Learn About Jerry Garcia on good-read.club

Jerry Garcia

4/5 ( ratings)

Born: July 31 1942

Died: 0808 08 19951995

Website: Go to Website

Jerome John "Jerry" García was an American musician, songwriter, artist, and lead guitarist and vocalist of the psychedelic rock band the Grateful Dead. García was viewed by many as the leader or "spokesman" of the group.

Performing with the Grateful Dead for its entire three-decade career , García participated in a variety of side projects, including the Jerry García Band, Old and in the Way, the Garcia/Grisman acoustic duo, and Legion of Mary. García 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 13th in Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" cover story.

Later in life, García was sometimes ill because of his unstable weight, and in 1986 experienced 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 residing in a drug rehabilitation facility when he died of a heart attack in August 1995.

Subscribe to Read | $0.00

Popular Genres

Subscribe to Read | $0.00

Jerry Garcia

Jerry Garcia

Books from Jerry Garcia

Nightmares & Dreamscapes, Volume II

Jerry on Jerry: The Unpublished Jerry Garcia Interviews

Garcia: A Signpost To New Space

Harrington Street

The Teddy Bears' Picnic

Jerry Garcia: The Collected Artwork

J. Garcia: Paintings, Drawings, and Sketches

The Wisdom of Jerry Garcia: As Collected from Interviews

Shady Grove: Acoustic Guitar Solos by Jerry Garcia

Jerry Garcia Songbook -- His Solo Repertoire: Guitar Lead Line

Grateful Dead Vol. II (Wake of the Flood / From the Mars Hotel / Blues for Allah)

Truckin'

Black Peter

Midnight Moonlight

The Maker

Grateful Dead Anthology

Merl Saunders - Blues From the Rainforest: A Musical Suite

El Club del Haschisch: la droga en la literatura

Like a Road Leading Home

Catfish John