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Jerry Garcia lives near the Tamalpais Mountains ... he still plays around, banjo and some. Let’s see…a lot of the people that are around now, that are still doing stuff now.
In those bands, Garcia picked a five-string banjo and Nelson strummed a vintage ... He likes to think of the soft-spoken Nelson as “Jerry’s perfect sidekick.” In that role, Nelson would ...
This 16-track collection features original duo takes on songs that have become subsequent staples of the Grisman/Garcia repertoire ... s Shady Grove LP as a banjo duet despite its original ...
Of the four of them, Garcia was the one furthest along ... who was quite a good musician, and taught Jerry a lot, and introduced him to the banjo, for starters. Hunter died five years ago.
Len Dell’Amico’s new memoir, Friend of the Devil: My Wild Ride With Jerry Garcia and Grateful Dead, recounts his experiences working as the Grateful Dead music video director and spending time ...
Filming the Grateful Dead’s MTV-era music video for "Hell in a Bucket" was one long, strange trip. Len Dell’Amico, the band’s "film and video guy," has written a new memoir, "Friend of the ...
The renaming coincides with this year’s 23rd Annual Jerry Day celebration, set for Aug. 2 at the Jerry Garcia Amphitheater in McLaren Park. The free event will mark key milestones: the 60th ...
On Tuesday, San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors approved a resolution to rename an Excelsior District road “Jerry Garcia Street,” in honor of the Grateful Dead frontman who grew up on the ...
Jerry Garcia, co-founder of the band Grateful Dead and certified cultural icon, dreamt of one day owning a place where he and other musicians and guests could hang out when not on the road.