an American Guitarist, Singer, and Songwriter. Ned Lagin (born June 11 1949 is an American Avant-garde Keyboardist. Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary Electronic music designed for a wide range

Garcia also lent pedal-steel guitar playing to fellow-San Francisco musicians New Riders of the Purple Sage from their initial dates in 1969 to October 1971, when increased commitments with the Dead forced him to opt out of the group. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city New Riders of the Purple Sage is an American Country rock band He appears as a band member on their debut album New Riders of the Purple Sage, and produced Home, Home On The Road, a 1974 live album by the band. New Riders of the Purple Sage is the debut album by The New Riders of the Purple Sage. He also contributed pedal steel guitar to the enduring hit "Teach Your Children" by Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young. Crosby Stills & Nash ( CSN) is a Folk rock / rock supergroup made up of David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash Jerry also played steel guitar licks on Brewer & Shipley's 1970 album Tarkio. Brewer & Shipley were a Folk rock duo of the 1970s comprised of Singer-songwriters Mike Brewer and Tom Shipley. Tarkio (1970 the third album released by Brewer & Shipley, was their most popular recording yielding two hit songs "One Toke Over the Line" and "Tarkio Despite considering himself a novice on the pedal steel and having all but given up the instrument by 1973, he routinely ranked high in player polls. After a long lapse, he played it once more with Bob Dylan in 1987. Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman, May 24 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American singer-songwriter author poet and painter who has been a major

An avid reader and cinefile, Garcia was particularly fond of Kurt Vonnegut's The Sirens of Titan and owned the novel's film rights for many years, struggling to adapt it with the likes of Al Franken. The Sirens of Titan ( 1959) is a Comic science fiction Novel by Kurt Vonnegut. Alan Stuart "Al" Franken (born May 21 1951 is an Emmy Award –winning American Comedian, Writer, progressive

Having studied art at the San Francisco Art Institute, Garcia embarked on a second career in the visual arts. Art refers to a diverse range of Human activities creations and expressions that are appealing to the Senses or Emotions of a human individual Founded in 1871 the San Francisco Art Institute ( SFAI) is one of the U He offered for sale and auction to the public a number of illustrations, lithographs, and water colors. Some of those pieces became the basis of a line of men's neckties characterized by bright colors and abstract patterns. Even in 2005, ten years after Garcia's death, new styles and designs continue to be produced and sold.

Personal life

Garcia met his first wife, Sara Ruppenthal Garcia, in 1963. [17] She was working at the coffee house in the back of Kepler's Bookstore where Garcia, Hunter, and Nelson performed. They married on April 23 of the same year, and had their only child together, a girl, whom they named Heather, on December 8, 1963. [41]

Garcia was subjected to a handful of drug busts during his lifetime. On October 2, 1967, 710 Ashbury was raided after police were tipped off by an informant. [17] The police action resulted in most of the Grateful Dead being apprehended (sans Phil Lesh, Jerry Garcia, and Garcia's future wife Carolyn "Mountain Girl" Adams). Carolyn Elizabeth Adams (born on May 6, 1946 in Poughkeepsie New York) The Grateful Dead song "Here Comes Sunshine" may or may Strangely, Garcia and Adams were led out of the residence by the very same informant shortly before it was raided.

A photograph of Jerry Garcia with the Grateful Dead on March 27, 1983. Garcia is performing with Tiger, a custom-made guitar which he used for eleven years. Rhythm guitarist Bob Weir is depicted in wild movement to the left of Garcia.
A photograph of Jerry Garcia with the Grateful Dead on March 27, 1983. Garcia is performing with Tiger, a custom-made guitar which he used for eleven years. Tiger was Jerry Garcia 's main guitar from 1979 to 1990 It was built by Sonoma County luthier Doug Irwin Rhythm guitarist Bob Weir is depicted in wild movement to the left of Garcia.

Another seizure was experienced in January of 1970, after the Grateful Dead flew to New Orleans from Hawaii. [17] After returning from a recent performance, the band checked into their rooms, only to be quickly raided by police. Around fifteen people were arrested on the spot, including many of the road crew, management, and nearly all of the Grateful Dead (except Garcia, who arrived later, and Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, who wasn't doing substances at the time). [17] A month later on February 2, 1970, Adams gave birth to a girl named Annabelle Walker Garcia. [41]

During August of 1970, Garcia's mother Ruth was involved in a car accident near Twin Peaks in San Francisco. The Twin Peaks (formerly named San Miguel Hills because of the San Miguel land grant Los Picos Gemelos in Spanish) are two Hills with [17] Garcia, who was recording the album American Beauty at the time, often left the sessions to visit his mother with his brother Clifford. American Beauty is the fifth album by the Grateful Dead. It was recorded between August and September 1970 and originally released in November 1970 by Warner She later died on September 28, 1970. That same year, Garcia participated in the soundtrack for the film Zabriskie Point. This article refers to the 1970 movie 'Zabriskie Point' For the soundtrack album see Zabriskie Point (album; for the natural monument see Zabriskie Point.

On September 21, 1974, Adams gave birth to Garcia's third daughter, Theresa Adams Garcia(aka Trixie Garcia). [41] In 1975, around the time Blues for Allah was being created, Garcia met Deborah Koons, the woman who would much later become his third wife and widow. Blues for Allah is the eighth Studio album by the Grateful Dead. [17] He began seeing her while he was still involved with Adams, with whom Koons had a less-than-perfect relationship. Garcia and Koons eventually went different ways.

Influenced by the stresses of creating and releasing The Grateful Dead Movie in 1977, Garcia began using cocaine, later progressing to smoking heroin. The Grateful Dead Movie, released in 1977 and directed by Jerry Garcia, is a Film that captures performances from the Grateful Dead 's October Cocaine ( benzoylmethyl ecgonine) is a Crystalline Tropane Alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the Coca plant Heroin ( INN: diacetylmorphine, BAN: diamorphine) is a semi-synthetic opioid synthesized from Morphine, a derivative This, combined with the drug use of several other members of the Grateful Dead, produced turbulent times for the band; starting in 1981, the band's chemistry began "cracking and crumbling,"[17] resulting in poor live performances and group cohesion. The so-called "endless tour," the result of years of financial risks and mistakes, also became extremely taxing. During the same year, Garcia married Adams, making her his second wife.

Garcia's use of heroin increased heavily over the next seven years, eventually culminating in the rest of the Grateful Dead holding an intervention in 1984. Heroin ( INN: diacetylmorphine, BAN: diamorphine) is a semi-synthetic opioid synthesized from Morphine, a derivative An intervention is an orchestrated attempt by one or often many people (usually family and friends to get someone to seek professional help with an addiction or some kind of traumatic [17] Given the choice between the band or the drugs, Garcia readily agreed to check into a rehabilitation center in Oakland, California. In 1985, nearing the completion of his program in Oakland, Garcia was arrested for drug possession in Golden Gate Park; Garcia subsequently attended a drug diversion program. Drug possession is the Crime of having one or more Illegal drugs in one's possession either for personal use distribution sale or otherwise Golden Gate Park, located in San Francisco California, is a large Urban park consisting of 1017 acres (4

Precipitated by an unhealthy weight, bad eating habits, and drug use, Garcia collapsed into a diabetic coma in 1986, waking up five days later. [3][4] Garcia later spoke about this period of unconsciousness as surreal: "Well, I had some very weird experiences. My main experience was one of furious activity and tremendous struggle in a sort of futuristic, space-ship vehicle with insectoid presences. After I came out of my coma, I had this image of myself as these little hunks of protoplasm that were stuck together kind of like stamps with perforations between them that you could snap off. "[16] Garcia's coma had a profound effect on him: it forced him to have to relearn how to play the guitar, as well as other, more basic skills. An electric guitar is a type of Guitar that uses pickups to convert the vibration of its steel-cored strings into an electrical current which is made louder Within a handful of months, Garcia quickly recovered, playing with the Jerry Garcia Band and the Grateful Dead again later that year. [17] Garcia frequently saw a woman named Manasha Matheson during this period. Together they produced Garcia's fourth and final child, a girl named Keelin Noel Garcia, who was born December 20, 1987. [41] Jerry, Keelin and Manasha toured and shared a home together as a family until 1993. During the creation of Built to Last in 1989, Garcia relapsed. Built to Last is the thirteenth and final Studio album by the Grateful Dead. In 1991, Garcia was confronted by the Grateful Dead with another intervention. After a disastrous meeting, Garcia invited Phil Lesh over to his home in San Rafael, California, where he explained that after the meeting he would start attending a methadone clinic. Phillip Chapman Lesh (born March 15, 1940 in Berkeley California) is a Musician and a founding member of the Grateful Dead. PLEASE DO NOT DELETE EMPTY FIELDS UNTIL JUNE 1 2007--THIS WILL TAKE A WHILE--> San Rafael (ˌsænrəˈfɛl originally sɑn rɑfɑˈɛl California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. Methadone ( Dolophine Amidone Methadose Physeptone Heptadon and many others is a synthetic Opioid, used medically as an Analgesic, Antitussive Garcia cited that he simply wanted to clean up in his own way. [17]

After returning from the Grateful Dead's 1992 summer tour, Garcia became extremely sick, evidently a throwback to his diabetic coma in 1986. [17] Refusing to go to the hospital, he instead enlisted the aid of an acupuncturist and a licensed doctor to treat him personally at home. History Antiquity In China, the practice of acupuncture can perhaps be traced as far back as Garcia recovered over the next following days, despite the Grateful Dead having to cancel their fall tour to allow him time to recuperate. Following his episode, Garcia began losing weight.

In the beginning of the Grateful Dead's 1993 tour, Garcia and his girlfriend Barbara Meier separated after meeting during December of 1992. In 1994, Garcia encountered Deborah Koons, with whom he had been involved around 1975; she married Garcia on February 14, 1994, in Sausalito, California. Events 842 - Charles the Bald and Louis the German swear the Oaths of Strasbourg in the French and German Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Sausalito (from Spanish: sauzalito "small willow grove" from sauce "willow" + collective derivative -al meaning "place California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. The wedding was attended by family and friends. [17] Garcia previously divorced Adams in January of 1994.

During the beginning of 1995, Garcia's condition, both physically and mentally, began to decline. His playing ability suffered to the point where he would turn down the volume of his guitar, and he often had to be reminded of what song he was performing. [17]

In light of his drug relapse in 1989 and current condition, Garcia checked himself into the Betty Ford Center during July of 1995. The Betty Ford Center is a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center for adults in Rancho Mirage California, United States, co-founded by former U His stay was limited, however, lasting only two weeks. Garcia, motivated by the experience, then checked into the Serenity Knolls treatment center in Forest Knolls, California. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. [4][42]

Death

On August 9, 1995, at 4:23 AM, Garcia's body was discovered in his room at the rehabilitation clinic. Events 48 BC - Caesar's civil war: Battle of Pharsalus - Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 [4][42] The cause of death was a heart attack. Myocardial infarction ( MI or AMI for acute myocardial infarction) also known as a heart attack, occurs when the blood supply [43] Garcia had long struggled with tobacco, drug addiction,[4] weight problems, and sleep apnea,[4] all of which contributed to his physical decline. Tobacco Smoking is the inhalation of smoke from burned dried or cured leaves of the Tobacco plant most often in the form of a Cigarette. Drug addiction is widely considered a pathological state. The disorder of addiction involves the progression of acute Drug use to the development of drug-seeking Sleep apnea is a sleep disorder characterized by pauses in Breathing during Sleep. Phil Lesh, upon hearing of Garcia's death, remarked in his autobiography: "I was struck numb; I had lost my oldest surviving friend, my brother. Phillip Chapman Lesh (born March 15, 1940 in Berkeley California) is a Musician and a founding member of the Grateful Dead. "[17] Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy, a longtime Deadhead, stated that he felt as though he had been "kicked in the stomach. Patrick Joseph Leahy (born March 31, 1940) is the senior United States Senator from Vermont. Deadhead or Dead Head is a name given to fans of the American Jam band, the Grateful Dead. "[42]

On the morning of August 10, Garcia was rested at a funeral home in San Rafael, California. Events 612 BC - Killing of Sinsharishkun, King of Assyrian Empire PLEASE DO NOT DELETE EMPTY FIELDS UNTIL JUNE 1 2007--THIS WILL TAKE A WHILE--> San Rafael (ˌsænrəˈfɛl originally sɑn rɑfɑˈɛl California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. On August 12, at St. Events 1099 - First Crusade: Battle of Ascalon - Crusaders under the command of Godfrey of Bouillon defeat Fatimid Stephen's Episcopal Church in Belvedere, Garcia's funeral was held. Belvedere is an affluent city in Marin County, California, United States. A funeral is a Ceremony marking a person's Death. Funerary customs comprise the complex of Beliefs and practices used by a Culture to remember [17][42] It was attended by his family, the remaining Grateful Dead and their friends, including former basketball player Bill Walton and musician Bob Dylan, and his widow Deborah Koons,[42] who, unceremoniously, disallowed two of Garcia's other widows admittance. William Theodore "Bill" Walton III (born November 5 1952 is a retired American Basketball player and current Television Sportscaster Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman, May 24 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American singer-songwriter author poet and painter who has been a major [17]

On August 13, a municipally-sanctioned public memorial took place in the Polo Fields of San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, and was attended by about twenty-five thousand people. Events 3114 BC - According to the Lounsbury correlation the start of the Maya calendar. Golden Gate Park, located in San Francisco California, is a large Urban park consisting of 1017 acres (4 [17] The crowds produced hundreds of flowers, gifts, images, and even a bagpipe rendition of "Amazing Grace"[42] in remembrance.

On April 4, 1996, Bob Weir and Deborah Koons spread half of Garcia's cremated ashes in the Ganges River in India,[17] a sacred site to the Hindu. Events 1581 - Francis Drake completes a circumnavigation of the world and is knighted by Elizabeth I. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Bob Weir (born Robert Hall Weir, October 16 1947 is an American singer songwriter and guitarist most recognized as a founding member of the Grateful Dead The Ganges (ˈgænʤiːz also Ganga, Devanāgarī: hi गंगा in most Indian languages) is the major river in the Indian subcontinent India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country A Hindu ( Devanagari: हिन्दू is an adherent of the philosophies and scriptures of Hinduism, a set of religious, Philosophical Then, according to Garcia's last wishes, the other half of his ashes were poured into the San Francisco Bay. San Francisco Bay is a shallow productive Estuary through which water draining from approximately forty percent of California, flowing in the Sacramento Deborah Koons disallowed one of Garcia's widows, Carolyn "Mountain Girl" Garcia, from attending once more.

Guitars

Garcia played many guitars during his career, which ranged from Fender Stratocasters and Gibson SGs to custom-made. The Fender Stratocaster, often referred to as the Strat, is a model of Electric guitar designed by Leo Fender, George Fullerton and Freddie Tavares The Gibson SG is a popular model of solid-bodied Electric guitar that was introduced in the early 1960s During his thirty-odd years of being a musician, Garcia used about twenty-five different guitars. [44]

In 1965, when Garcia was playing with the Warlocks, he used a Guild Starfire,[44] which he also used on the debut album of the Grateful Dead. The Guild Guitar Company is a USA -based Guitar manufacturer founded in 1952 by Alfred Dronge. An album or record album is a collection of related audio or Music tracks distributed to the public The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in the San Francisco Bay Area. Beginning in late 1967 and ending in 1968, Garcia played various colored Gibson Les Pauls. The Gibson Les Paul is a solidbody Electric guitar originally developed in the early 1950s In 1969, he picked up the Gibson SG and used it for most of that year and 1970, except for a small period in between where he used a Sunburst Fender Stratocaster. The Gibson SG is a popular model of solid-bodied Electric guitar that was introduced in the early 1960s A Sunburst is a design or figure commonly used in architectural ornaments and design patterns It consists of parts radiating out from a central disk in the manner The Fender Stratocaster, often referred to as the Strat, is a model of Electric guitar designed by Leo Fender, George Fullerton and Freddie Tavares

During Garcia's "pedal steel flirtation period" (as Bob Weir referred to it in Anthem to Beauty), from approximately 1969 to 1973, he played a ZB Custom D-10 steel guitar. Anthem to Beauty is a music documentary about the making of the Grateful Dead albums Anthem of the Sun and American Beauty The pedal steel guitar is a type of Electric guitar that uses a metal slide to stop the strings rather than fingers on strings as with a conventional guitar He also played a Fender Pedal Steel prior to the ZB Custom.

In 1972, Garcia used a Fender Stratocaster nicknamed Alligator for its alligator sticker on the pickguard. A pickguard (also known as scratchplate or golpeador in Flamenco music, and uncommonly a fingerrest) is a piece of plastic or other laminated [44] The guitar was given to him by Graham Nash. Graham William Nash (born 2 February 1942) is an British-American Singer-songwriter known for his light tenor vocals and for his songwriting contributions He continued using Alligator until May of 1973, when he received his first custom-made guitar from Alembic. Alembic was founded in 1969 and is a manufacturer of high-end electric basses guitars and preamps The guitar was nicknamed Wolf for its memorable sticker. [45]

Wolf was built for Garcia at the cost of $1,500. [45] The guitar was made with an ebony fingerboard and featured numerous embellishments like alternating grain designs in the headstock, ivory inlays, and fret marker dots made of sterling silver. Ebony ( Diospyros ebenum) also known as India Ebony or Ceylon Ebony depending on its origin is a Tree in the genus Diospyros The fingerboard (also known as a fretboard on fretted instruments is a part of most Stringed instruments It is a thin long strip of Wood that is This article is about part of a stringed instrument A headstock is also the motorized chuck on a Lathe. Ivory is formed from Dentine and constitutes the bulk of the Teeth and Tusks of animals such as the Elephant, Hippopotamus, Sterling silver is an Alloy of Silver containing 925% pure silver and 7 The body was composed of western maple wood which had a core of purpleheart. For other meanings see Purple Heart (disambiguation Purpleheart ( Peltogyne) is a genus of 23 species of Flowering Garcia later had luthier and former Alembic employee Doug Irwin replace the electronics inside the guitar with a system similar to a Fender Stratocaster. It included a system of two plates for configuring pickups: one was made for strictly single coils, while the other accommodated humbuckers. A single coil pickup is a type of magnetic Transducer for the Electric guitar and the electric bass. A conventional humbucker (or Humbucking pickup) is a type of Electric guitar pickup that uses two coils both generating string signal Quickly after receiving the modified instrument, Garcia requested another custom guitar from Irwin with the advice "don't hold back. "[45]


During the Grateful Dead's European Tour, Wolf was dropped on several occasions, one of which caused a minor crack in the headstock. Garcia returned it to Irwin to fix; during its two-year absence Garcia played predominantly Travis Bean guitars. Travis Bean is an American Luthier and machinist from California. On September 28, 1977, Irwin delivered the renovated Wolf back to Garcia. Events 48 BC - Pompey the Great is assassinated on orders of King Ptolemy of Egypt after landing in Egypt. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays [45] The wolf sticker which gave the guitar its name had now been inlaid into the instrument; it also featured a few new electronics as well as a new coat of finish; Irwin also removed the Alembic logo from the headstock, and later claimed to have built the guitar.

Nearly seven years after he first requested it,[44] Garcia received his second custom guitar from Irwin in 1979. It was named Tiger from the inlay on the preamp cover. [46] The body of Tiger was of rich quality: the top layer was cocobolo, with the preceding layers being maple stripe, vermilion, and flame maple, in that order. Flame maple, also known as flamed maple curly maple fiddleback or tiger stripe is a feature of Maple in which the growth of the wood fibers is distorted in an undulating [46] The neck was made of western maple with an ebony fingerboard. The pickups consisted of a single coil DiMarzio SDS-1 and two humbucker DiMarzio Super IIs which were easily removable due to Garcia's preference for replacing his pickups every year or two. DiMarzio (full name DiMarzio Musical Instrument Pickups Inc) is an American -based electronic manufacturing company famous for its Guitar pickups The [46] The electronics were composed of an effects bypass loop, which allowed Garcia to control the sound of his effects through the tone controls, and an amplifier which rested behind a plate in the back of the guitar. In terms of weight, everything included made Tiger tip the scales at an impressive 13½ pounds. However, this didn't deter Garcia from using it as his principal guitar for the next eleven years.

In 1990, Irwin completed Rosebud, Garcia's third custom guitar. [47] It was similar to his previous guitar Tiger in many respects, but featured different inlays and electronics, tone and volume controls, and weight. Rosebud, unlike Tiger, was configured with three humbuckers; the neck and bridge pickups shared a tone control, while the middle had its own. Inside of the guitar, a Roland GK-2 synthesizer was used in junction with GR-50 rack mount, producing the MIDI effects heard during live performances of this period. MIDI ( Musical Instrument Digital Interface, ˈmɪdi is an industry-standard protocol that enables Electronic musical instruments Computers [47] Sections of the guitar were hollowed out in order to bring the weight down to 11½ pounds. The inlay, a dancing skeleton holding a rose, covers a plate just below the bridge. A rose is a perennial flowering Shrub or vine of the Genus Rosa, within the family Rosaceae, that contains over 100 species A bridge is a device for supporting the strings on a Stringed instrument and transmitting the Vibration of those strings to some other structural component The final cost of the instrument was a striking $11,000. [47]

In 1993, carpenter-turned-luthier Stephen Cripe tried his hand at making an instrument for Garcia. [44] After researching Tiger through pictures and films, Cripe set out on what would soon become known as Lightning Bolt, again named for its inlay. [48] The guitar used Brazilian rosewood for the fingerboard and East Indian rosewood for the body, which, with admitted irony from Cripe, was taken from a 19th century bed used by opium smokers. [48] Built purely from guesswork, Lightning Bolt was a hit with Garcia, who began using the guitar exclusively. Soon after, Garcia requested that Cripe to build a backup of the guitar. Cripe, who hadn't measured or photographed the original, was told simply to "wing it. "[48]

Cripe later delivered the backup, which was known by the name Top Hat. Garcia bought it from him for the price of $6,500, making it the first guitar that Cripe had ever sold. [48] However, infatuated with Lightning Bolt, Garcia rarely used the backup.

After Garcia's death, the ownership of his Wolf and Tiger was in question. According to Garcia's will,[41] his guitars were to go to Doug Irwin, who had constructed them. [49][50] The remaining Grateful Dead members disagreed—they considered his guitars to be property of the band, leading to a lawsuit between the two parties. [49][50] In 2001, Irwin won the case. However, due to being a victim of a hit-and-run accident in 1998,[50] Irwin was left nearly penniless. Hit-and-run is the Crime of colliding with a Person, their Personal property (including their Motor vehicle) or a fixture This forced him to set Garcia's guitars up for auction in hopes of being able to start another guitar workshop. [49]

On May 8, 2002, Wolf and Tiger, among other memorabilia, were placed for auction at Studio 54 in New York City. Events 589 - Reccared summons the Third Council of Toledo 1450 - Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Studio 54 is a New York City Broadway theater and former Discothèque located at 254 West 54th Street in Manhattan. The City of New York [49] Tiger was purchased for the astonishing price of $957,500, while Wolf was bought for $789,500. Together, the instruments were bought for 1. 74 million dollars, setting a new world record. [50]

Legacy

In 1987, ice cream manufacturers Ben & Jerry's came out with Cherry Garcia, which is named after the guitarist and consists of "cherry ice cream with cherries and fudge flakes. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Ice cream or ice-cream (originally iced cream) is a frozen dessert made from Dairy products such as Milk and Cream, combined B&J redirects here For the beverage company see Bartles and Jaymes. Cherry Garcia is a flavor of Ice cream (and low fat frozen yogurt sold exclusively by Vermont ice cream manufacturer Ben & Jerry's. " It made history as the first ice cream flavor named after a musician, and it quickly became the most popular Ben & Jerry's flavor. B&J redirects here For the beverage company see Bartles and Jaymes. For a month after Garcia's death, the ice cream was made with black cherries as a way of mourning. The Black Cherry ( Prunus serotina, also occasionally Wild Black Cherry Rum Cherry or Mountain Black Cherry is a species of cherry, native to eastern

Garcia was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Grateful Dead in 1994. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is a Museum located on the shores of Lake Erie in downtown Cleveland Ohio, United States

In 2003, Rolling Stone Magazine ranked Jerry Garcia 13th in their list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time. Rolling Stone is a United States -based Magazine devoted to Music, Politics, and Popular culture that is published [5]

Rapper Proof released an album named after Garcia, Searching for Jerry Garcia. DeShaun Dupree Holton ( October 2 1973 &ndash April 11 2006) better known as Proof, was a Detroit rapper and member of the rap Searching for Jerry Garcia is the second Album by Detroit Rapper Proof of D12, released on August 9 The album was dedicated to the Grateful Dead and released ten years to the day of Garcia's death.

According to fellow Bay Area guitar player Henry Kaiser, Garcia is "the most recorded guitarist in history. Henry Kaiser (born 19 September 1952, Oakland California) is a widely-recorded experimental Guitarist and frequent collaborator with other musicians With more than 2,200 Grateful Dead concerts, and 1,000 Jerry Garcia Band concerts captured on tape — as well as numerous studio sessions — there are about 15,000 hours of his guitar work preserved for the ages. "[51]

On July 21, 2005, the San Francisco Recreation and Park Commission passed a resolution to name the amphitheater in McLaren Park "The Jerry Garcia Amphitheater. Events 356 BC - Herostratus sets fire to the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. "[52] The amphitheater is located in the Excelsior District, where Garcia grew up. The Excelsior District in San Francisco is the area along Mission Street, south of Interstate 280 and north of Geneva Avenue. The first show to happen at the Jerry Garcia Amphitheater was Jerry Day 2005 on August 7, 2005. Tiff Garcia was the first person to welcome everybody to the "Jerry Garcia Amphitheater. " Jerry Day is an annual celebration of Jerry in his childhood neighborhood. The dedication ceremony (Jerry Day 2) on October 29, 2005 was officiated by mayor Gavin Newsom. Gavin Christopher Newsom (born October 10 1967 is the current mayor of San Francisco.

On September 24, 2005, the Comes a Time: A Celebration of the Music & Spirit of Jerry Garcia tribute concert was held at the Hearst Greek Theatre in Berkeley, California. Events 622 - Prophet Muhammad completes his hegira from Mecca to Medina. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The William Randolph Hearst Greek Theatre, known locally as simply the Greek Theatre, is an 8500-seat Amphitheater owned and operated by the University Berkeley is a city on the east shore of San Francisco Bay in Northern California, in the United States. [53] The concert featured Bob Weir, Bill Kreutzmann, Mickey Hart, Bruce Hornsby, Trey Anastasio, Warren Haynes, Jimmy Herring, Michael Kang, Jay Lane, Jeff Chimenti, Mark Karan, Robin Sylvester, Kenny Brooks, Melvin Seals, Marty Holland, Stu Allen, Gloria Jones, and Jackie LaBranch. Bob Weir (born Robert Hall Weir, October 16 1947 is an American singer songwriter and guitarist most recognized as a founding member of the Grateful Dead Bill Kreutzmann (born May 7, 1946 in Palo Alto, California) is an American drummer who played with rock band the Grateful Dead Mickey Hart (born September 11, 1943) is a percussionist and musicologist. Bruce Randall Hornsby (born November 23 1954 in Williamsburg Virginia) is an American singer Pianist, Accordion player and songwriter Trey Anastasio (born Ernest Joseph Anastasio III on Warren Haynes (born April 6, 1960) is an American rock and blues Guitarist vocalist and songwriter of Gov't Mule Jimmy Herring is the lead guitarist in the band Widespread Panic. Michael Kang born in South Korea on May 13th 1971 is a multi-instrumentalist for the popular jam band The String Cheese Incident (often abbreviated to SCI) Jay Lane (born December 5 1964) is an American Drummer who currently plays and sings in Ratdog, ex- Grateful Dead Guitarist Jeff Chimenti is an American Keyboardist, best known for his ongoing work with Ratdog. Robin Sylvester is a London -born musician who is best known for his ongoing work with Ratdog. Gloria Jones (born Gloria Richetta Jones, 19 October 1945 Cincinnati, Ohio) is an American Singer and Songwriter.

About a thousand people have gathered annually since 2002 to celebrate Jerry Garcia's life on the first Sunday of August with an event known as Jerry Day. [54]

On March 4, 2008, six Grateful Dead songs were made available on the hit video game, Rock Band, from MTV Games & Harmonix Music Systems on the Microsoft Xbox 360 and Sony PlayStation 3 video game consoles. MTV ( Music Television) is an American Cable television network based in New York City. Harmonix Music Systems (or simply Harmonix) is a video game development company based in Cambridge Massachusetts in the United States. The Xbox 360 is the second Video game console produced by Microsoft, and was developed in cooperation with IBM, ATI, and SiS. The songs released were "China Cat Sunflower," "Casey Jones," "Sugar Magnolia," "Truckin'," "Franklin's Tower," and "I Need a Miracle. "

Discography

See also: Grateful Dead discography

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Hooteroll? is a jazz-rock fusion album by Howard Wales and Jerry Garcia. Howard Wales is an American Keyboardist and sometime collaborator of Jerry Garcia. John Kahn ( 13 June 1947 - 30 May 1996) was an American rock bass player Side Trips Volume One is a jazz-rock fusion album by Howard Wales and Jerry Garcia. Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions is an American folk music album Jerry Garcia biography (English). Allmusic biographies. All Media Guide, LLC. Retrieved on 2007-04-25. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1607 - Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar.
  2. ^ a b c d Garcia, Jerome John. Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online (2007). Retrieved on 2007-07-08. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 939 - The Major Occultation or Ghaybat el-Kubra of Muhammad al-Mahdi 1099 - First Crusade: 15000
  3. ^ a b c d e The Grateful Dead (English). Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Inc (1994). Retrieved on 2007-04-25. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1607 - Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h Compiled by Stratton, Jerry (1995). Collection of news accounts on Jerry Garcia's death (html) (English). Jerry Garcia: New Accounts First. Retrieved on April 8, 2007.
  5. ^ a b The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time. Cover stories. Rolling Stone (2003). Retrieved on 2007-07-14. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1223 - Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father Philip II of France.
  6. ^ Jackson, Blair (1991). Garcia: An American Life. excerpt on EReader. com. Retrieved on January 15, 2008.
  7. ^ a b c d e f Jerry Garcia: a SF mission upbringing growing up in the Excelsior (htm). Retrieved on 2007-04-03. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1043 - Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England.
  8. ^ Jackson, Blair (1999). Garcia: An American Life. Penguin Books, pg. 7. 0140291997.  
  9. ^ McNally, Dennis (2002). A Long Strange Trip: The Inside Story of the Grateful Dead. Broadway Books. ISBN 0-7679-1185-7.  
  10. ^ Troy, Sandy (1994). Captain Trips: A Biography of Jerry Garcia. Thunder's Mouth Press. ISBN 1-56025-076-3.  
  11. ^ a b McNally, pg. 7
  12. ^ McNally, pg. 6
  13. ^ a b Troy, pg. 3
  14. ^ Jackson, pg. 6
  15. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Wenner, Jann and Reich, Dr. Charles (1972). Jerry Garcia interview. Rolling Stone. Rolling Stone. Retrieved on 2007-04-04. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1581 - Francis Drake completes a circumnavigation of the world and is knighted by Elizabeth I.
  16. ^ a b c d e Brown, David Jay and Novick, Rebecca McClean. Mavericks of the Mind: Conversations for the New Millennium (English). Mavericks of the Mind – Internet Edition. Retrieved on April 8, 2007.
  17. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa Lesh, Phil (2005). Searching for the Sound: My Life with the Grateful Dead. Little, Brown and Company. ISBN 0-316-00998-9.  
  18. ^ Jackson, pg. 8
  19. ^ a b Troy, pg. 4
  20. ^ a b McNally, pg. 8
  21. ^ Jackson, pg. 9
  22. ^ a b Jackson, pg. 11
  23. ^ Jackson, pg. 12
  24. ^ Jackson, pg. 13
  25. ^ a b c McNally, pg. 10
  26. ^ a b Troy, pg. 10
  27. ^ Dennis McNally, A Long Strange Trip, 2002, pg 14.
  28. ^ "Jerry Garcia: 1942-1995: Musician - Traded In Accordion For Guitar", biography. jrank. org
  29. ^ Dennis McNally, A Long Strange Trip, 2002, pg 14.
  30. ^ Christoph Grunenberg, Jonathan Harris. Summer of Love: Psychedelic Art, Social Crisis and Counterculture in the 1960s, pg. 310.
  31. ^ Selz, Peter and Susan Landauer, Art of Engagement: Visual Politics in California and Beyond, UC Press, 2006, pg. 89.
  32. ^ Dennis McNally, A Long Strange Trip, 2002, pg 14. See also: Mike Greenhaus, Connecting the Unbroken Chain: A Chat with Dennis McNally [1]:

    "(Jerry) is 16 and he is going to art school on Saturdays in the north beach part of San Francisco, where the beats hung out. His teacher is a guy named Wally Hedrick, and Wally is a painter, but he’s a beat. Wally Bill Hedrick (1928 in Pasadena California - December 17, 2003 in San Francisco, California) was a seminal He’s got a beard, he sends Jerry and some of his buddies to the City Lights bookstore. He says, “Get this book, read it, this brand new hot bestselling book, called On the Road. ” And Jerry ends up reading it, and hanging out in the coffee houses, and listening to poetry and jazz. And he said that was his model for how to live life. For what he called a “system of ethics” is what we would now call, in general, a lifestyle. "

  33. ^ Garcia, Dylan, Higashi, Hart. Jerry Garcia: The Collected Artwork pg. xviii.
  34. ^ Westover, Bryce W. Jerry is thrown from a rolling car in an accident, breaking his collarbone (htm). Dead101. com. Bryce W. Westover. Retrieved on 2007-07-17. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 180 - Twelve inhabitants of Scillium in North Africa are executed for being Christians
  35. ^ a b Metzger, John (2005). Traveling So Many Roads with Bob Matthews. The Music Box. Retrieved on 2007-04-04. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1581 - Francis Drake completes a circumnavigation of the world and is knighted by Elizabeth I.
  36. ^ Garcia, Jerry; Leicester, Marshall; and Arnold, Dick (1962). Vintage Jerry Garcia/Sleepy Hollow Hog Stompers 1962. Community Tracker. eTree. Retrieved on 2007-04-04. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1581 - Francis Drake completes a circumnavigation of the world and is knighted by Elizabeth I.
  37. ^ Stories about the "Grateful Dead" appear in many cultures.
  38. ^ a b c Dodd, David (2007). The Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics. Retrieved on 2007-07-12. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1191 - Saladin 's garrison surrenders ending the two-year Siege of Acre.
  39. ^ Sievert, Jon (1981). Bob Weir Rhythm Ace (html). Dozin. com. Retrieved on 2007-07-13. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1174 - William I of Scotland, a key rebel in the Revolt of 1173-1174, is captured at Alnwick by forces loyal to
  40. ^ Garcia on acoustic guitar playing (1985). Retrieved on 2007-07-16. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 622 - The beginning of the Islamic calendar. 1054 - Three Roman legates fractured relations between the Western and
  41. ^ a b c d e Garcia, Jerry (1994). The Last Will and Testament of Jerome J. ("Jerry") Garcia (html) (English). Rockmine. Retrieved on 2007-05-16. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1204 - Baldwin IX Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire.
  42. ^ a b c d e f Compiled by Stratton, Jerry. Collection of news accounts on Jerry Garcia's death (html) (English). Jerry Garcia: News Accounts After. Retrieved on 2007-05-09. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1457 BC - Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC between Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition under the King of
  43. ^ Dennis McNally, A Long Strange Trip, 2002, pg 614.
  44. ^ a b c d e Jerry Garcia guitar history (htm). Dozin. com. Retrieved on 2007-07-17. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 180 - Twelve inhabitants of Scillium in North Africa are executed for being Christians
  45. ^ a b c d The Wolf guitar (htm). Dozin. com. Retrieved on 2007-07-17. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 180 - Twelve inhabitants of Scillium in North Africa are executed for being Christians
  46. ^ a b c The Tiger guitar (htm). Dozin. com. Retrieved on 2007-07-18. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 390 BC - Roman - Gaulish Wars Battle of the Allia - a Roman army is defeated by raiding Gauls,
  47. ^ a b c The Rosebud guitar. Dozin. com. Retrieved on 2007-07-18. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 390 BC - Roman - Gaulish Wars Battle of the Allia - a Roman army is defeated by raiding Gauls,
  48. ^ a b c d The Lightning Bolt guitar. Dozin. com. Retrieved on 2007-07-18. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 390 BC - Roman - Gaulish Wars Battle of the Allia - a Roman army is defeated by raiding Gauls,
  49. ^ a b c d Wolverton, Troy (2002). Jerry Garcia's guitars up for auction (html). CNet News. CNET Networks. Retrieved on 2007-07-20. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1304 - Wars of Scottish Independence: Fall of Stirling Castle - King Edward I of England takes the last rebel stronghold
  50. ^ a b c d Selvin, Joel (2002). 'Wolf,' 'Tiger' sold at memorabilia auction for $1.74 million. SFGate. com. Hearst Communications Inc. Retrieved on 2007-07-20. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1304 - Wars of Scottish Independence: Fall of Stirling Castle - King Edward I of England takes the last rebel stronghold
  51. ^ Kaiser, Henry. "Jerry Garcia Live!", Guitar Player, October, 2007
  52. ^ San Francisco Recreation & Park Department: Jerry Garcia Amphitheater. Recreation and Parks. City & County of San Francisco. Retrieved on 2007-07-04. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 836 - Pactum Sicardi, peace between the Principality of Benevento and the Duchy of Naples
  53. ^ Margolis, Robert (2005). Trey, Weir Honor Garcia. Rolling Stone news. Rolling Stone. Retrieved on 2007-07-04. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 836 - Pactum Sicardi, peace between the Principality of Benevento and the Duchy of Naples
  54. ^ Jerry Day (html). Jerryday. org. Retrieved on 2007-07-04. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 836 - Pactum Sicardi, peace between the Principality of Benevento and the Duchy of Naples
  55. ^ Jerry Garcia discography (html). The Grateful Dead Family Discography. Deaddisc. com. Retrieved on 2007-07-04. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 836 - Pactum Sicardi, peace between the Principality of Benevento and the Duchy of Naples
  56. ^ Dansby, Andrew. "Jerry Garcia Comes Alive", Rolling Stone, August 11, 2004

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NAME Garcia, Jerry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION American musician who was the lead guitarist of the Grateful Dead
DATE OF BIRTH August 1, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH San Francisco, California, USA
DATE OF DEATH August 9, 1995
PLACE OF DEATH Forest Knolls, California, USA
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