Jerry Garcia
Interesting essay on Jerry Garcia
Mary Eisenhart passed this along. Jon Reed Goes Off On: Jerry’s Dead I sorta had to force myself to read past this line – Jerry will never be able to tell us why his remarkable extended family couldn’t keep him away from the needle. – but I’m glad I did. Jerry’s creativity was like a … Read more
Bill Cutler’s “Starlite Jamboree”
A lovely tribute to Jerry, with Jerry playing on it! From Bill Cutler’s CD Crossing the Line:
Garcia quote of the day
“The doctors said they’d never seen anybody as sick as me who wasn’t dead.” – Jerry Garcia 10/14/86, interviewed by Steve Marcus. This interview will be broadcast on Sirius Satellite Radio at least once between August 1 and August 9. Probably more than once. Here’s a bit of audio from that interview.
Bill Cutler interview on DeadNet
Blair Jackson’s excellent interview with Bill Cutler went up on DeadNet today. I’m a big fan of Bill’s CD Crossing the Line, and the story behind it is fascinating.
Old GD Hours on DeadNet
Reminder: we’re posting a show from the Grateful Dead Hour archive on dead.net every Wednesday. This morning’s journey through the past is GD Hour #519, with David Grisman interviewed live on KPFA July 29, 1998 introducing the Garcia-Grisman CD So What.
Jerry Garcia interview
Thanks to Pat Lee for sending the link. Jerry Garcia Speaks, vol. 1 A 38-minute interview from NBC.
Quote of the day
Gene Shalit: How do you play at that frantic volume and sustain any kind of rational mind? Jerry Garcia: It’s like a dog hanging its head out a car window. Shalit: You love it. Garcia: Yeah. – The Today Show (NBC-TV) 3/21/1981
Correction: not a Strat!
It’s been pointed out by several astute observers that, contrary to what I wrote (since corrected) in a previous post, Jerry Garcia was playing his “Wolf” guitar and not a Stratocaster at Winterland in 1973. My point is unaffected, though: the pickups in the Wolf were similar in design and wiring to the Fender Stratocaster … Read more