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Jerry Garcia

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Jerome John "Jerry" Garcia (August 1, 1942 – August 9, 1995) was an American musician best known for his work with the band the Grateful Dead. Though he vehemently disavowed the role, Garcia was viewed by many as the leader or "spokesman" of the group. One of its original founders, Garcia performed with The Grateful Dead for their entire three-decade career (1965–1995). Garcia also founded and participated in a variety of side projects, including the Saunders-Garcia Band with longtime friend Merl Saunders, Jerry Garcia Band, Old and in the Way, the Garcia/Grisman acoustic duo, and Legion of Mary. Garcia co-founded the New Riders of the Purple Sage with John Dawson and David Nelson. He also released several solo albums, and contributed to a number of albums by other artists over the years as a session musician. He was well known by many for his distinctive guitar playing and was ranked 13 in Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" cover story. Later in life, Garcia was sometimes ill because of his unstable weight, and in 1986 went into a diabetic coma that nearly cost him his life. Although his overall health improved somewhat after that, he also struggled with heroin addiction, and was staying in a California drug rehabilitation facility when he died of a heart attack in August 1995.

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Discography

  • Run for the Roses
  • Garcia, 1988
  • Shady Grove, 1996
  • Deep Elum Blues
  • Been All Around This World, 2004
  • All Good Things: Jerry Garcia Studio Sessions (disc 5: Run for the Roses)
  • All Good Things: Jerry Garcia Studio Sessions (disc 3: Reflections)
  • Sweetwater
  • All Good Things: Jerry Garcia Studio Sessions (disc 2: Garcia (Compliments))
  • All Good Things Redux: Jerry Garcia Studio Sessions
  • All Good Things: Jerry Garcia Studio Sessions (disc 6: Outtakes, Jams & Alternates)
  • Hooteroll?, 1987
  • All Good Things: Jerry Garcia Studio Sessions (disc 1: Garcia)
  • All Good Things: Jerry Garcia Studio Sessions (disc 4: Cats Under the Stars)
  • Reflections, 1989
  • Jerry Garcia / David Grisman, 1991
  • The Pizza Tapes
  • Cats Under the Stars, 1978
  • Compliments

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On Apr 20, 2010. 5:29pm
Ian said

Terrible movie, apart from the live band sequences.
This is one of the few occasions when the Garcia/Dead/Dylan connection really worked. It's a hell of a song though, and that helps. Willie Nelson's version on the I'm Not There soundtrack is great too.

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