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Name
Jerry Garcia

Known For
Acting

Birthday
1942-08-01

Deathday
1995-08-09 (53 years old)

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.

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Known For

Movies

Tv Shows

1970 Gimme Shelter as Self
2007 Sister's Keeper as Olest Brother
2000 Grateful Dawg as Self
2019 WBCN and the American Revolution as Self (archive footage)
1981 Heartbeeps as Phil (voice)
1977 The Grateful Dead Movie as Self
2000 Grateful Dead: View from the Vault as Self
2001 The Journey as Self
1990 In Our Eyes: The European Deadhead Odyssey
Soon Conversations With The Deadheads
1990 Deadheads
2016 DEADHEADS
1994 And Miles to Go Before I Sleep as Self
1990 Deadheads: An American Subculture as Self
2005 Jerry Garcia Band: Live at Shoreline as Self
2001 Grateful Dead: View from the Vault II as Self
1987 Grateful Dead: Ticket to New Year's Eve Concert as Self
1983 Hells Angels Forever as Self
1987 Grateful Dead: So Far as Self - Guitar
1972 Grateful Dead: At Old Renaissance Faire Grounds 1972 as Self
2005 Grateful Dead: Still Alive And Well
2008 Grateful Dead: The Broadcast Archives
2011 Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place as Self (archive footage)
2002 Grateful Dead: View from the Vault III as Self
Soon Grateful Dead: Bits And Pieces About...
1978 Grateful Dead: The Closing of Winterland as Self
1989 Grateful Dead: Truckin Up to Buffalo as Self
2023 Grateful Dead Meet-Up At The Movies 2023 as Self
2005 Grateful Dead: Bird Song as Self
1970 San Francisco Rock: A Night at the Family Dog
2016 Stupor Mundi: Livre 2, Les Hommes qui mangèrent la montagne as Self (archive footage)
1986 Rock ‘N’ Roll Goldmine: The San Francisco Sound as Self
1999 The Source as Self
2005 The Last Great Traffic Jam
2009 Woodstock: Untold Stories as self
2014 Woodstock: Untold Stories Revisited as Self
2003 Grateful Dead: View from the Vault IV as Self
2009 All Tomorrow's Parties as Self (archive footage)
2022 Grateful Dead Meet-Up 2022 as Self
2022 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony as Self (voice)
2002 Monterey Pop - The Outtake Performances
1993 Bill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass Music as Self
2000 Grateful Dead: View from the Vault as Self
1971 Introducing... Roy Buchanan
2017 Long Strange Trip as Self (archive footage)
2017 Grateful Dead: Cornell '77 as Self - Band Member
1989 Grateful Dead: Downhill from Here as Self - Performer
1970 Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!: The Rolling Stones in Concert as Self
2013 Grateful Dead: Sunshine Daydream as Self
1967 The Hippie Temptation as Dirty Hippie
1977 Grateful Dead: New Jersey Half-Step Uptown Toodleloo - Live at The Capitol Theater as Self - Performer
2006 Tom Snyder's Electric Kool-Aid Talk Show as Self
1997 Grateful Dead: Anthem to Beauty as Self
2015 Grateful Dead: Fare Thee Well - Playing for Change, Chicago, IL as Self
2008 Grateful Dead: Rocking The Cradle - Egypt 1978 as Self
1970 Woodstock as Self
2019 Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music as Self (archive footage)
2003 Festival Express as Self
1966 The Acid Test as Self
2009 Sex in '69: The Sexual Revolution in America as Self
1981 Grateful Dead: Dead Ahead as Self - Grateful Dead
2019 Grateful Dead: Giants Stadium 1991 as Self
2011 Grateful Dead: Crimson, White & Indigo as Self
1993 Truckin' With The Dead as Self
1989 Grateful Dead: Live at Foxboro as Self
1989 Grateful Dead: The Making of "Built to Last" as Self
2012 Grateful Dead: All The Years Combine - The DVD Collection as Self
1995 Grateful Dead as Self
1989 Elvis Costello & Friends Live at Sweetwater
2004 The Grateful Dead Movie: Bonus Songs
1970 Grateful Dead: England 1970

2018 Basketball: A Love Story ( 1 episode ) as Self (archive footage)
2017 Long Strange Trip ( 6 episodes ) as Self (archive footage)
2020 History 101 ( 1 episode ) as Self (archive footage)
1997 Classic Albums ( 1 episode ) as Self
1980 America's Top 10 ( 1 episode ) as Self

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