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Jerry Garcia
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Jerome John "Jerry" Garcia (August 1, 1942 – August 9, 1995) was an American musician best known for his lead guitar work, singing and songwriting with the band the Grateful Dead.…
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Jerome John "Jerry" Garcia (August 1, 1942 – August 9, 1995) was an American musician best known for his lead guitar work, singing and songwriting 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. As one of its 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, Legion of Mary, and the New Riders of the Purple Sage (which Garcia co-founded 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 13th 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jerry Garcia, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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2025
The Grateful Dead Movie 2025 Meet-Up
Movie Director
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2023
Grateful Dead Meet-Up At The Movies 2023
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2022
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
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2022
Grateful Dead: Tivoli Concert Hall, 4/17/72
Movie Self
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2020
History 101
TV show Self (archive footage)
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2020
Stutter.
Movie Music
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2019
Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2019
Grateful Dead: Giants Stadium 1991
Movie Self
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2019
WBCN and the American Revolution
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2018
Basketball: A Love Story
TV show Self (archive footage)
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2017
Long Strange Trip
TV show Self (archive footage)
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2017
Long Strange Trip
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2017
Grateful Dead: Cornell '77
Movie Self - Band Member
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2016
DEADHEADS
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2016
Stupor Mundi: Livre 2, Les Hommes qui mangèrent la montagne
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- 2015
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2014
Woodstock: Untold Stories Revisited
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2013
Grateful Dead: Sunshine Daydream
Movie Self
- 2012
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2011
Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place
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2011
Grateful Dead: Crimson, White & Indigo
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2009
Woodstock: Untold Stories
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2009
All Tomorrow's Parties
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2009
Sex in '69: The Sexual Revolution in America
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- 2008
- 2008
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2007
Sister's Keeper
Movie Olest Brother
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2006
Tom Snyder's Electric Kool-Aid Talk Show
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- 2005
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2005
Jerry Garcia Band: Live at Shoreline
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- 2005
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2005
Grateful Dead: Bird Song
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- 2004
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2003
Festival Express
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2003
Grateful Dead: View from the Vault IV
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2002
Monterey Pop - The Outtake Performances
Movie Grateful Dead
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2002
Grateful Dead: View from the Vault III
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2001
Grateful Dead: View from the Vault II
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2001
The Journey
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2000
Grateful Dawg
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