Jerry Garcia

Born: Aug 1, 1942 in San Francisco, CA

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Died: Aug 9, 1995 in San Francisco, CA

Genre: Pop/Rock, Country, Folk, Blues

Biography: Guitarist, singer, and songwriter Jerry Garcia was best known as a founding member of the Grateful Dead, the rock band for which he served as de facto leader for 30 years, 1965-1995. Concurrently for much of that time, he also led his own Jerry Garcia Band (JGB), and he performed and recorded in a variety ...Read full biography

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Garcia

Released: 1972

Label: Grateful Dead

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This disc was a happy byproduct of the Grateful Dead re-signing with Warner Bros. It was mutually beneficial for Bob Weir (guitar/vocals) as well as Mickey Hart (percussion) and his criminally overlooked ...Read full review

Jerry Garcia and David Grisman

Released: 1991

Label: ACOUSTIC DISC

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This Grammy-nominated disc heralds the origins of the highly acclaimed acoustic duo of Jerry Garcia (guitar/vocals) and David "Dawg" Grisman (mandolin). They had been chums for years by the time they began ...Read full review

More Jerry Garcia albums: Main Albums (30), Compilations (18), DVD/Video (2), Others (1)

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