Jerry Garcia

Dead Rock 

A Grateful Day In The Garden

April 29, 2020April 30, 2020 Billy Sternberg 2 Comments Bob Weir, Jerry Garcia, Madison Square Garden, Mickey Hart, Phil Lesh, Syracuse University, The Grateful Dead

Watching the Dead from an MSG skybox in 1982

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Bluegrass Folk Rock Roots 

A Simple Twist of Fate: Jerry Garcia’s Late Live Peak

October 11, 2019October 11, 2019 Jim Allen 1 Comment David Kemper, Garcia Live Vokume 11, Gloria Jones, Grateful Dead, Jaclyn LaBranch, Jerry Garcia, Jerry Garcia Band, John Kahn, Melvin Seals

The 11th volume of the JGB live archive showcases a highlight from the Grateful Dead icon’s final years

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Remembrance Rock 

Requiem For The Great Rum Runner

September 27, 2019October 3, 2019 Luci Turner 0 Comments Jerry Garcia, Mickey Hart, Phil Lesh, Relix Records, RIP, Robert Hunter, Round Records, Tales of the Great Rum Runners, The Grateful Dead

An appreciation of longtime Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter

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Psychedelics Rock 

The Amazing Aoxomoxoa

August 9, 2019August 9, 2019 Jim Allen 0 Comments 1969, Aoxomoxoa, Bob Weir, Grateful Dead Fillmore West 11/7/1969, Grateful Dead on Tom Snyder, Jerry Garcia, Mickey Hart, Phil Lesh, Pigpen, Rhino Records, The Grateful Dead, Workingman's Dead

In 1969, The Grateful Dead swung from Psychedelic to Sylvan on their underrated third studio LP

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Bluegrass Country and/or Western Folk Rock 

When Jerry Returned to his Roots

January 6, 2019January 6, 2019 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Jerry Garcia, Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band, The Grateful Dead

30 years ago: The Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band offers a rustic alternative to the Dead

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Rock 

Was It The Dead Or Was It Disco?

December 1, 2018December 2, 2018 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1978, 40th Anniversary, Bob Weir, Jerry Garcia, Mickey Hart, Phil Lesh, The Grateful Dead

Regardless, Garcia and Company got into a groove on Shakedown Street

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Rock 

Without A Net With Margie

August 31, 2018September 3, 2018 Billy Sternberg 3 Comments 1989, Alpine Valley, Concerts, Jerry Garcia, The Grateful Dead

Remembering The Grateful Dead’s Alpine Valley ’86 concert

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Rock 

National Anthem

August 1, 2018August 2, 2018 Jedd Beaudoin 0 Comments 1968, 50th anniversary, Bob Weir, Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia, Mickey Hart, Phil Lesh, Pigpen, Rhino Records

Fifty years on, The Grateful Dead’s Anthem Of The Sun remains brilliantly under-realized

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