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'{{short description|American musician and member of the Grateful Dead}} {{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians --> | name = Jerry Garcia | image = Jerry-Garcia-01.jpg | caption = Jerry Garcia performing in May 1977, Fox Theatre, Atlanta, Georgia | image_size = | landscape = yes | background = solo_singer | birth_name = Jerome John Garcia | birth_date = August 1, 1942 | birth_place = San Francisco, California, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|mf=yes|1995|8|9|1942|8|1}} | death_place = [[Lagunitas-Forest Knolls, California|Forest Knolls, California]], U.S. | origin = | occupation = Musician, songwriter | instrument = {{flatlist| * Guitar * pedal steel guitar * banjo * vocals}} | genre = [[Psychedelic rock]], [[blues rock]], [[folk rock]], [[country rock]], [[jam rock]], [[Bluegrass music|bluegrass]], [[roots rock]] | years_active = 1960–1995 | label = [[Rhino Records|Rhino]], [[Arista Records|Arista]], [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]], [[Acoustic Disc]], [[Grateful Dead Records|Grateful Dead]] | associated_acts = [[Grateful Dead]], [[Legion of Mary (band)|Legion of Mary]], [[Reconstruction (band)|Reconstruction]], [[Jerry Garcia Band]], [[Old & In the Way]], [[Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band]], [[New Riders of the Purple Sage]], Hart Valley Drifters, [[Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions]], [[Merl Saunders]], Garcia & Grisman, [[Rainforest Band]], [[Muruga Booker]] | website = [http://www.jerrygarcia.com JerryGarcia.com][https://www.jerrygarciamusicarts.com/] }} '''Jerome John Garcia''' (August 1, 1942&nbsp;– August 9, 1995) was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist, best known for being a principal songwriter, the lead guitarist and a vocalist with the rock band the [[Grateful Dead]], of which he was a founding member and which came to prominence during the counterculture of the 1960s.<ref>{{harvnb|The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica|2019}}: "Jerome John Garcia, ("JERRY"), U.S. musician (born Aug. 1, 1942, San Francisco, Calif.—died Aug. 9, 1995, Forest Knolls, Calif.), personified the hippie counterculture for three decades as the mellow leader of the rock band the Grateful Dead. Garcia was the singer, songwriter, and lead guitarist of the San Francisco-based group that emerged from the Haight-Ashbury psychedelic-drug-and-music scene in the mid-1960s."</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Ruhlmann|n.d.e}}: "Guitarist, singer, and songwriter Jerry Garcia was best known as a founding member of the Grateful Dead, the rock band for which he served as de facto leader for 30 years, from 1965 until his death in 1995. [...] In addition to his musical efforts, Garcia was viewed as an icon and spokesman for the hippie movement of the 1960s, the counterculture fueled by psychedelic drugs and rock & roll that the Grateful Dead embodied for their fervent fans, the Deadheads, as well as to the public at large."</ref> Although he disavowed the role, Garcia was viewed by many as the leader or "spokesman" of the group.<ref>{{harvnb|The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica|2019}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Ruhlmann|n.d.e}}</ref><ref name="rockandroll">{{cite web| url=http://www.rockhall.com/inductees/grateful-dead| title=The Grateful Dead| accessdate=April 25, 2007| publisher= The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Inc.| year=1994|work=Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees}}</ref> As one of its founders, Garcia performed with the Grateful Dead for their entire 30-year career (1965–1995). Garcia also founded and participated in a variety of side projects, including the Saunders–Garcia Band (with longtime friend [[Merl Saunders]]), the [[Jerry Garcia Band]], [[Old & In the Way]], the Garcia/[[David Grisman|Grisman]] acoustic duo, [[Legion of Mary (band)|Legion of Mary]], and [[New Riders of the Purple Sage]] (which Garcia co-founded with [[John Dawson (musician)|John Dawson]] and [[David Nelson (musician)|David Nelson]]).<ref>{{harvnb|Ruhlmann|n.d.e}}</ref> 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 for his distinctive guitar playing, and was ranked 13th in ''[[Rolling Stone]]''{{'}}s "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" cover story in 2003.<ref name="greatguitarist">{{cite web| url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5937559/the_100_greatest_guitarists_of_all_time| title=The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time| accessdate=July 14, 2007| work=Rolling Stone| year=2003| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070705144756/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5937559/the_100_greatest_guitarists_of_all_time |archivedate = July 5, 2007}}</ref> In the 2015 version of the list he was ranked at #46.<ref>{{cite web |date=December 18, 2015 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/100-greatest-guitarists-153675/jerry-garcia-13-54278/ |title=100 Greatest Guitarists |website=Rolling Stone |access-date=October 8, 2018}}</ref> Garcia was also renowned for his musical and technical ability, particularly his ability to play a variety of instruments, and his ability to sustain long improvisations with the Grateful Dead. Garcia believed that improvisation took stress away from his playing and allowed him to make spur of the moment decisions that he would not have made intentionally. In an interview with ''Rolling Stone'', Garcia noted that "my own preferences are for improvisation, for making it up as I go along. The idea of ''picking'', of eliminating possibilities by deciding, that's difficult for me".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/jerry-garcia-the-rolling-stone-interview-2-78496/|title=Jerry Garcia: The Rolling Stone Interview| last1=DeCurtis|first1=Anthony|last2=DeCurtis|first2=Anthony|date=1993-09-02| website=Rolling Stone| language=en-US| access-date=2019-04-04}}</ref> Later in life, Garcia struggled with diabetes, and in 1986 went into a [[diabetic coma]] that nearly cost him his life. Although his overall health improved somewhat after that, he continued to struggle with obesity, smoking, and longstanding heroin and cocaine addictions.<ref name= "rockandroll" /><ref>{{harvnb|Stratton|2010}}</ref> He was staying in a California [[drug rehabilitation]] facility when he died of a heart attack on August 9, 1995 at the age of 53.<ref>{{harvnb|The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica|2019}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Stratton|2010}}: "JERRY Garcia, white-bearded leader of the 1960s cult rock band the Grateful Dead, died yesterday in a drug rehabilitation centre. The 53-year-old erstwhile hippie who founded the band 30 years ago was discovered dead by a counsellor at Serenity Knowles, a residential drug treatment centre near his home in Marin County, California."</ref> ==Early life== Garcia's ancestors on his father's side were from Galicia in northwest Spain. His mother's ancestors were Irish and Swedish.<ref>{{harvnb|Jackson|1999|pp=1, 2, 5}}: "The Romans conquered the territory, which they called Galicia, in the second century B.C. The city now known as La Coruña was a small but important trading post for the Romans for several centuries. [...] If you were to scour the streets and alleys of La Coruña, you might well encounter a Garcia who can trace the lineage of Jerry's family back many centuries. But in the United States, where two branches of the Garcias settled in the second decade of this century, we must rely on the memories of the lone surviving sibling from the original transatlantic voyage, Leonor Garcia Ross — still spry at ninety — and on family lore passed along to Jerry's brothers and cousins. [...] Though Leonor considers La Coruña the family's ancestral home, the Garcias who emerge from the family's oral history in the mid-nineteenth century actually came from a nearby coastal fishing village called Sada, on an inlet called the Ría de Betanzos."</ref> He was born in the [[Excelsior District]] of San Francisco, California, on August 1, 1942, to Jose Ramon "Joe" Garcia and Ruth Marie "Bobbie" (née Clifford) Garcia,<ref>{{harvnb|Jackson|1999|p=7}}</ref>{{efn|name=fn1}} who was herself born in San Francisco.<ref>{{harvnb|Jackson|1999|p=5}}: "Sometime in 1934 Joe met the woman of his dreams, a twenty-four-year-old nurse at San Francisco General Hospital named Ruth Marie Clifford. Ruth also had deep immigrant roots stretching back even further than the Garcias': Her grandfather Patrick Clifford was born in Ireland in the middle of the nineteenth century and emigrated to California, where he married another Irish expatriate named Ellen Callahan. Ruth's father, William Henry Clifford, was born in San Francisco in 1883. In his twenties he got involved in the laundry business and married nineteen-year-old Tillie May Olsen, whose ancestors had sailed to California from Sweden around the time of the Gold Rush. Shortly after they were married, Bill and Tillie bought a newly built home on the fringes of the Excelsior district. The house at 87 Harrington Street, where Jerry would spend much of his youth, was built in 1907. In June 1910 Jerry's mother, Ruth, was born at that address. She lived there until she married Joe Garcia."</ref> His parents named him after composer [[Jerome Kern]].<ref>{{harvnb|Troy|1994|page=3|postscript={{Spaces|1}}The unusual name came about because of his father's fondness for the great Broadway musical composer Jerome Kern}}</ref><ref name= "lst7">McNally, pg. 7</ref> Jerome John was their second child, preceded by Clifford Ramon "Tiff", who was born in 1937.<ref name="lst6">McNally, pg. 6</ref><ref name="cp3">{{harvnb|Troy|1994|page=3}}</ref> Shortly before Clifford's birth, their father and a partner leased a building in downtown San Francisco and turned it into a bar, partly in response to Jose being blackballed from a musicians' union for [[Unreported employment|moonlighting]].<ref>{{harvnb|Jackson|1999|p=6|postscript={{Spaces|1}}Joe and his partner opened their business in the summer of 1937}}</ref>{{efn|"During the Depression, the musicians union had what was called the Seven-Day Law, which prohibited members from working seven nights a week in order to spread the scarce work to as many members as possible. Typically, those who had steady jobs would play five nights a week and have two free nights. To supplement his income, Jose had been working a second job on his off-nights, and when the union found out, Jose was expelled."<ref>{{harvnb|Troy|1994|pages=2-3}}</ref>}} Garcia was influenced by music at an early age,<ref name = "jginterview1972"/> taking piano lessons for much of his childhood.<ref name="motm">{{cite web|url=http://www.levity.com/mavericks/garcia.htm |title=Mavericks of the Mind: Conversations for the New Millennium |accessdate=April 8, 2007 |author1=Brown, David Jay |author2=Novick, Rebecca McClean |work=Mavericks of the Mind – Internet Edition |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061023174938/http://www.levity.com/mavericks/garcia.htm |archivedate=October 23, 2006 |url-status=dead }}</ref> His father was a retired professional musician and his mother enjoyed playing the piano.<ref>{{harvnb|Jackson|1999|page=8}}</ref> His father's extended family—which had emigrated from Spain in 1919—would often sing during reunions.<ref name="cp3"/> In 1946<ref name=page24>{{harvnb|Lesh|2005|page=24}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Jackson|1999|p=8}}</ref> two-thirds of four year-old Garcia's right middle finger was cut off by his brother in a wood splitting accident while the family was vacationing in the [[Santa Cruz Mountains]].<ref name="cp4">{{harvnb|Troy|1994|page=4}}</ref><ref name="lst8">McNally, pg. 8</ref><ref>"Garcia, Jerry." Encyclopedia of Popular Music, 4th ed.. Oxford Music Online. Oxford University Press, accessed September 29, 2014.</ref> Garcia later confessed that he often used it to his advantage in his youth, showing it off to other children in his neighborhood. Less than a year after this incident his father died in a fly fishing accident when the family was vacationing near [[Arcata, California|Arcata]] in Northern California. He slipped after entering the [[Trinity River (California)|Trinity River]], part of the [[Six Rivers National Forest]],<ref name=page11>{{harvnb|Jackson|1999|p=11}}</ref> and drowned before other fishermen could reach him. Although Garcia claimed he saw the incident, Dennis McNally, author of the book ''A Long Strange Trip: The Inside Story of the Grateful Dead'', argues Garcia formed the memory after hearing others repeat the story.<ref name="lst7"/> Blair Jackson, who wrote ''Garcia: An American Life'', argues a local newspaper article describing Jose's death failed to mention Jerry being present when he died.<ref name=page11/> ===Excelsior District=== Following his father's death, Garcia's mother Ruth took over her husband's bar, buying out his partner for full ownership. She began working full-time there, sending Jerry and his brother to live nearby with her parents, Tillie and William Clifford. During the five-year period in which he lived with his grandparents, Garcia enjoyed a large amount of autonomy and attended Monroe Elementary School.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfusd.edu/en/schools/school-information/monroe.html|title=SFUSD: Monroe Elementary School|website=www.sfusd.edu|accessdate=1 August 2018}}</ref> At the school, Garcia was greatly encouraged in his artistic abilities by his third grade teacher: through her, he discovered that "being a creative person was a viable possibility in life" According to Garcia, it was around this time that he was opened up to country and [[bluegrass music]] by his grandmother, whom he recalled enjoyed listening to the [[Grand Ole Opry]]. His elder brother, Clifford, however, staunchly believed the contrary, insisting that Garcia was "fantasizing all [that] ... she'd been to Opry, but she didn't listen to it on the radio." It was at this point that Garcia started playing the banjo, his first stringed instrument.<ref>{{harvnb|Jackson|1999|pp=12-13}}</ref> ===Menlo Park=== In 1953, Garcia's mother married<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blacklistedjournalist.com/column79a.html|title=THE BLACKLISTED JOURNALIST, CHAPTER ONE?of A LONG, STRANGE TRIP by Dennis McNally,the Grateful Dead|website=www.blacklistedjournalist.com|accessdate=1 August 2018}}</ref> Wally Matusiewicz.<ref name="lst10">McNally, pg. 10</ref> Subsequently, Garcia and his brother moved back home with their mother and new stepfather. However, due to the roughneck reputation of their neighborhood at the time, Garcia's mother moved their family to [[Menlo Park, California|Menlo Park]].<ref name="lst10"/> During their stay in Menlo Park, Garcia became acquainted with racism and [[antisemitism]], things he disliked intensely.<ref name="lst10"/> The same year, Garcia was also introduced to [[rock and roll]] and [[rhythm and blues]] by his brother, and enjoyed listening to the likes of [[Ray Charles]], [[John Lee Hooker]], [[B. B. King]], [[Hank Ballard]], and, later, [[Chuck Berry]].<ref name="cp10">{{harvnb|Troy|1994|page=10}}</ref> Clifford often memorized the vocals for his favorite songs, and would then make Garcia learn the harmony parts, a move to which Garcia later attributed much of his early [[ear training]].<ref name="cp10"/> In mid-1957, Garcia began smoking cigarettes and was introduced to [[Cannabis (drug)|marijuana]].<ref name = "lst13"/><ref name="cp11">{{harvnb|Troy|1994|page=11}}</ref> Garcia would later reminisce about the first time he smoked marijuana: "Me and a friend of mine went up into the hills with two joints, the San Francisco foothills, and smoked these joints and just got so high and laughed and roared and went skipping down the streets doing funny things and just having a helluva time".<ref name="jginterview1972">{{cite web| url=http://www.aforum.com/cgi-bin/forum?14@181.1FuDaxZFhWF.102766@.1228c035| title=Jerry Garcia interview| accessdate=April 4, 2007| year=1972| author1=Wenner, Jann| author2=Reich, Charles| work=Rolling Stone| url-status=dead| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150710070744/http://www.aforum.com/cgi-bin/forum?14@181.1FuDaxZFhWF.102766@.1228c035| archivedate=July 10, 2015}}</ref> During this time, Garcia also studied at what is now the [[San Francisco Art Institute]].<ref name=page24/> The teacher there was [[Wally Hedrick]], an artist who came to prominence during the 1960s. During the classes, he often encouraged Garcia in his drawing and painting skills.<ref name="lst14">McNally, pg. 14</ref> Hedrick also introduced Garcia to the fiction of [[Jack Kerouac]], whom Garcia later cited as a major influence.<ref>{{Cite book|title=No Simple Highway: A Cultural History of the Grateful Dead|last=Richardson|first=Peter|publisher=St. Martin's Press|year=2015|isbn=978-1250010629|location=New York|page=[https://archive.org/details/nosimplehighwayc0000rich/page/28 28]|url=https://archive.org/details/nosimplehighwayc0000rich/page/28}}</ref> ===San Francisco=== In June of the same year, Garcia graduated from the local Menlo Oaks school. He then moved with his family back to San Francisco, where they lived in an apartment above the family bar, a newly built replacement for the original, that had been torn down to make way for a freeway entrance.<ref name="lst12">McNally, pg. 12</ref> Two months later, on Garcia's fifteenth birthday, his mother bought an accordion for him, to his great disappointment.<ref name="jginterview1972"/> Garcia had long been captivated by many rhythm and blues artists, especially Chuck Berry and [[Bo Diddley]], leaving him craving an electric guitar.<ref name="lst12"/> After some pleading, his mother exchanged the accordion for a [[Danelectro]] with a small amplifier at a local pawnshop.<ref name="cp14">{{harvnb|Troy|1994|page=14}}</ref> Garcia's stepfather, who was somewhat proficient with instruments, helped tune his guitar to an unusual [[open tuning]].<ref name="lst13">McNally, pg. 13</ref> ===Cazadero=== After a short stint at Denman Junior High School<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfusd.edu/en/schools/school-information/james-denman.html|title=SFUSD: Denman, James Middle School|website=www.sfusd.edu|accessdate=1 August 2018}}</ref><!--- specify time --->, Garcia attended tenth grade at [[Balboa High School (San Francisco, California)|Balboa High School]] in 1958, where he often got into trouble for skipping classes and fighting.<ref name="lst15">McNally, pg. 15</ref> Consequently, in 1959, Garcia's mother again moved the family to a safer environment, to [[Cazadero, California|Cazadero]], a small town in [[Sonoma County]], {{convert|90|mi|km}} north of San Francisco.<ref name="lst15"/> This turn of events did not sit well with Garcia, who had to travel by bus {{convert|30|mi|km|spell=in|sigfig=1}} to [[Analy High School]] in [[Sebastopol, California|Sebastopol]], the nearest school.<ref name="cp15">{{harvnb|Troy|1994|page=15}}</ref> Garcia did, however, join a band at his school known as the Chords. After performing in and winning a contest, the band's reward was recording a song. They chose "[[Raunchy (instrumental)|Raunchy]]" by [[Bill Justis]].<ref name="lst16">McNally, pg. 16</ref> ==Recording career== ===Relocation and band beginnings=== [[File:San Francisco CA, Haight Ashbury 1.jpg|thumb|The corner of [[Haight-Ashbury, San Francisco, California|Haight and Ashbury]], center of the San Francisco neighborhood where the Grateful Dead shared a house at 710 Ashbury from fall 1966 to spring 1968.]] Garcia stole his mother's car in 1960, and as punishment he was forced to join the [[United States Army]]. He received basic training at [[Fort Ord]].<ref name="jginterview1972"/> After training, he was transferred to Fort Winfield Scott in the [[Presidio of San Francisco]].<ref name="cp16">{{harvnb|Troy|1994|page=16}}</ref> Garcia spent most of his time in the army at his leisure, missing roll call and accruing many counts of being [[Desertion|AWOL]].<ref name="lst17">McNally, pg. 17</ref> As a result, Garcia was given a [[Military discharge|general discharge]] on December 14, 1960.<ref name="lst21">McNally, pg. 21</ref> In January 1961, Garcia drove down to [[East Palo Alto]] to see Laird Grant, an old friend from middle school.<ref name="lst22">McNally, pg. 22</ref> He had bought a 1950 Cadillac sedan from a cook in the army, which barely made it to Grant's residence before it broke down.<ref name="lst22"/> Garcia spent the next few weeks sleeping where friends would allow, eventually using his car as a home. Through Grant, Garcia met Dave McQueen in February, who, after hearing Garcia perform some blues music, introduced him to local people and to the Chateau, a rooming house located near [[Stanford University]] which was then a popular hangout.<ref name="lst23">McNally, pg. 23</ref> On February 20, 1961, Garcia got into a car with Paul Speegle,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/38987236/|title=The Times from San Mateo, California on February 20, 1961 · Page 3|publisher=|accessdate=1 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Chronicle-s-Pat-Steger-Dies-Wrote-of-S-F-2895687.php|title=Chronicle's Pat Steger Dies / Wrote of S.F. Social Elite|date=15 November 1999|publisher=|accessdate=1 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ijgkKhWqLtYC&q=speegle&pg=PP310|title=The Rock And Roll Book Of The Dead|first=David|last=Comfort|date=1 September 2009|publisher=Kensington Publishing Corp.|isbn=9780806532127|accessdate=1 August 2018|via=Google Books}}</ref> a sixteen-year-old artist and acquaintance of Garcia; Lee Adams, the house manager of the Chateau and driver of the car; and Alan Trist, a companion of theirs.<ref name="lst23"/> After speeding past the Palo Alto Veterans Hospital, the car encountered a curve and, traveling around {{convert|90|mph|km/h|sigfig=2}}, collided with the guard rail, sending the car rolling turbulently.<ref name="lst24">McNally, pg. 24</ref><ref name="cp26">{{harvnb|Troy|1994|page=26}}</ref> Garcia was hurled through the windshield of the car into a nearby field with such force he was literally thrown out of his shoes and would later be unable to recall the ejection.<ref name="lst24"/> Lee Adams, the driver, and Alan Trist, who was seated in the back, were thrown from the car as well, suffering from abdominal injuries and a spine fracture, respectively.<ref name="lst24"/> Garcia escaped with a broken collarbone, while Speegle, still in the car, was fatally injured.<ref name="cp26"/> The accident served as an awakening for Garcia, who later commented: "That's where my life began. Before then I was always living at less than capacity. I was idling. That was the slingshot for the rest of my life. It was like a second chance. Then I got serious".<ref name="cp27">{{harvnb|Troy|1994|page=27}}</ref> It was at this time that Garcia began to realize that he needed to begin playing the guitar in earnest—a move which meant giving up his love of drawing and painting.<ref name="lst25">McNally, pg. 25</ref> In April 1961, Garcia first met [[Robert Hunter (lyricist)|Robert Hunter]], who would become a long-time friend of and lyricist for the [[Grateful Dead]], collaborating principally with Garcia.<ref>{{harvnb|Ruhlmann|n.d.e}}</ref> The two involved themselves in the South Bay and San Francisco art and music scenes, sometimes playing at Menlo Park's [[Kepler's Books]].<ref>{{harvnb|Jackson|1999|page=29}}</ref> Garcia performed his first concert with Hunter, each earning five dollars. Garcia and Hunter also played in bands (the Wildwood Boys and the Hart Valley Drifters) with [[David Nelson (musician)|David Nelson]], who would later play with Garcia in the New Riders of the Purple Sage and contribute to several Grateful Dead album songs.<ref>{{harvnb|Lesh|2005|page=30}}</ref> In 1962, Garcia met [[Phil Lesh]], the eventual bassist of the Grateful Dead, during a party in Menlo Park's bohemian Perry Lane neighborhood (where author [[Ken Kesey]] lived).<ref name="perry">{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=BsutWd7d_FoC&q=perry+lane+lesh&pg=PA202 |title=Jerry Garcia and the Call of the Weird |accessdate=August 7, 2008 |last=Kahn |first=Alice |authorlink=Alice Kahn |year=1984 |isbn=9780199728633 }}</ref> Lesh would later write in his autobiography that Garcia reminded him of pictures he had seen of the composer [[Claude Debussy]], with his "dark, curly hair, goatee, Impressionist eyes". While attending another party in Palo Alto, Lesh approached Garcia to suggest they record Garcia on Lesh's tape recorder and produce a radio show for the progressive, community-supported Berkeley radio station [[KPFA]]. Using an old [[Wollensak]] tape recorder, they recorded "[[Matty Groves]]" and "[[The Long Black Veil]]", among several other tunes. The recordings became a central feature of a 90-minute KPFA special broadcast, "The Long Black Veil and Other Ballads: An Evening with Jerry Garcia".<ref>{{harvnb|Lesh|2005|page=26}}</ref> The link between KPFA and the Grateful Dead continues to this day, having included many fundraisers, interviews, live concert broadcasts, taped band performances and all-day or all-weekend "Dead-only" marathons.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Berndtson |first1=Chad |title=David Gans: Dialed In |url=https://glidemagazine.com/4682/david-gans-dialed-in/ |website=Glide Magazine |date=August 31, 2005 |quote=It's safe to say that [[David Gans (musician)|David Gans]] knows his Grateful Dead: the radio show he hosts, the beloved “Grateful Dead Hour” – still broadcasted on KPFA 94.1 in Berkeley, California...}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Dead to the World |url=https://kpfa.org/program/dead-to-the-world/?section=about |website=KPFA}}</ref> Garcia soon began playing and teaching [[Steel-string acoustic guitar|acoustic guitar]] and [[banjo]].<ref>{{harvnb|Lesh|2005|page=50}}</ref> One of Garcia's students was Bob Matthews, who later engineered many of the Grateful Dead's albums.<ref name="musicbox">{{cite web|url=http://www.musicbox-online.com/bobm-int.html|title=''Traveling So Many Roads'' with Bob Matthews|accessdate=April 4, 2007|year=2005|author=Metzger, John|work=The Music Box}}</ref> Matthews attended [[Menlo-Atherton High School]] and was friends with [[Bob Weir]], and on New Year's Eve 1963, he introduced Weir and Garcia.<ref name="musicbox"/> Between 1962 and 1964, Garcia sang and performed mainly bluegrass, [[Old-time music|old-time]], and [[folk music]]. One of the bands Garcia performed with was the Sleepy Hollow Hog Stompers, a bluegrass act. The group consisted of Garcia on guitar, banjo, vocals, and harmonica, Marshall Leicester on banjo, guitar, and vocals, and Dick Arnold on fiddle and vocals.<ref name="sleepyhollow">{{cite web|url=http://bt.etree.org/details.php?id=17351|title=Vintage Jerry Garcia/Sleepy Hollow Hog Stompers 1962|accessdate=April 4, 2007|publisher=eTree|year=1962|author1=Garcia, Jerry |author2=Leicester, Marshall |author3=Arnold, Dick |work=Community Tracker}}</ref> Soon after this, Garcia, Weir, [[Ron "Pigpen" McKernan]], and several of their friends formed a [[jug band]] called Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions. Around this time, the psychedelic drug [[Lysergic acid diethylamide|LSD]] was gaining popularity. Garcia first began using LSD in 1964; later, when asked how it changed his life, he remarked: "Well, it changed everything [...] the effect was that it freed me because I suddenly realized that my little attempt at having a straight life and doing that was really a fiction and just wasn't going to work out. Luckily I wasn't far enough into it for it to be shattering or anything; it was like a realization that just made me feel immensely relieved."<ref name="jginterview1972"/> In 1965, Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions evolved into the Warlocks, with the addition of Phil Lesh on bass guitar and [[Bill Kreutzmann]] on [[Drum kit|percussion]]. However, the band discovered that another group (which would later become the [[Velvet Underground]]) had recently selected the same name. In response, Garcia came up with "Grateful Dead" by opening a [[Funk & Wagnalls]] dictionary to an entry for "[[Grateful dead (folklore)|Grateful dead]]".<ref name="jginterview1972"/><ref name="motm"/><ref>{{harvnb|Lesh|2005|page=62}}:{{Spaces|1}}Lesh describes the dictionary as being "Britannica World Language Dictionary".</ref> The definition for "Grateful dead" was "a dead person, or his angel, showing gratitude to someone who, as an act of charity, arranged their burial".<ref>Stories about the "Grateful Dead" appear in many cultures.</ref> The band's first reaction was disapproval.<ref name="jginterview1972"/><ref name="motm"/> Garcia later explained the group's reaction: "I didn't like it really, I just found it to be really powerful. [Bob] Weir didn't like it, [Bill] Kreutzmann didn't like it and nobody really wanted to hear about it."<ref name="jginterview1972"/> Despite their dislike of the name, it quickly spread by word of mouth, and soon became their official title. ===Career with the Grateful Dead=== [[File:Jerry Garcia 1968.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Jerry Garcia in 1969]] Garcia served as lead guitarist, as well as one of the principal vocalists and songwriters of the Grateful Dead for its entire career.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/hole-notes-acoustic-stylings-late-jerry-garcia|title=The Acoustic Stylings of the Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia|work=Guitar World|access-date=2018-03-09|language=en-us}}</ref> Garcia composed such songs as "[[Dark Star (song)|Dark Star]]",<ref name="agdl">{{cite web|url=http://arts.ucsc.edu/gdead/agdl/|title=The Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics|accessdate=July 12, 2007|year=2007|author=Dodd, David|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030404063019/http://arts.ucsc.edu/GDead/AGDL/|archive-date=April 4, 2003|url-status=dead}}</ref> "Franklin's Tower",<ref name="agdl"/> and "[[Scarlet Begonias]]",<ref name="agdl"/> among many others. Robert Hunter, an ardent collaborator with the band, wrote the lyrics to all but a few of Garcia's songs.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gross |first1=Terry |title=Remembering Grateful Dead Lyricist Robert Hunter |url=https://www.npr.org/2019/09/25/764237225/remembering-grateful-dead-lyricist-robert-hunter |website=NPR |date=September 25, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Browne |first1=David |last2=Blistein |first2=Jon |title=Robert Hunter, Grateful Dead Collaborator and Lyricist, Dead at 78 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/robert-hunter-grateful-dead-dead-889788/ |website=Rolling Stone |date=September 24, 2019}}</ref> Garcia was well-noted for his "soulful extended guitar improvisations",<ref>{{harvnb|The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica|2019}}</ref> which would frequently feature interplay between him and his fellow band members. His fame, as well as the band's, arguably rested on their ability to never play a song the same way twice.<ref name="rockandroll"/> Often, Garcia would take cues from rhythm guitarist Bob Weir, remarking that "there are some [...] kinds of ideas that would really throw me if I had to create a harmonic bridge between all the things going on rhythmically with two drums and Phil [Lesh's] innovative bass playing. Weir's ability to solve that sort of problem is extraordinary. [...] Harmonically, I take a lot of my solo cues from Bob."<ref name="dozin">{{cite web|url=http://dozin.com/bobs/interview/weir1.html|title=Bob Weir Rhythm Ace|accessdate=July 13, 2007|year=1981|author=Sievert, Jon|work=Dozin.com}}</ref> [[File:Grateful Dead - Jerry Garcia.jpg|thumb|Garcia in 1978, at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum]] When asked to describe his approach to soloing, Garcia commented: "It keeps on changing. I still basically revolve around the melody and the way it's broken up into phrases as I perceive them. With most solos, I tend to play something that phrases the way the melody does; my phrases may be more dense or have different value, but they'll occur in the same places in the song. [...]"<ref name="garciapt2">{{cite web|url=http://members.tripod.com/malfalfa1/garciainterview.htm|title=Garcia on acoustic guitar playing|accessdate=July 16, 2007|year=1985}}</ref> Garcia and the band toured almost constantly from their formation in 1965 until Garcia's death in 1995. Periodically, there were breaks due to exhaustion or health problems, often due to Garcia's drug use. During their three-decade span, the Grateful Dead played 2,314 shows.<ref name="rockandroll"/> [[File:Jerry-Mickey at Red Rocks taken 08-11-87.jpg|thumb|left|Garcia and Mickey Hart in 1987 at Red Rocks Amphitheatre]] Garcia's guitar-playing was eclectic. He melded elements from the various kinds of music that influenced him.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.premierguitar.com/articles/21259-electric-etudes-jerry-garcia|title=Electric Etudes: Jerry Garcia|access-date=2018-03-09|language=en}}</ref> Echoes of bluegrass playing (such as [[Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith|Arthur Smith]] and [[Doc Watson]]) could be heard. There was also early [[Rock and roll#Early North American rock and roll (1953-1963)|rock]] (like [[Lonnie Mack]], [[James Burton]], and Chuck Berry), contemporary [[Blues#History of modern blues|blues]] ([[Freddie King]] and [[Lowell Fulsom]]), [[country music|country and western]] ([[Roy Nichols]] and [[Don Rich]]), and [[jazz]] ([[Charlie Christian]] and [[Django Reinhardt]]) to be heard in Garcia's style. Don Rich was the sparkling country guitar player in [[Buck Owens]]'s "[[the Buckaroos]]" band of the 1960s, but besides Rich's style, both Garcia's [[pedal steel guitar]] playing (on Grateful Dead records and others) and his standard electric guitar work, were influenced by another of Owens's Buckaroos of that time, pedal steel player [[Tom Brumley]]. And as an improvisational soloist, John Coltrane was one of his greatest personal and musical influences. Garcia later described his playing style as having "descended from barroom rock and roll, country guitar. Just 'cause that's where all my stuff comes from. It's like that blues instrumental stuff that was happening in the late Fifties and early Sixties, like Freddie King." Garcia's style could vary with the song being played and the instrument he was using, but his playing had a number of so-called "signatures". Among these were lead lines based on rhythmic triplets (examples include the songs "Good Morning Little School Girl", "New Speedway Boogie", "Brokedown Palace", "Deal", "Loser", "[[Truckin']]", "That's It for the Other One", "U.S. Blues", "[[Sugaree]]", and "Don't Ease Me In"). ===Side projects=== In addition to the Grateful Dead, Garcia had numerous side projects, the most notable being the [[Jerry Garcia Band]]. He was also involved with various acoustic projects such as [[Old & In the Way]] and other bluegrass bands, including collaborations with noted bluegrass mandolinist [[David Grisman]]. The documentary film ''[[Grateful Dawg]]'', co-produced by Gillian Grisman and former NBC producer Pamela Hamilton chronicles the deep, long-term friendship between Garcia and Grisman.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0265212|title=Grateful Dawg (2000)|author=Ali_Catterall|date=July 4, 2002|work=IMDb}}</ref> When Garcia and Grisman released Not For Kids Only, Hamilton produced their interview and concert for NBC. After several years of producing stories on the Grateful Dead and band members' side projects, Hamilton interviewed Bob Weir for a feature on Garcia's death marking the end of an era. Other groups of which Garcia was a member at one time or another include the Black Mountain Boys,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eyecandypromo.com/SR/bmb64.html |title=Black Mountain Boys |accessdate=April 12, 2013 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19991022052842/http://www.eyecandypromo.com/SR/bmb64.html |archivedate=October 22, 1999 }} photo at eyecandypromo.com. Retrieved April 12, 2013.</ref> [[Legion of Mary (band)|Legion of Mary]], [[Reconstruction (band)|Reconstruction]], and the [[Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band]]. Garcia was also a fan of jazz artists and [[Jazz#Improvisation|improvisation]]: he played with jazz keyboardists [[Merl Saunders]] and [[Howard Wales]] for many years in various groups and jam sessions, and he appeared on saxophonist [[Ornette Coleman]]'s 1988 album, ''[[Primetime (musical ensemble)|Virgin Beauty]]''. His collaboration with Merl Saunders and [[Muruga Booker]] on the world music album ''Blues From the Rainforest'' launched the [[Rainforest Band]]. Garcia also spent a lot of time in the recording studio helping out fellow musician friends in session work, often adding guitar, vocals, pedal steel, sometimes banjo and piano and even producing. He played on over 50 studio albums, the styles of which were eclectic and varied, including bluegrass, rock, folk, blues, country, jazz, electronic music, gospel, funk, and reggae. Artists who sought Garcia's help included the likes of [[Jefferson Airplane]] (most notably ''[[Surrealistic Pillow]]'', Garcia being listed as their "spiritual advisor"). Garcia himself recalled in a mid-1967 interview that he'd played the high lead on "Today," played on "Plastic Fantastic Lover" and "Comin' Back to Me" on that album. Others include [[Tom Fogerty]], [[David Bromberg]], Robert Hunter (''Liberty'', on Relix Records), [[Paul Pena]], [[Peter Rowan]], [[Warren Zevon]], [[Country Joe McDonald]], [[Pete Sears]], [[Ken Nordine]], Ornette Coleman, [[Bruce Hornsby]], [[Bob Dylan]], [[It's a Beautiful Day]], and many more. In 1995 Garcia played on three tracks for the CD ''[[Blue Incantation]]'' by guitarist [[Sanjay Mishra (musician)|Sanjay Mishra]], making it his last studio collaboration. Throughout the early 1970s, Garcia, Lesh, Grateful Dead drummer [[Mickey Hart]], and [[David Crosby]] collaborated intermittently with [[MIT]]-educated composer and biologist [[Ned Lagin]] on several projects in the realm of early [[ambient music]]; these include the album ''[[Seastones]]'' (released by the Ned Lagin on the [[Grateful Dead Records|Round Records]] subsidiary) and ''L'', an unfinished dance work composed by Ned Lagin. In 1970, Garcia participated in the soundtrack for the film ''[[Zabriskie Point (film)|Zabriskie Point]]''. Garcia also played pedal steel guitar for fellow-San Francisco musicians [[New Riders of the Purple Sage]] from their initial dates in 1969 to October 1971, when increased commitments with the Dead forced him to opt out of the group. He appears as a band member on their debut album ''[[New Riders of the Purple Sage (album)|New Riders of the Purple Sage]]'', and produced ''Home, Home on the Road'', a 1974 live album by the band. He also contributed pedal steel guitar to the enduring hit "Teach Your Children" by [[Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young]]. Garcia also played steel guitar licks on [[Brewer & Shipley]]'s 1970 album ''[[Tarkio (album)|Tarkio]]''. Despite considering himself a novice on the pedal steel, Garcia routinely ranked high in player polls. After a long lapse from playing the pedal steel, he played it once more during several of the Dead's concerts with Bob Dylan in the summer of 1987. In 1988, Garcia agreed to perform at several major benefits including the "Soviet American Peace Walk" concert at the Band Shell, in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, that drew 25,000 people. He was asked to play by longtime friend and fellow musician, Pete Sears, who played piano with all the bands that day, and also procured all the other musicians. Garcia, Mickey Hart and Steve Parish played the show, then were given a police escort to a Grateful Dead show across the bay later that night. Garcia also played with [[Nick Gravenites]] and Pete Sears at a benefit given for Vietnam Veteran and peace activist [[Brian Willson]], who lost both legs below the knee when he attempted to block a train carrying weapons to military dictatorships in El Salvador. Having previously studied at the San Francisco Art Institute as a teenager, Garcia embarked on a second career in the visual arts in the late 1980s. He created a number of drawings, [[etchings]], and [[water colors]]. Garcia's artistic endeavors were represented by the Weir Gallery in [[Berkeley, California]] from 1989 to 1996.<ref>{{harvnb|Higashi|2005|pp=176-177}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author1=Rolling Stone |authorlink1=Rolling Stone (magazine) |title=See Jerry Garcia's Most Astounding Paintings and Sketches |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/see-jerry-garcias-most-astounding-paintings-and-sketches-15883/draculas-heart-35056/ |website=Rolling Stone |date=November 24, 2014}}</ref> During this period, Roberta Weir (unrelated to Garcia's bandmate Bob Weir) provided Garcia with new art techniques to use, sponsored his first solo show in 1990, and prepared blank etching plates for him to draw on.<ref>S.F.Chronicle, December 9, 1992</ref> These would then be processed and printed by gallery staff and brought back to Garcia for approval and signature, usually with a passing of stacks of paper backstage at a Dead show. His annual shows at the Weir Gallery garnered much attention, leading to further shows in New York and other cities. Garcia was an early adopter of [[digital art]] media; his artistic style was as varied as his musical output, and he carried small notebooks for pen and ink sketches wherever he toured. Roberta Weir continues to maintain an archive of the artwork of Jerry Garcia.<ref name="garciaweirgallery.com">{{cite web| title=Art of Jerry Garcia, Mickey Hart and Roberta Weir| url=http://www.garciaweirgallery.com/| publisher=Weir Gallery| accessdate=July 8, 2015}}</ref> Perhaps the most widely seen pieces of Jerry Garcia's art are the many editions of men's neckties produced by Stonehenge Ltd. and Mulberry Neckware.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Bloomberg News |title=Neckwear by J. Garcia; Button-Down Man Meets A Rock Legend, Sort Of |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/07/10/business/company-news-neckwear-by-j-garcia-button-down-man-meets-a-rock-legend-sort-of.html |website=The New York Times |date=July 10, 1992 |quote=Stonehenge Ltd., a New York neckwear manufacturer, is introducing a tie collection based on Mr. Garcia's minimalist drawings and abstract paintings.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Pacenti |first1=John |title=Companies grateful for Dead neckties|url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/1996/nov/11/companies-grateful-for-dead-neckties/ |website=Las Vegas Sun |date=November 11, 1996}}</ref> Some began as etchings, other designs came from his drawings, paintings, and digital art. Garcia's artwork has since expanded into everything from hotel rooms, wet suits, men's sport shirts, a women's wear line, boxer shorts, hair accessories, cummerbunds, silk scarves and wool rugs.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lacher |first1=Irene |title=The Day of the Dead : From Hotel Suites to Wet Suits, Jerry Garcia's Art Is Becoming an Empire |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-03-14-ls-42434-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times |date=March 14, 1995}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Horowitz |first1=Donna |title=Captain Trips on your hips |url=https://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Captain-Trips-on-your-hips-3129567.php |website=SFGate |date=March 20, 1997}}</ref> ==Personal life== Garcia met his first wife, Sara Ruppenthal, in 1963. She was working at the coffee house in the back of Kepler's Books, where Garcia, Hunter, and Nelson regularly performed. They married on April 23, 1963, and on December 8 of that year their daughter Heather was born.<ref>{{harvnb|Jackson|1999|pp=54–59}}</ref> [[Carolyn Adams]], a [[Merry Prankster]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.sfgate.com/magazine/article/SHE-NEVER-GOT-OFF-THE-BUS-3117809.php | title=She Never Got Off the Bus | work=San Francisco Chronicle | first=Cynthia | last=Robins | date=May 25, 1997 | accessdate=May 5, 2017}}</ref> also known as "Mountain Girl" or "M.G.," had a daughter, Sunshine, with Ken Kesey. Mountain Girl married another Prankster, George Walker, but they soon separated. She and Sunshine then moved into 710 Ashbury with Garcia in late 1966 where they would ultimately live together until 1975. In 1967, Sara and Jerry officially divorced after a long separation.<ref>{{harvnb|Jackson|1999|p=}}</ref> Adams gave birth to Garcia's second and third daughters, Annabelle Walker Garcia (February 2, 1970) and Theresa Adams "Trixie" Garcia (September 21, 1974).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Fishkind |first1=Russell J. |title=Probate Wars of the Rich and Famous: An Insider's Guide to Estate Planning and Probate Litigation |date=2011 |publisher=[[Wiley (publisher)|John Wiley & Sons]] |isbn=978-1-118-15903-3 |page=191|chapter=Lessons from the Dead |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_JNF0tREv44C&pg=PA191}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Nation |first1=Nancy Isles |title=Jerry Garcia's daughter sues over child support |url=https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2006/12/29/jerry-garcias-daughter-sues-over-child-support/ |website=East Bay Times |date=December 29, 2006 |quote=Theresa (Trixie) and Annabelle, from his marriage to Carolyn “Mountain Girl” Adams.}}</ref> During August 1970, Garcia's mother Ruth was involved in a car crash near [[Twin Peaks (San Francisco)|Twin Peaks]] in San Francisco.<ref name=page188>{{harvnb|Lesh|2005|page=188}}</ref> Garcia, who was recording the album ''[[American Beauty (album)|American Beauty]]'' at the time, often left the sessions to visit his mother with his brother Clifford. She died on September 28, 1970. In the midst of a March 1973 Grateful Dead engagement at the [[Nassau Coliseum]] near New York City, Garcia met Deborah Koons, an aspiring filmmaker from a wealthy [[Cincinnati|Cincinnati, Ohio]]-based family who would much later marry him and become his widow.<ref>{{harvnb|Jackson|1999|p=259}}: "What M.G. didn't know was that Jerry was falling in love with another woman, an aspiring filmmaker named Deborah Koons. She was a few years younger than Jerry, the daughter of wealthy Cincinnati professionals — John Fletcher Koons III was a successful businessman and his wife, Patricia Boyle, was a lawyer."</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Troy|1994|page=170}}</ref> After a brief correspondence, he began his relationship with her in mid-1974. This gradually strained his relationship with Adams and culminated in Garcia leaving Adams for Koons in late 1975. The end of his relationship with Koons in 1977 precipitated a brief reconciliation with Adams, including the reestablishment of their household. However, she did not agree with the guitarist's persistent use of narcotics and moved with the children to the [[Eugene, Oregon]] area, living near Kesey, in 1978. Following Adams' departure, Garcia had an affair with Amy Moore. She was a [[Kentucky]]-born member of the extended "Grateful Dead family", and the mistress of Texas oil heir Roy Cullen. Their affair lasted circa 1980–1981, and inspired the Garcia-Hunter song "Run for the Roses."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://insiderlouisville.com/lifestyle_culture/grateful-dead-manager-rock-scullys-louisville-years/ | title=Grateful Dead manager Rock Scully's Louisville years | first=David | last=Serchuk | work=Insider Louisville | date=December 29, 2014}}</ref> Adams and Garcia were married on December 31, 1981, largely as a result of mutual tax exigencies. Despite the legal codification of their union, she remained in Oregon, while Garcia continued to live near the Grateful Dead's offices in [[San Rafael, California]]. Garcia lived with a variety of housemates, including longtime Grateful Dead employee and Jerry Garcia Band manager [[Rock Scully]]. Scully, who co-managed the Grateful Dead throughout the mid-to-late 1960s before serving as the band's "advance man" and publicist, was dismissed by the group in 1984 for enabling Garcia's addictions and for allegedly embezzling the Garcia Band's profits. Another housemate was Nora Sage, a Deadhead who became Garcia's housekeeper while studying at the [[Golden Gate University School of Law]]. The exact nature of their relationship remains unclear, although it is believed to have been platonic due to Garcia's addictions. She later became his art representative.<ref>{{cite news| title=The Day of the Dead: From Hotel Suites to Wet Suits, Jerry Garcia's Art Is Becoming an Empire| url=http://articles.latimes.com/1995-03-14/news/ls-42434_1_jerry-garcia| last=Lacher| first=Irene| date=March 14, 1995| work=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref> While they would briefly reunite following his diabetic coma, Garcia and Adams ultimately divorced in 1994. Phil Lesh has subsequently stated that he rarely saw Adams on any of the band tours.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Garcia-wed-Mountain-Girl-for-tax-reasons-3107284.php | title=Garcia wed "Mountain Girl' for tax reasons, witness says | first=Donna | last=Horowitz | publisher= | date=December 31, 1996 | work=San Francisco Examiner | accessdate=May 5, 2017}}</ref> In a 1991 ''Rolling Stone'' interview, Garcia stated that "we haven't really lived together since the Seventies".<ref name="rollingstone.com">{{cite web | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/jerry-garcia-the-rolling-stone-interview-19911031 | title=Jerry Garcia: The Rolling Stone Interview | first=James | last=Henke | date=October 31, 1991 | work=Rolling Stone}}</ref> During the autumn of 1978, Garcia developed a friendship with [[Shimer College]] student Manasha Matheson, an artist and music enthusiast. They remained friends over the following nine years before initiating a romantic relationship in [[Hartford, Connecticut]] on the Grateful Dead's spring 1987 tour.<ref>{{harvnb|Jackson|1999|p=}}</ref> On August 17, 1990, Jerry and Manasha married at their [[San Anselmo, California]] home in a spiritual ceremony free of legal convention.<ref>"Art of Jerry Garcia, Mickey Hart and Roberta Weir". Weir Gallery. Retrieved July 8, 2015.</ref> Jerry and Manasha became parents with the birth of their daughter, Keelin Noel Garcia, on December 20, 1987. In 1991, Garcia expressed his delight in finding the time to "actually be a father" to Keelin in contrast to his past relationships with his children.<ref name="rollingstone.com"/> A year later, Garcia dedicated his first art book, ''Paintings, Drawings and Sketches'', "For Manasha, with love, Jerry."<ref>J. Garcia: ''Paintings, Drawings and Sketches''. Pub. Celestial Arts, Berkeley 1992</ref> In January 1993, Barbara "Brigid" Meier, a former girlfriend from the early 1960s, reentered Garcia's life. According to Meier, he had considered her to be the "love of his life" and proposed to her during a Hawaiian vacation shortly after their relationship recommenced.<ref name="MarinIJ Long Strange Trip Review">{{cite web | url=http://www.marinij.com/article/NO/20170420/FEATURES/170429991 | title=Grateful Dead documentary details deification, downfall of Jerry Garcia | first=Paul | last=Liberatore | date=April 20, 2017 | work=Marin Independent Journal}}</ref> The affair with Meier marked the breakup of Jerry's family life with Manasha and Keelin.<ref name="MarinIJ Long Strange Trip Review" /> However, Garcia ended the affair with Meier forty-five days later in Chicago while on tour with the Grateful Dead after she confronted him about his drug use.<ref>{{harvnb|Jackson|1999|pages=424-425|postscript={{Spaces|1}}Garcia's relationship with Barbara Meier[...]fell apart during[...]the Dead's first tour stop in Chicago[...]Barbara learned that Jerry was using heroin again and confronted him about it.}}</ref> Shortly thereafter, Garcia renewed his acquaintance with Deborah Koons in the spring of 1993. They married on February 14, 1994, in [[Sausalito, California|Sausalito]], California.<ref>{{harvnb|Lesh|2005|page=308}}</ref> Garcia and Koons were married at the time of his death.<ref name="NYTimes">{{cite news |last1=Pareles |first1=Jon |title=Jerry Garcia of Gratful Dead, Icon of 60's Spirit, Dies ar 53 |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1995/08/10/718595.html?pageNumber=1 |accessdate=14 April 2020 |agency=The New York Times |issue=Col. CXLIV, No. 50,149 |publisher=The New York Times Company |date=August 10, 1995 |pages=A1, B7 |language=English}}</ref> Garcia's "love of his life" sentiment was not reserved for one lover, as he expressed the same feelings to several other women in his life. At Garcia's 1995 funeral, Koons declared that she was "the love of his life" while paying her final respects, whereupon Meier and Ruppenthal, who were both in attendance, simultaneously exclaimed, "He said that to me!"<ref>{{harvnb|Greenfield|2012|p=336}}</ref> ===Lifestyle and health=== Because of their public profile, Garcia and his collaborators were occasionally singled out in the American [[war on drugs]]. On October 2, 1967, 710 Ashbury Street in San Francisco (where the Grateful Dead had taken up residence the year before) was raided after a police [[Informant|tip-off]].<ref>{{harvnb|Lesh|2005|page=116}}</ref> Grateful Dead members Phil Lesh, Bob Weir, and Ron "Pigpen" McKernan were apprehended on marijuana charges which were later dropped, although Garcia himself was not arrested.<ref name="ew-svetky-03-93">{{cite web | url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,305844,00.html | title=The essential Grateful Dead History | last=Svetkey | first=Benjamin | date=March 12, 1993 | work=Entertainment Weekly | accessdate=September 21, 2009}}</ref> The following year, Garcia's picture was used in a defamatory context in a campaign commercial for [[Richard Nixon]].<ref>[http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/commercials/1968/youth "Youth"], Nixon campaign ad (at 0:12)</ref> Most of the band were arrested again in January 1970, after they flew to New Orleans from Hawaii. After returning to their hotel from a performance, the band checked into their rooms, only to be quickly raided by police. Approximately fifteen people were arrested on the spot, including many of the road crew, management, and nearly all of the Grateful Dead except for Garcia, who arrived later, outgoing keyboardist [[Tom Constanten]], who abstained from all drugs as a member of the [[Church of Scientology]], and McKernan, who eschewed illegal drugs in favor of alcohol.<ref>{{harvnb|Lesh|2005|page=167}}</ref> According to Bill Kreutzmann, the band's use of [[cocaine]] accelerated throughout the early 1970s.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LkavBwAAQBAJ&q=%22cocaine%22 | title=Deal: My Three Decades of Drumming, Dreams, and Drugs with the Grateful Dead | first1=Bill | last1=Kreutzmann | first2=Benjy | last2=Eisen | date=2015 | publisher=Macmillan | isbn=9781250033796 | accessdate=May 5, 2017 | via=Google Books}}</ref> After experimenting with heroin in a brothel in 1974 (likely on the band's second European tour), Garcia was introduced to a smokeable form of the drug (initially advertised as refined [[opium]]) colloquially known as "Persian" or "Persian Base" during the group's 1975 hiatus. Influenced by the stresses of creating and releasing ''[[The Grateful Dead Movie]]'' and the acrimonious collapse of the band's independent record labels over the next two years, Garcia became increasingly dependent upon both substances. These factors, combined with the alcohol and drug abuse of several other members of the Grateful Dead, resulted in a turbulent atmosphere. By 1978, the band's chemistry began "cracking and crumbling",<ref>{{harvnb|Lesh|2005|page=256|postscript={{Spaces|1}}The music was also showing signs of this pernicious influence - standing onstage during any number of performances I could see our chemistry cracking and crumbling}}</ref> resulting in poor group cohesion. As a result, Keith and [[Donna Jean Godchaux]] left the band in February 1979.<ref>{{harvnb|Troy|1994|page=191|postscript={{Spaces|1}}After saying goodbye to their performing roots, the Grateful Dead also bid adieu to Keith and Donna Godchaux, who were asked to leave the band in February 1979, after seven years with the group}}</ref> With the addition of keyboardist/vocalist [[Brent Mydland]] that year amid the ongoing coalescence of the [[Deadhead]] subculture, the band reached new commercial heights as a touring group on the American arena circuit in the early 1980s, enabling them to forsake studio recording for several years. Nevertheless, this was offset by such factors as the band's atypically large payroll and Garcia's $700-a-day ({{Inflation|US|700|1982|r=-2|fmt=eq}}) drug addiction, resulting in the guitarist taking on a frenetic slate of solo touring outside of the Grateful Dead's rigorous schedule, including abbreviated acoustic duo concerts with Jerry Garcia Band bassist [[John Kahn]] that were widely rumored to be a funding conduit for their respective addictions. Though things seemed to be getting better for the band, Garcia's health was declining. By 1983, Garcia's demeanor onstage had appeared to change. Despite still playing the guitar with great passion and intensity, there were times that he would appear disengaged; as such, shows were often inconsistent. Years of heavy tobacco smoking had affected his voice, and he gained considerable weight. By 1984, he would often rest his chin on the microphone during performances. The so-called "endless tour"—the result of years of financial risks, drug use, and poor business decisions—had taken its toll. Garcia's decade-long heroin addiction culminated in the rest of the band holding an [[Intervention (counseling)|intervention]] in January 1985.<ref>{{harvnb|Lesh|2005|page=271}}</ref> Given the choice between the band or the drugs, Garcia agreed to check into a rehabilitation center in Oakland, California. A few days later in January, before the start of his program in Oakland, Garcia was arrested for [[drug possession]] in [[Golden Gate Park]]; he subsequently attended a drug diversion program. Throughout 1985, he tapered his drug use on tour and at home with the assistance of Nora Sage; by the spring of 1986, he was completely abstinent. Precipitated by an unhealthy weight, dehydration, bad eating habits, and a recent relapse on the Grateful Dead's first stadium tour, Garcia collapsed into a diabetic coma in July 1986, waking up five days later.<ref name="rockandroll"/><ref>{{harvnb|Stratton|2010}}</ref> He later spoke about this period of unconsciousness as surreal: "Well, I had some very weird experiences. My main experience was one of furious activity and tremendous struggle in a sort of futuristic, space-ship vehicle with insectoid presences. After I came out of my coma, I had this image of myself as these little hunks of [[protoplasm]] that were stuck together kind of like stamps with perforations between them that you could snap off."<ref name="motm"/> Garcia's coma had a profound effect on him: it forced him to have to relearn how to play the guitar, as well as other, more basic skills. Within a handful of months, he had recovered, playing with the Jerry Garcia Band and the Grateful Dead again later that year.<ref>{{harvnb|Lesh|2005|page=271}}</ref> After Garcia's recovery, the band released a comeback album ''[[In the Dark (Grateful Dead album)|In the Dark]]'' in 1987, which became their best-selling studio album. Inspired by Garcia's improved health, a successful album and the continuing emergence of Mydland as a third frontman, the band's energy and chemistry reached a new peak in the late 1980s. Amid a litany of personal problems, Mydland died of a [[Speedball (drug)|speedball]] overdose in July 1990. His death greatly affected Garcia, leading him to believe that the band's chemistry would never be the same. Before beginning the fall tour, the band acquired keyboardists [[Vince Welnick]] and Bruce Hornsby. The power of Hornsby's performances drove Garcia to new heights on stage. However, as the band continued through 1991, Garcia became concerned with the band's future. He was exhausted from five straight years of touring. He thought a break was necessary, mainly so that the band could come back with fresh material. The idea was put off by the pressures of management, and the touring continued. Garcia's decrease in both stamina and interest to continue touring caused him to use heroin again after several years of intermittent prescription opiate use. Though his relapse was brief, the band was quick to react. Soon after the last show of the tour in Denver, Garcia was confronted by the band with another intervention. After a disastrous meeting, Garcia invited Phil Lesh over to his home in San Rafael, California, where he explained that after the meeting he would start attending a [[methadone]] clinic. Garcia said that he wanted to clean up in his own way, and return to making music.<ref>{{harvnb|Lesh|2005|page=297}}</ref> After returning from the band's 1992 summer tour, Garcia became sick, a throwback to his diabetic coma in 1986.<ref>{{harvnb|Lesh|2005|page=303}}</ref> Manasha Garcia nursed Jerry back to health and organized a team of health professionals which included [[Acupuncture|acupuncturist]] Yen Wei Choong and Randy Baker, a licensed holistic doctor to treat him at home. Garcia recovered over the following days, despite the Grateful Dead having to cancel their fall tour to allow him time to recuperate.<ref>{{cite book | title=Aces Back to Back: The History of the Grateful Dead (1965–2013) | first=Scott W. | last=Allen | date=2014 | publisher=Outskirts Press, Inc. | isbn=978-1-4787-1943-4 | page=135}}</ref> Garcia reduced his cigarette smoking and began losing weight. He also became a vegetarian.<ref>{{cite web | title=The Legend of Jerry Garcia | url=http://www.cbsnews.com/2100-207_162-223299.html | work=[[CBS News]] | date=February 11, 2009}}</ref> Despite these improvements, Garcia's physical and mental condition continued to decline throughout 1993 and 1994. Due to his frail condition, he began to use narcotics again to dull the pain. In light of his second drug relapse and current condition, Garcia checked himself into the [[Betty Ford Center]] during July 1995. His stay was limited, lasting only two weeks. Motivated by the experience, he then checked into the Serenity Knolls treatment center in [[Lagunitas-Forest Knolls, California|Forest Knolls]], California, where he died.<ref>{{harvnb|Stratton|2010}}</ref><ref name="newsafter">{{cite web | url=http://www.hoboes.com/pub/Fenario/Jerry/News2.html | title=Collection of news accounts on Jerry Garcia's death | accessdate=May 9, 2007 | author=Compiled by Stratton, Jerry | work=Jerry Garcia: News Accounts After}}</ref><ref name="NYTimes"/> ==Death== Garcia died in his room at the rehabilitation clinic on August 9, 1995, eight days after his 53rd birthday.<ref>{{harvnb|Stratton|2010}}</ref><ref name="newsafter"/> The cause of death was a heart attack.<ref>{{harvnb|McNally|2007|p=614}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Peele|first1=Stanton |title=What Was Jerry Garcia's Addiction? |url=https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/addiction-in-society/201706/what-was-jerry-garcias-addiction |website=[[Psychology Today]]|quote= He died of a heart attack. |date=June 1, 2017}}</ref> Garcia had long struggled with [[drug addiction]],<ref>{{harvnb|Stratton|2010}}</ref> weight problems, [[sleep apnea]],<ref>{{harvnb|Stratton|2010}}</ref> heavy smoking, and diabetes—all of which contributed to his physical decline. Lesh remarked that, upon hearing of Garcia's death, "I was struck numb. I had lost my oldest surviving friend, my brother."<ref>{{harvnb|Lesh|2005|page=319}}</ref> Garcia's funeral was held on August 12, at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in [[Belvedere, California|Belvedere]].<ref>{{harvnb|Lesh|2005|page=320}}</ref><ref name="newsafter"/> It was attended by his family, the remaining Grateful Dead members, and their friends, including former pro basketball player [[Bill Walton]] and musician Bob Dylan. Deborah Koons barred some of Garcia's former wives from the ceremony.<ref>{{harvnb|Lesh|2005|pages=320-321}}</ref> On August 13, approximately 25,000 people attended a municipally sanctioned public memorial at the Polo Fields of San Francisco's Golden Gate Park.<ref>{{harvnb|Lesh|2005|page=321}}</ref> Crowds produced hundreds of flowers, gifts, images, and a [[Great Highland bagpipe|bagpipe]] rendition of "[[Amazing Grace]]" in remembrance.<ref name="newsafter"/> In the Haight, a single white rose was reportedly tied to a tree near the Dead's former Haight-Ashbury house, where a group of followers gathered to mourn.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.spokesman.com/stories/1995/aug/10/grateful-dead-guitarist-jerry-garcia-dies-at-53/ |title=Grateful Dead Guitarist Jerry Garcia Dies at 53 |website=spokesman.com |accessdate=April 29, 2014}}</ref> On the morning of April 4, 1996, after a total [[lunar eclipse]] earlier that day, Weir and Deborah Koons, accompanied by Sanjay Mishra, spread half of Garcia's ashes into the [[Ganges]] at the holy city of [[Rishikesh|Rishikesh, India]],<ref>{{harvnb|Lesh|2005|page=322}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Groer|Gerhart|1996}}: "The ashes of Grateful Dead lead guitarist Jerry Garcia were scattered in India's holy Ganges River after last week's lunar eclipse, London's Independent newspaper reported yesterday. [...] Deborah Garcia, the musician's fourth wife, and Bob Weir, his best friend, acted in secret at dawn last Thursday nearly eight months after Garcia's fatal heart attack. [...] They were accompanied by Washingtonian Sanjay Mishra, a classical guitarist who recorded his "Blue Incantation" CD at the Dead's Club Front studio in San Francisco last year."</ref><ref>{{harvnb|The Orlando Sentinel|1996}}: "Grateful Dead lead guitarist Jerry Garcia has made his last trip. His remains were sprinkled in a secret ceremony into India's Ganges River, the Independent newspaper reports. The British newspaper said Garcia's widow, Deborah, and fellow Dead player Bob Weir waded into India's holy river near the town of Rishikesh just after Thursday's lunar eclipse to sprinkle the musician's ashes."</ref> a site sacred to Hindus. The remaining ashes were poured into the [[San Francisco Bay]]. Koons did not allow former wife Carolyn Garcia to attend the spreading of the ashes.<ref>{{harvnb|Lesh|2005|page=322}}:{{Spaces|1}}Then, on a cloudy day, windswept day in late April, we gathered on a boat dock in [[Sausalito, California|Sausalito]] to commit what remained of Jerry's ashes to the deep, as per his last wishes. Deborah refused to allow M.G. to board the boat, even after Bobby begged her to reconsider.</ref> ==Musical equipment== Garcia played many guitars during his career, which ranged from student and budget models to custom-made instruments. During his thirty-five year career as a professional musician, Garcia used about 25 guitars.<ref name="guithis">{{cite web|url=http://dozin.com/jers/guitar/history.htm|title=Jerry Garcia guitar history|accessdate=July 17, 2007|work=Dozin.com}}</ref> In 1965, when Garcia was playing with the Warlocks, he used a [[Guild Guitar Company|Guild Starfire]],<ref name="guithis"/> which he also used on the [[The Grateful Dead (album)|début album]] of the [[Grateful Dead]]. Beginning in late 1967 and ending in 1968, Garcia played black or gold mid-1950s [[Gibson Les Paul]] guitars with [[P-90]] pickups. In 1969, he picked up the [[Gibson SG]] and used it for most of that year and 1970, except for a small period in between where he used a [[Sunburst (finish)|sunburst]] [[Fender Stratocaster]]. During Garcia's "pedal steel flirtation period" (as Bob Weir referred to it in ''[[Anthem to Beauty]]''), from approximately 1969 to 1972, he initially played a Fender instrument before upgrading to the ZB Custom D-10,<ref>{{cite book|title=Guitar Gods: The 25 Players who Made Rock History|first=Bob|last=Gulla|publisher=ABC-CLIO|year=2009|isbn=978-0-31335-806-7|page=87}}</ref> especially in his earlier public performances. Although this was a double neck guitar, Garcia used the "E9 neck and the three pedals to raise the tone and two levers to lower it."<ref>{{cite book |last1=Jackson |first1=Blair |title=Grateful Dead Gear: The Band's Instruments, Sound Systems, and Recording Sessions from 1965 to 1995 |date=2006 |publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation |isbn=978-0-87930-893-3 |page=93 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SiTGAQR-W3YC&pg=PA93 |language=en}}</ref> Additionally, he was playing an Emmons D-10<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yGdLAAAAYAAJ&q=emmons+d10+garcia|title=Beat Instrumental & International Recording|date=February 1973|issue=117|page=52}}</ref> at the time of the Grateful Dead's and New Riders of the Purple Sage's final appearances at the Fillmore East.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carlson |first1=Cob |title=Jerry Garcia And The Pedal Steel Guitar |url=https://www.nodepression.com/jerry-garcia-and-the-pedal-steel-guitar/ |date=August 20, 2012 |quote=For all you guitar geeks, he played a ZB Custom D-10, and at the time of the Dead's and New Riders last performances at the Fillmore, he played an Emmons D-10.|website=[[No Depression (magazine)]]}}</ref> In 1969, Garcia played pedal steel on three notable outside recordings: the track "The Farm" on the [[Jefferson Airplane]] album ''[[Volunteers (Jefferson Airplane album)|Volunteers]]'', the track "Oh Mommy" by [[Brewer and Shipley]] and the [[hit single]] "[[Teach Your Children]]" by [[Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young]] from their album ''[[Déjà Vu (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young album)|Déjà Vu]]'', released in 1970. Garcia played on the latter album in exchange for harmony lessons for the Grateful Dead, who were at the time recording ''[[Workingman's Dead]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=3274|title=Teach Your Children by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Songfacts|publisher=}}</ref> In 1971, Garcia began playing a sunburst Les Paul. In March and April 1971 – the time period during which the Grateful Dead recorded its second live album, [[Grateful Dead (album)|''Grateful Dead'']] – Garcia played the "Peanut," a guitar he had received from Rick Turner, who had custom built the guitar's body and incorporated the neck, pickups, and hardware from an early 60's Les Paul.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://rickturnerblog.com/2017/12/05/garcias-turner-peanut-guitar/ |title=Garcia's Turner "Peanut Guitar" |last=Turner |first=Rick |date=December 17, 2017 |website=rickturnerblog.com |publisher= |access-date=August 1, 2018 |quote=}}</ref> In May, Garcia began using a 1957 natural finish Stratocaster that had been given to him by [[Graham Nash]]. Garcia added an alligator sticker to the pickguard in the fall of that year. “Alligator" would remain Garcia's principal electric guitar until August 1973.<ref name="jerrygarcia.com">{{cite web|url=http://jerrygarcia.com/guitars/|title=Guitars|website=Jerry Garcia|accessdate=1 August 2018}}</ref> In the summer of 1971, Garcia also played a double-cutaway [[Gibson Les Paul Junior|Les Paul TV Junior]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dozin.com/jers/guitar/history.htm|title=Jerry Garcia guitar history|publisher=}}</ref> While Alligator was in the shop in the summer of 1972, he briefly reverted to the sunburst Stratocaster; this can be seen in ''[[Sunshine Daydream]]''. In late 1972, Garcia purchased the first guitar (Eagle) made by Alembic luthier [[Doug Irwin]] for $850 ({{inflation|US|850|1972|r=-2|fmt=eq}}). Enamored of Irwin's talents, he immediately commissioned his own custom instrument.<ref name="jerrygarcia.com"/> This guitar, nicknamed Wolf for a memorable sticker Garcia added below the tailpiece, was delivered in May 1973 and replaced Alligator on stage in September.<ref name="jerrygarcia.com"/> It cost $1,500 ({{inflation|US|1500|1973|r=-2|fmt=eq}}), an extremely high price for the era.<ref name="wolf">{{cite web|url=http://www.dozin.com/jers/guitars/wolf/wolf.htm|title=The Wolf guitar|accessdate=July 17, 2007|work=Dozin.com}}</ref> Wolf was made with an [[ebony]] [[fingerboard]] and featured numerous embellishments like alternating grain designs in the [[headstock]], [[ivory]] inlays, and fret marker dots made of [[sterling silver]]. The body was composed of western maple wood which had a core of [[purpleheart]]. Garcia later had Irwin (who ultimately left Alembic to start his own business) replace the electronics inside the guitar, at which point he added his own logo to the headstock alongside the Alembic logo. The system included two interchangeable plates for configuring pickups: one was made for strictly [[single coil]]s, while the other accommodated [[humbucker]]s. Shortly after receiving the modified instrument, Garcia commissioned another custom guitar from Irwin with one caveat: "Don't hold back."<ref name="wolf"/> During the Grateful Dead's [[Dick's Picks Volume 7|1974 European tour]], Wolf was dropped on several occasions, one of which caused a minor crack in the headstock. Following filming of ''The Grateful Dead Movie'' (in which the guitar is prominently visible) a month later, Garcia returned it to Irwin for repairs. Throughout its absence, Garcia predominantly played several [[Travis Bean]] guitars, including the TB1000A (1975) and the TB500 (1976-1977). On September 28, 1977, Irwin delivered the refurbished Wolf back to Garcia.<ref name="wolf"/> The wolf sticker which gave the guitar its name had now been inlaid into the instrument; it also featured an effects loop between the pick-ups and controls (so inline effects would "see" the same signal at all times) which was bypassable. Irwin also put a new face on the headstock with only his logo (he later claimed to have built the guitar himself, though pictures through time clearly show the progression of logos, from Alembic, to Alembic & Irwin, to only Irwin).{{Original research inline|date=January 2015}} Nearly seven years after he commissioned it, Garcia received his second custom guitar ([[Tiger (guitar)|Tiger]]) from Irwin in the summer of 1979.<ref name="wald-electronics.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.wald-electronics.com/tiger.html|archiveurl=https://archive.is/20130105051821/http://www.wald-electronics.com/tiger.html|url-status=dead|title=Garcia Guitar Directory - Tiger - Irwin|date=January 5, 2013|archivedate=January 5, 2013|accessdate=May 5, 2017}}</ref> He first employed the instrument in concert at a Grateful Dead performance at the [[Oakland Auditorium Arena]] on August 4, 1979.<ref name="wald-electronics.com"/> Its name was derived from the inlay on the preamp cover.<ref name="tiger">{{cite web|url=http://dozin.com/jers/guitars/tiger/info.html|title=The Tiger guitar|accessdate=July 18, 2007|work=Dozin.com}}</ref> The body of Tiger was of rich quality: the top layer was [[cocobolo]], with the preceding layers being maple stripe, vermilion, and [[flame maple]], in that order.<ref name="tiger"/> The neck was made of western maple with an ebony fingerboard. The pickups consisted of a single coil [[DiMarzio]] SDS-1 and two humbucker DiMarzio Super IIs which were easily removable due to Garcia's preference for replacing his pickups every year or two.<ref name="tiger"/> The electronics were composed of an effects bypass loop, which allowed Garcia to control the sound of his effects through the tone and volume controls on the guitar, and a preamplifier/buffer which rested behind a plate in the back of the guitar. Fully outfitted, Tiger weighed {{convert|13+1/2|lb|kg}}. This was Garcia's principal guitar for the next eleven years, and most played. In the late 1980s Garcia, Weir and CSN (along with many others) endorsed Alvarez Yairi acoustic guitars. There are many photographs circulating (mostly promotional) of Garcia playing a DY99 Virtuoso Custom with a Modulus Graphite neck. He opted to play with the less decorated model but the promotional photo from the Alvarez Yairi catalog has him holding the "tree of life" model. This hand-built guitar was notable for the collaboration between Japanese [[luthier]] Kazuo Yairi and Modulus Graphite of San Rafael. As with most things Garcia, with his passing, the DY99 model is highly valued among collectors. In 1990, Irwin completed Rosebud, Garcia's fourth custom guitar.<ref name="rosebud">{{cite web|url=http://www.dozin.com/jers/guitars/rosebud/rosebud.html|title=The Rosebud guitar|accessdate=July 18, 2007|work=Dozin.com}}</ref> It was similar to his previous guitar Tiger in many respects, but featured different inlays and electronics, tone and volume controls, and weight. Rosebud, unlike Tiger, was configured with three humbuckers; the neck and bridge pickups shared a tone control, while the middle had its own. Atop the guitar was a Roland GK-2 pickup which fed the controller set inside the guitar. The GK2 was used in junction with the Roland GR-50 rack mount synthesizer. The GR-50 synthesizer in turn drove a Korg M1R synthesizer producing the [[Musical Instrument Digital Interface|MIDI]] effects heard during live performances of this period as heard on the Grateful Dead recording ''[[Without a Net]]''.<ref name="rosebud"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://dozin.com/jers/guitars/rosebud/rosebud.html|title=Rosebud by Doug Irwin|publisher=}}</ref> Sections of the guitar were hollowed out to bring the weight down to {{convert|11+1/2|lbs|kg}}. The inlay, a dancing skeleton holding a [[rose]], covers a plate just below the [[Bridge (instrument)|bridge]]. The final cost of the instrument was $11,000 ({{inflation|US|11000|1990|r=-2|fmt=eq}}).<ref name="rosebud"/> In 1993, carpenter-turned-luthier Stephen Cripe tried his hand at making an instrument for Garcia.<ref name="guithis"/> After researching Tiger through pictures and films, Cripe set out on what would soon become known as Lightning Bolt, again named for its inlay.<ref name="lightbolt">{{cite web|url=http://www.dozin.com/jers/guitar/Bolt.html|title=The Lightning Bolt guitar|accessdate=July 18, 2007|work=Dozin.com}}</ref> The guitar used Brazilian rosewood for the fingerboard and East Indian rosewood for the body, which, with admitted irony from Cripe, had been taken from a 19th-century bed used by opium smokers.<ref name="lightbolt"/> Built purely from guesswork, Lightning Bolt was a hit with Garcia, who began using the guitar exclusively. Soon after, Garcia requested that Cripe build a backup of the guitar. Cripe, who had not measured or photographed the original, was told simply to "wing it."<ref name="lightbolt"/> Cripe later delivered the backup, which was known by the name Top Hat. Garcia bought it from him for $6,500, making it the first guitar that Cripe had ever sold.<ref name="lightbolt"/> However, infatuated with Lightning Bolt, Garcia rarely used the backup. After Garcia's death, the ownership of his Wolf and Tiger came into question. According to Garcia's will, his guitars were bequeathed to Doug Irwin, who had constructed them.<ref name="cnet">{{cite web |url=http://news.cnet.com/Jerry+Garcias+guitars+up+for+auction/2100-1017_3-900564.html |title=Jerry Garcia's Guitars Up for Auction |work=CNet News |date=May 6, 2002 |accessdate=April 5, 2016|quote=Although Garcia bequeathed his guitar collection to Irwin in his will, the members of the Dead considered them to be part of the band's property. As part of a January settlement, Irwin received Wolf and Tiger.}}</ref><ref name="sfgate">{{cite news|url=http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/05/09/MN222856.DTL&type=printable|title='Wolf,' 'Tiger' sold at memorabilia auction for $1.74&nbsp;million|accessdate=July 20, 2007|publisher=Hearst Communications Inc|author=Selvin, Joel|authorlink=Joel Selvin|work=San Francisco Chronicle | date=May 9, 2002}}</ref> The remaining Grateful Dead members disagreed—they considered his guitars to be property of the band, leading to a lawsuit between the two parties.<ref name="cnet"/><ref name="sfgate"/> In 2001, Irwin won the case. However, nearly having been left destitute from a traffic accident in 1998, he decided to place the guitars up for auction in hopes of being able to start another guitar workshop.<ref name="sfgate"/><ref name="cnet"/> On May 8, 2002, Wolf and Tiger, among other memorabilia, were placed for auction at [[Studio 54]] in New York City.<ref name="cnet"/> Tiger was purchased for $957,500, while Wolf was bought for $789,500. Together, the pair sold for $1.74&nbsp;million, setting a new world record.<ref name="sfgate"/> Wolf went into in the private collection of [[Daniel Pritzker]] who kept it in a secure climate controlled room in a private residence at Utica, N.Y. Tiger went to the private collection of [[Indianapolis Colts]] owner [[Jim Irsay]].<ref name="New York Times">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/18/sports/football/18irsay.html|title=Irsay Can Get Satisfaction as the Laid-Back Owner of the Colts|accessdate=January 17, 2009|work=The New York Times | first=Judy | last=Battista | date=December 18, 2005}}</ref> In May 2017, Wolf was again auctioned, but this time for charity. Pritzker decided to sell the guitar and donate all proceeds to the [[Montgomery, Alabama]] based [[Southern Poverty Law Center]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/national-international/Jerry-Garcias-Wolf-Guitar-Auctioned-for-Charity-425531164.html|title=Jerry Garcia's 'Wolf' Guitar to Be Auctioned for Charity|work=NBC Connecticut|access-date=June 2, 2017|language=en}}</ref> [[Brian Halligan]] placed the winning bid totaling $1.9M.<ref name="Blistein2017">{{cite web | title = Jerry Garcia's Legendary Wolf Guitar Sells for $1.9 Million at Auction | first = Jon | last = Blistein | work = Rolling Stone | date = June 1, 2017 | accessdate = June 5, 2017 | url = https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/jerry-garcias-wolf-guitar-sells-for-19-million-w485198}}</ref><ref name="Rosen2017">{{cite web | title = HubSpot's Brian Halligan Buys Jerry Garcia's Guitar for Almost $2 Million | first = Andy | last = Rosen | work = The Boston Globe | date = June 1, 2017 | accessdate = June 5, 2017 | url = https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2017/06/01/hubspot-brian-halligan-buys-jerry-garcia-guitar-for-almost-million/ozLYpKCaPzS5K1W3SiMaEL/story.html}}</ref> For the majority of 2019 Wolf and Tiger were included in the ''Play it Loud'' exhibit at the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]] in New York City. On June 23, 2019 John Mayer played Wolf with Dead & Co. at Citi Field.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bloom |first1=Steve |title=Wolf's Howl: How a Beloved Jerry Garcia Guitar Made the Long, Strange Trip to Dead & Co.'s NYC Show |url=https://variety.com/2019/music/news/jerry-garcia-guitar-wolf-dead-and-company-citi-field-1203252064/ |website=Variety |date=June 24, 2019 |quote=Dead & Company's show Sunday at New York's Citi Field was their 13th on the band's current tour, but something was different about this night, which fans started to buzz about as the show went on. John Mayer was playing an unusual guitar — a light brown model that turned out to be Jerry Garcia's “Wolf,” which is currently featured as part of the “Play It Loud: Instruments of Rock & Roll” exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.}}</ref> ==Legacy== Garcia was inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] as a member of the Grateful Dead in 1994. He declined to attend the ceremony; the band jokingly brought a cardboard cutout of Garcia out on stage in his absence.<ref>{{cite web |first=Andy |last=Greene |date=April 12, 2012 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/a-history-of-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-no-shows-2-231972/ |title=A History of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame No-Shows |website=Rolling Stone |access-date=June 29, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last=Trager | first=O. | title=The American Book of the Dead | publisher=Touchstone | series=A Fireside book | year=1997 | isbn=978-0-684-81402-5 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TbRsHp57CqwC&pg=PA137 | accessdate=February 3, 2016 | page=137}}</ref> In 1987, Vermont ice cream maker [[Ben & Jerry's]] introduced their Cherry Garcia flavor dedicated to him. It was the first ice cream flavor dedicated to a musician.<ref>{{cite web |first=Andrew |last=O'Brien |date=February 15, 2018 |url=https://liveforlivemusic.com/features/on-this-day/cherry-garcia-grateful-dead/ |title=Happy 31st Birthday to Cherry Garcia, The Ben & Jerry's Flavor that Changed the Ice Cream Game |website=Live for Live Music |access-date=May 29, 2018}}</ref> In 2003, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' ranked Jerry Garcia 13th in their list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".<ref name="greatguitarist"/> According to fellow Bay Area guitar player [[Henry Kaiser (musician)|Henry Kaiser]], Garcia is "the most recorded guitarist in history. With more than 2,200 Grateful Dead concerts, and 1,000 Jerry Garcia Band concerts captured on tape – as well as numerous studio sessions – there are about 15,000 hours of his guitar work preserved for the ages."<ref>Kaiser, Henry. [http://www.guitarplayer.com/article/jerry-garcia-live/oct-07/32077 "Jerry Garcia Live!"], ''Guitar Player'', October 2007</ref> On July 30, 2004, [[Melvin Seals]] was the first Jerry Garcia Band (JGB) member to headline an outdoor music and camping festival called "The Grateful Garcia Gathering". Jerry Garcia Band drummer [[David Kemper]] joined Melvin Seals and JGB in 2007. Other musicians and friends of Garcia include Donna Jean Godchaux, [[Mookie Siegel]], Pete Sears, [[G.E. Smith]], [[Chuck Hammer]], [[Barry Sless]], [[Jackie Greene]], Brian Lesh, Sanjay Mishra, and [[Mark Karan]]. On July 21, 2005, the San Francisco Recreation and Park Commission passed a resolution to name the amphitheater in [[John McLaren Park|McLaren Park]] "The [[Jerry Garcia Amphitheater]]."<ref name="sfgov">{{cite web|url=http://www.sfgov.org/site/recpark_page.asp?id=37828|title=San Francisco Recreation & Park Department: Jerry Garcia Amphitheater|accessdate=July 4, 2007|publisher=City & County of San Francisco|work=Recreation and Parks}}</ref> The amphitheater is located in the [[Excelsior District, San Francisco|Excelsior District]], where Garcia grew up. The first show to happen at the Jerry Garcia Amphitheater was Jerry Day 2005 on August 7, 2005. Jerry's brother, Tiff Garcia, was the first person to welcome everybody to the "Jerry Garcia Amphitheater." Jerry Day is an annual celebration of Garcia in his childhood neighborhood. The dedication ceremony (Jerry Day 2) on October 29, 2005 was officiated by mayor [[Gavin Newsom]]. On September 24, 2005, the ''Comes a Time: A Celebration of the Music & Spirit of Jerry Garcia'' tribute concert was held at the [[Hearst Greek Theatre]] in Berkeley, California.<ref name="rstreyanas">{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/_/id/7669629/treyanastasio|title=Trey, Weir Honor Garcia|accessdate=July 4, 2007|year=2005|author=Margolis, Robert|work=Rolling Stone news}}</ref> The concert featured Bob Weir, Bill Kreutzmann, Mickey Hart, Bruce Hornsby, [[Trey Anastasio]], [[Warren Haynes]], [[Jimmy Herring]], [[Michael Kang (musician)|Michael Kang]], [[Jay Lane]], [[Jeff Chimenti]], Mark Karan, [[Robin Sylvester]], Kenny Brooks, Melvin Seals, Merl Saunders, Marty Holland, Stu Allen, [[Gloria Jones]], and Jackie LaBranch. Georgia-based composer Lee Johnson released an orchestral tribute to the music of the Grateful Dead, recorded with the Russian National Orchestra, entitled "Dead Symphony: Lee Johnson Symphony No. 6." Johnson was interviewed on [[NPR]] on the July 26, 2008 broadcast of ''[[Weekend Edition]]'', and gave much credit to the genius and craft of Garcia's songwriting. A live performance with the [[Baltimore Symphony Orchestra]], conducted by Johnson himself, was held Friday, August 1.<ref name="deadsymphony">{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92932316|title=Composer Introduces A 'Dead' Symphony|accessdate=July 26, 2008|publisher=npr.org}}</ref> In 2010 the [[Santa Barbara Bowl]] in California opened Jerry Garcia Glen along the walk up to the venue. There is a statue of Garcia's right hand along the way. Seattle rock band [[Soundgarden]] wrote and recorded the instrumental song "Jerry Garcia's Finger", dedicated to the singer, which was released as a b-side with their single "[[Pretty Noose]]". Numerous music festivals across the United States and Uxbridge, Middlesex, UK hold annual events in memory of Jerry Garcia. On May 14, 2015 an all-star lineup held a tribute concert for Garcia at [[Merriweather Post Pavilion]] in Columbia, Maryland. The event was called "Dear Jerry".<ref>{{cite news| title=Gratefully yours: At Dear Jerry, an all-star lineup honored Grateful Dead icon Garcia| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/express/wp/2015/05/15/gratefully-yours-at-dear-jerry-an-all-star-lineup-honored-grateful-dead-icon-garcia/| last=Greenberg| first=Rudi| work=[[The Washington Post]]| date=May 15, 2015}}</ref> In 2015, Hunter and Garcia were inducted into the [[Songwriters Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/06/18/songwriters-hall-of-fame-honors-hunter-and-garcia-tuneful-wizards-of-the-grateful-dead.html | title=Songwriters Hall of Fame Honors Hunter and Garcia, Tuneful Wizards of the Grateful Dead | first=Dennis | last=McNally | date=June 18, 2015 | website=The Daily Beast}}</ref> Hunter accepted the award along with Garcia's daughter, Trixie Garcia, accepting on behalf of her father. In 2015, Jerry Garcia's wife, Manasha Garcia and their daughter, Keelin Garcia launched The Jerry Garcia Foundation, a nonprofit charity that supports projects for artistic, environmental, and humanitarian causes. The Foundation's Board members are Bob Weir, Peter Shapiro, Glenn Fischer, Irwin Sternberg, Daniel Shiner, [[TRI Studios]] CEO, Christopher McCutcheon and [[Fender Music Foundation]] Executive Director, Lynn Robison. Keelin Garcia said, "It is a tremendous honor to participate in nonprofit work that is in accordance with my father's values."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://liveforlivemusic.com/news/manasha-and-keelin-garcia-start-the-jerry-garcia-foundation/|title=Manasha and Keelin Garcia Start 'The Jerry Garcia Foundation'|date=March 31, 2015|publisher=|accessdate=May 5, 2017}}</ref> In 2018, Jerry Garcia family members, Keelin Garcia and Manasha Garcia launched the Jerry Garcia Music Arts independent music label<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Daniel Kreps |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/jerry-garcia-family-members-launch-new-independent-music-label-705449/ |title=Jerry Garcia Family Members Launch New Independent Music Label – Rolling Stone |magazine=Rollingstone.com |date=2018-08-01 |accessdate=2019-02-15}}</ref> ==Discography== {{Main |Jerry Garcia discography}} {{See also |Grateful Dead discography}} * ''[[New Riders of the Purple Sage (album)|New Riders of the Purple Sage]]'' – [[New Riders of the Purple Sage]] – 1971 * ''[[Hooteroll?]]'' – [[Howard Wales]] and Jerry Garcia – 1971 * ''[[Garcia (album)|Garcia]]'' – Jerry Garcia – 1972 * ''[[Live at Keystone]]'' – [[Merl Saunders]], Jerry Garcia, [[John Kahn]], [[Bill Vitt]] – 1973 * ''[[Compliments (album)|Compliments]]'' – Jerry Garcia – 1974 * ''[[Old & In the Way (album)|Old & In the Way]]'' – [[Old & In the Way]] – 1975 * ''[[Reflections (Jerry Garcia album)|Reflections]]'' – Jerry Garcia – 1976 * ''[[Cats Under the Stars]]'' – [[Jerry Garcia Band]] – 1978 * ''[[Run for the Roses (album)|Run for the Roses]]'' – Jerry Garcia – 1982 * ''[[Vintage NRPS]]'' – New Riders of the Purple Sage – 1986 * ''[[Keystone Encores]]'' – Merl Saunders, Jerry Garcia, John Kahn, Bill Vitt – 1988 * ''[[Almost Acoustic]]'' – [[Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band]] – 1988 * ''[[Jerry Garcia / David Grisman]]'' – Jerry Garcia and [[David Grisman]] – 1991 * ''[[Jerry Garcia Band (album)|Jerry Garcia Band]]'' – Jerry Garcia Band – 1991 * ''[[Not for Kids Only]]'' – Jerry Garcia and David Grisman – 1993 ==Notes== {{notelist|refs= {{efn|name=fn1|"In the early 1930s[...]Jose met Ruth Marie Clifford[...]they got married in 1934[...]they made their new home in San Francisco[...]in the blue-collar Excelsior District."<ref>{{harvnb|Troy|1994|page=2}}</ref> Jerry's mom, Ruth (also known as "Bobbie" to her family)...<ref name=page188/>}} }} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Sources== * {{Citation |author1=The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica |title=Jerome John Garcia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jerry-Garcia |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica, inc. |accessdate=May 2, 2020 |date=August 5, 2019|ref=harv}} * {{Citation |last1=Greenfield |first1=Robert |title=Dark Star: An Oral Biography of Jerry Garcia |date=2012 |publisher=Harper Collins |isbn=9780062268310 |page= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7qdFtwyxu7cC&pg=PP1}} * {{Citation |last1=Groer |first1=Annie |last2=Gerhart |first2=Ann |title=Jerry Garcia's Last Trip |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1996/04/09/the-reliable-source/8e4f9813-7047-4851-a89c-18177eae8caa/ |work=The Washington Post |date=April 9, 1996}} * {{Citation |editor1-last=Higashi |editor1-first=April |title=Jerry Garcia: The Collected Artwork |date=2005 |publisher=Thunder's Mouth Press |isbn=9781560257929 |url=}} *{{cite book |last1=Jackson |first1=Blair |title=Garcia: An American Life |date=1999 |publisher=[[Viking Press|Viking]] |isbn=0670886602 |url=https://archive.org/details/garcia00blai/mode/2up |ref=harv}} * {{Citation |last=Lesh |first=Phil |title=Searching for the Sound: My Life with the Grateful Dead |date=2005 |publisher=Little, Brown and Company |isbn=0-316-00998-9 |url=https://archive.org/details/searchingforsoun00lesh}} * {{Citation |last1=McNally |first1=Dennis |title=A Long Strange Trip: The Inside History of the Grateful Dead |date=2007 |publisher=Crown |isbn=9780307418777 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sWCRWJnTTF8C&pg=PP1}} * {{Citation |author1=The Orlando Sentinel |title=Ashes of Jerry Garcia sprinkled into Ganes |url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1996-04-08-9604080064-story.html |date=April 8, 1996 |location=London}} * {{Citation |last1=Ruhlmann |first1=William |title=Jerry Garcia |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jerry-garcia-mn0000328288/biography |website=AllMusic |publisher=Netaktion LLC |accessdate=7 May 2020 |date=n.d.e}} * {{Citation |last1=Stratton |first1=Jerry |title=News Accounts First |url=https://www.hoboes.com/pub/Fenario/Jerry/News/ |website=Negative Space |accessdate=26 April 2020 |date=May 2, 2010}} *{{cite book |last1=Troy |first1=Sandy |title=Captain Trips: A Biography of Jerry Garcia|url=https://archive.org/details/captaintrips00sand |date=1994 |publisher=Thunder's Mouth Press|location=New York |isbn=1560250909 |edition=1st |ref=harv}} ==External links== {{commons category|Jerry Garcia}} * [http://jerrygarcia.com/ The official homepage of Jerry Garcia] * [http://arts.ucsc.edu/gdead/agdl Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics] * [https://archive.is/20130123174213/http://www.fretbase.com/artists/110-jerry-garcia Jerry Garcia on Fretbase] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080516035813/http://www.thejerrysite.com/ The Jerry Site] * [http://www.dead.net Official Grateful Dead website] * [http://www.deaddisc.com/GDFD_JGPerformer.htm Jerry Garcia discography at deaddisc.com] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304033831/http://www.chickenhead.com/stuff/jerry/index.html Jerry Garcia autopsy] * [http://www.jerryday.org/ Jerry Day: A Civic and Cultural Celebration of Jerry Garcia held in San Francisco] * [http://vault.fbi.gov/Jerry%20Garcia FBI Records: The Vault - Jerry Garcia] at [[vault.fbi.gov]] * [http://https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40932531?fbclid=IwAR3NmceSqBHDD9CXjSsgGZOSNhpOavSSG_se2CdTgyAe_1vwe6tolRJkHxk Jerry Garcia's Army personnel file] at the [[National Archives and 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