Monday, February 20, 2012

Jerry Garcia




















Artist:  Jerry Garcia
Birth Name:  Jerome John Garcia
Born:  August 1, 1942.  San Francisco, California, USA.
Died:  August 9, 1995.  Forest Knolls, California, USA.
Genre:  Rock, Folk Rock, Country Rock, Bluegrass, Blues Rock, Jazz
Occupations:  Musician, Songwriter
Instruments:  Guitar, Pedal Steel, Banjo, Vocals

Jerry Garcia was an American Musician and Guitarist, Singer and Songwriter, he was best known for his Lead Guitar work, Singing, Songwriting and as a founding member of the band The Grateful Dead.

He had in a variety of side projects with The Saunders-Garcia Band, Jerry Garcia Band, Old and in The Way, The Garcia/Grisman (Acoustic Duo), New Riders Of The Purple Sage, he also played pedal steel "The Farm" on album Volunteers with Jefferson Airplane, the hit single "Teach Your Children" with Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young on album Deja Vu, and he helped a lot of artists included Jefferson Airplane, Tom Fogerty, David Bromberg, Robert Hunter, Peter Rowan, Warren Zevon, Country Joe McDonald, Ornette Coleman, Bruce Hornsby, Bob Dylan, Brewer & Shipley's album Tarkio and many more.

Jerry Garcia















Title:  Garcia  (1972)
Genre:  Folk Rock
Label:  Warner
Rating:   *****
















Title:  Compliments  (1974)
Genre:  Rock, Folk, Folk Rock
Label:  Round Records
Rating:   *****














Title:   Reflection (1976)
Genre:  Rock, Folk, Folk Rock
Label:   Round Records
Rating:   *****















Title:   Run For The Roses  (1982)
Genre:  Rock, Folk, Folk Rock
Label:  Arista
Rating:   ****

With Jerry Garcia Band















Title:  Cats Under The Stars  (1978)
Genre:  Rock, Folk, Folk Rock
Label:   Arista
Rating:  *****















Title:   Jerry Garcia Band  (1991)
Genre:  Rock
Label:   Arista
Rating:   *****















Title:  How Sweet It Is  (1997)
Genre:  Rock
Label:  Grateful Dead Records
Rating:   *****















Title:  Don't Let Go  (2001)
Genre:  Rock
Label:  Grateful Dead Records
Rating:  ****















Title:  Let It Rock  (2009)
Genre:  Rock
Label:  Rhino
Rating:  *****

Personnel:

Jerry Garcia:  Guitar, Vocals
Nicky Hopkins:  Piano
John Kahn:   Bass
Ron Tutt:   Drums

With Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band













Title:  Almost Acoustic  (1988)
Genre:  Rock, Folk
Label:  Arista
Rating:   *****














Title:  Ragged But Right   (2010)
Genre:   Folk, Bluegrass
Label:  Rhino
Rating:   *****

With New Riders Of The Purple Sage















Title:  New Riders Of The Purple Sage  (1971)
Genre:  Country Rock
Label:  Columbia
Rating:   *****















Title:  Before Time Began  (1986)
Genre:  Country Rock
Label:  Relix
Rating:   ****















Title:  Vintage NRPS   (1986)
Genre:  Country Rock
Label:  Relix   
Rating:   *****

With Old and in the Way















Title:  Old and in the Way  (1975)
Genre:  Bluegrass
Label:  Round Records
Rating:  *****















Title:   Breakdown   (1997)
Genre:  Folk, Bluegrass
Label:  Acoustic Disc
Rating:   *****















Title:  That High Lonesome Sound  (1996)
Genre:  Folk, Bluegrass
Label:  Acoustic Disc
Rating:  *****

With Jerry Garcia, David Grisman, Tony Rice
















Title:  The Pizza Tapes  (2000)
Genre:   Folk, Bluegrass
Label:  Acoustic Disc
Rating:  *****

With Jerry Garcia and David Grisman












Title:  Shady Grove  (1996)
Genre:  Folk
Label:   Acoustic Disc
Rating:   *****

With Saunders and Jerry Garcia













Title:  Live Ketstone 1  (1990)
Genre:  Rock, Blues, Country, Jazz
Label:   Fantasy
Rating:  *****















Title:  Live Keystone Vol. 2  (1990)
Genre:   Rock, Blues, Country, Jazz
Label:  Fantasy
Rating:  *****















Title:  Keystone  Encores   (1990)
Genre:  Rock, Blues, Jazz
Label:  Fantasy
Rating:  *****

With Jerry Garcia and Howard Wales














Title:  Hooteroll?+2   (2010)
Genre:  Rock, Jazz
Label:  Douglas Records
Rating:  *****

With The Grateful Dead's Albums are in The Grateful Dead.







































1 comment :

  1. Hi Sam,

    lovely blog...the picture of jerry with the blue hair...2 underneath Jerry in the red, white and blue top hat...is one of mine. I'd be VERY grateful if you'd bre so kind as to put my copyright on the image...robbi cohn...you can see the image on my website...www.deadimages.com

    thanks in advance!!

    robbi cohn

    robbi_cohn108@yahoo.com

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