Jerry Garcia
Acting
- Born:
- 1942-08-01
- Died:
- 1995-08-09
- Place of birth:
- San Francisco, California, U.S.
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
Grateful Dead Meet-Up At The Movies 2023
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Grateful Dead: Tivoli Concert Hall, 4/17/72
History 101
Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music
Grateful Dead: Giants Stadium 1991
WBCN and the American Revolution
Basketball: A Love Story
Long Strange Trip
Long Strange Trip
Grateful Dead: Cornell '77
DEADHEADS
Stupor Mundi: Livre 2, Les Hommes qui mangèrent la montagne
Grateful Dead: Fare Thee Well - Playing for Change, Chicago, IL
Woodstock: Untold Stories Revisited
Grateful Dead: Sunshine Daydream
Grateful Dead: All The Years Combine - The DVD Collection
Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place
Grateful Dead: Crimson, White & Indigo
Woodstock: Untold Stories
All Tomorrow's Parties
Sex in '69: The Sexual Revolution in America
Grateful Dead: The Broadcast Archives
Grateful Dead: Rocking The Cradle - Egypt 1978
Sister's Keeper
Tom Snyder's Electric Kool-Aid Talk Show
The Last Great Traffic Jam
Jerry Garcia Band: Live at Shoreline
Grateful Dead: Still Alive And Well
Grateful Dead: Bird Song
The Grateful Dead Movie: Bonus Songs
Festival Express
Grateful Dead: View from the Vault IV
Monterey Pop - The Outtake Performances
Grateful Dead: View from the Vault III
Grateful Dead: View from the Vault II
The Journey
Grateful Dawg
Grateful Dead: View from the Vault
Grateful Dead: View from the Vault
The Source
Classic Albums
Grateful Dead: Anthem to Beauty
Grateful Dead
And Miles to Go Before I Sleep
Bill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass Music
Truckin' With The Dead
Deadheads
In Our Eyes: The European Deadhead Odyssey
Deadheads: An American Subculture
Grateful Dead: Live at Foxboro
Grateful Dead: Truckin Up to Buffalo
Elvis Costello & Friends Live at Sweetwater
Grateful Dead: The Making of "Built to Last"
Grateful Dead: Downhill from Here
Grateful Dead: Ticket to New Year's Eve Concert
Grateful Dead: So Far
Rock ‘N’ Roll Goldmine: The San Francisco Sound
Hells Angels Forever
Heartbeeps
Grateful Dead: Dead Ahead
America's Top 10
Grateful Dead: The Closing of Winterland
The Grateful Dead Movie
Grateful Dead: New Jersey Half-Step Uptown Toodleloo - Live at The Capitol Theater
Last Days at the Fillmore
Grateful Dead: At Old Renaissance Faire Grounds 1972
Introducing... Roy Buchanan
Gimme Shelter
Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!: The Rolling Stones in Concert
Grateful Dead: England 1970
Woodstock
San Francisco Rock: A Night at the Family Dog
The Hippie Temptation
The Acid Test
Conversations With The Deadheads
Grateful Dead: Bits And Pieces About...