August 1, 1942 – The late Jerry Garcia, the talented de facto leader of the Grateful Dead, was born in San Francisco where he learned and played piano at an early age, then came the accordion, the banjo, the pedal steel and eventually the electric guitar that he played with great brilliance.
Let’s HEAR SOME OF YOUR FAVORITE JERRY SONGS!
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The Jerry Garcia Band does great covers of Tangled Up in Blue and Dear Prudence.
Bob Madden
Brokedown Palace, maybe his prettiest song and sentiment.
Tom Friedrich
Estimated Prophet, aka “California” Saw them the one and only time near Monterrey and they played that; almost magical amongst the 90s Silicon Valley crowds.
Laurie Winfield
