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Jerry Garcia
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The Grateful Dead
Jerome "Jerry" Garcia
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Born San Francisco August 1, 1942
From a musical family
Named after composer Jerome Kern.
Founded The Grateful Dead
Ranked 13th in Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest
Guitarists of All Time
Childhood
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Father – retired opened a bar so he still play
piano.
At four years old - Looses most of one of his
finger in an accident.
Tragically looses his father
Forced to move in with Grandparents looses
contact with his mother.
Adolescence
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Discovers bluegrass music
Mother remarries – moves with Mother and
New stepfather.
Family moves repeatedly.
Trouble for fighting and skipping school.
Forced to join the military.
Early 20s
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Wakeup call!
In a horrific car accident killing one of his
friends and severely injuring two others.
Decides to take his life seriously.
Meets Robert Hunter (future Grateful Dead
supporter and song writer).
And Phil Lesh (future Grateful Dead member).
Both major influences in his music career
Mid to late 60s
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Garcia records his music and gets radio play
Teaches Guitar lessons and meets Bob Weir
(future member of the Grateful Dead).
Garcia joined a local bluegrass and folk band
called Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions
Band includes other future members of the
Grateful Dead.
The Grateful Dead is Born
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1965 – Garcia’s existing band The Warlocks
evolves into The Grateful Dead.
Garcia became the lead guitarist, one of the
primary singers and, songwriters.
Garcia composed the music and wrote the lyrics
with Robert Hunter to all but a few of the
band’s songs.
Garcia and the band tours almost continually
1970s
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Garcia becomes well known for his soulful
extended guitar jam sessions.
Workingman’s Dead album released. A bluegrass
musical dream.
American Beauty album released. Garcia and
Robert Hunter’s masterpiece.
Workingman’s Dead
Uncle John’s Band
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Song written by Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter.
Preformed with acoustic guitars
Folk and bluegrass style and sound.
The song release in 1970 is noted to be the
bands take on the fate of American
counterculture after the Hippie movement
heading into the new decade.
Casey Jones
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Written by Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter.
This song has a very unique guitar sound
, the song has a strong melody and is rather
upbeat. And incorporates that Grateful Dead
signature electric bass sound.
The Grateful Dead preformed this song live
over 300 times.
American Beauty
Friend of the Devil
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Written by Jerry Garcia, John Dawson, and
Robert Hunter.
One of my all time favorite songs.
The song is acoustic and very instrumental.
About someone on the run from the law, the
devil and himself.
Ripple
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Written by Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter.
Another all time favorite song.
Includes a mandolin player David Grisman.
Very melodic and has an almost folk song style
to it.
It is said that several lines throughout the song
echo passages from the Bible.
THE END
RYAN PATTERSON