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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 1, 1942
Died
August 9, 1995
Place of Birth
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Also Known As
- Jerome John "Jerry" Garcia
Jerry Garcia
0.3 Popularity
Biography
Jerome John "Jerry" Garcia (August 1, 1942 – August 9, 1995) was an American musician best known for his lead guitar work, singing and songwriting with the band the Grateful Dead. Though he vehemently disavowed the role, Garcia was viewed by many as the leader or "spokesman" of the group. As one of its founders, Garcia performed with the Grateful Dead for their entire three-decade career (1965–1995). Garcia also founded and participated in a variety of side projects, including the Saunders-Garcia Band (with longtime friend Merl Saunders), Jerry Garcia Band, Old and in the Way, the Garcia/Grisman acoustic duo, Legion of Mary, and the New Riders of the Purple Sage (which Garcia co-founded with John Dawson and David Nelson). He also released several solo albums, and contributed to a number of albums by other artists over the years as a session musician. He was well known by many for his distinctive guitar playing and was ranked 13th in Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" cover story. Later in life, Garcia was sometimes ill because of his unstable weight, and in 1986 went into a diabetic coma that nearly cost him his life. Although his overall health improved somewhat after that, he also struggled with heroin addiction, and was staying in a California drug rehabilitation facility when he died of a heart attack in August 1995. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jerry Garcia, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
6.0
Self
Grateful Dead Meet-Up At The Movies 2023
2023
8.2
Self (voice)
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2022
0.0
Self
Grateful Dead Meet-Up 2022
2022
7.1
Self (archive footage)
History 101
2020
0.0
Self (archive footage)
Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music
2019
0.0
Self
Grateful Dead - Giants Stadium 1991
2019
5.0
Self (archive footage)
WBCN and the American Revolution
2019
7.3
Self (archive footage)
Basketball: A Love Story
2018
5.8
Self (archive footage)
Long Strange Trip
2017
8.1
Self (archive footage)
Long Strange Trip
2017
Credits
Grateful Dead Meet-Up At The Movies 2023
as Self
2023
6.0
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
as Self (voice)
2022
8.2
Grateful Dead Meet-Up 2022
as Self
2022
0.0
History 101
as Self (archive footage)
2020
7.1
Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music
as Self (archive footage)
2019
0.0
Grateful Dead - Giants Stadium 1991
as Self
2019
0.0
WBCN and the American Revolution
as Self (archive footage)
2019
5.0
Basketball: A Love Story
as Self (archive footage)
2018
7.3
Long Strange Trip
as Self (archive footage)
2017
5.8
Long Strange Trip
as Self (archive footage)
2017
8.1
Grateful Dead: Cornell '77
as Self - Band Member
2017
0.0
DEADHEADS
2016
0.0
🎬
Stupor Mundi: Livre 2, Les Hommes qui mangèrent la montagne
as Self (archive footage)
2016
0.0
Grateful Dead: Fare Thee Well - Playing for Change, Chicago, IL
as Himself
2015
0.0
Woodstock: Untold Stories Revisited
as Self
2014
0.0
Grateful Dead: Sunshine Daydream
as Self
2013
4.0
Grateful Dead: All The Years Combine - The DVD Collection
as Self
2012
0.0
Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place
as Self (archive footage)
2011
6.9
Grateful Dead: Crimson, White & Indigo
as Self
2011
0.0
Woodstock: Untold Stories
as self
2009
0.0
All Tomorrow's Parties
as Self (archive footage)
2009
6.5
Sex in '69: The Sexual Revolution in America
as Self
2009
7.0
🎬
Grateful Dead: The Broadcast Archives
2008
0.0
Grateful Dead: Rocking The Cradle - Egypt 1978
as Self
2008
8.0
🎬
Sister's Keeper
as Olest Brother
2007
0.0
🎬
Tom Snyder's Electric Kool-Aid Talk Show
as Self
2006
10.0
The Last Great Traffic Jam
2005
0.0
Jerry Garcia Band: Live at Shoreline
as Himself
2005
0.0
🎬
Grateful Dead: Still Alive And Well
2005
0.0
Grateful Dead: Bird Song
as Self
2005
0.0
Festival Express
as Self
2003
7.1
Grateful Dead: View from the Vault IV
as Self
2003
0.0
Monterey Pop: The Outtake Performances
2002
7.5
Grateful Dead: View from the Vault III
as Self
2002
0.0
Grateful Dead: View from the Vault II
as Self
2001
0.0
The Journey
as Self
2001
5.2
Grateful Dawg
as Self
2000
5.7
Grateful Dead: View from the Vault
as Self
2000
5.2
Grateful Dead: View from the Vault
as Himself
2000
0.0
The Source
as Self
1999
5.2
Classic Albums
as Self
1997
7.7
Grateful Dead: Anthem to Beauty
as Self
1997
6.6
Grateful Dead
as Self
1995
0.0
And Miles to Go Before I Sleep
as Self
1994
0.0
Bill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass Music
as Self
1993
10.0
Truckin' With The Dead
as Self
1993
0.0
Deadheads
1990
0.0
Deadheads: An American Subculture
as Himself
1990
0.0
In Our Eyes: The European Deadhead Odyssey
1990
0.0
Grateful Dead: Live at Foxboro
as Self
1989
0.0
Grateful Dead: Truckin Up to Buffalo
as Self
1989
4.5
Elvis Costello & Friends Live at Sweetwater
1989
0.0
Grateful Dead: The Making of "Built to Last"
as Self
1989
0.0
Grateful Dead: Downhill from Here
as Self - Performer
1989
6.0
Grateful Dead: Ticket to New Year's Eve Concert
as Self
1987
6.0
Grateful Dead: So Far
as Self - Guitar
1987
0.0
Rock ‘N’ Roll Goldmine: The San Francisco Sound
as Himself
1986
0.0
Hells Angels Forever
as Himself
1983
6.7
Heartbeeps
as Phil (voice)
1981
4.3
Grateful Dead: Dead Ahead
as Self - Grateful Dead
1981
10.0
🎬
America's Top 10
as himself
1980
0.0
Grateful Dead: The Closing of Winterland
as Self
1978
0.0
The Grateful Dead Movie
as Self
1977
7.1
Grateful Dead: New Jersey Half-Step Uptown Toodleloo - Live at The Capitol Theater
as Self - Performer
1977
0.0
🎬
Grateful Dead: At Old Renaissance Faire Grounds 1972
as as Himself
1972
0.0
🎬
Introducing... Roy Buchanan
1971
0.0
Gimme Shelter
as Self
1970
7.3
Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!: The Rolling Stones in Concert
as Self
1970
0.0
Woodstock
as Self
1970
7.5
San Francisco Rock: A Night at the Family Dog
1970
0.0
The Hippie Temptation
as Dirty Hippie
1967
6.0
The Acid Test
as Self
1966
9.0
Conversations With The Deadheads
N/A
0.0
🎬
Grateful Dead: Bits And Pieces About...
N/A
0.0