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thanx for clarifying that, gonz....i thought it was a new dialect of jibber.....jokin', though i really wasn't sure, with all the odd punctuation.

... I'll bite, what is the subject of your post written in Tibetan?

Hey I`m glad you guy`s like that , however I can`t take credit for it . I found it on another web site and just though some folks here would find it interesting . Peace

At number 76, you name the bar the Garcia Family owned, The Four Hundred Club, at 400 First Street, SF. My Grandmother had the hotel across the street. All the Merchant Seaman Union Halls are in the immediate area (Rincon Hill). I believe Ruth was a native San Franciscan from an Irish family. I never knew the name of their bar. Jerry has some roots at the old waterfront, that's for sure. The beautiful Embarcadero!

thanks Stuman.

Your 99 memories of Jerry inpsired me to read even more: check this website out... http://www.sfmission.com/famous/jerry_garcia.htm

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1. As a high school student, Jerry studied art at the California School of Fine Arts in North Beach on weekends and summer sessions. 2. Jerry's full name was Jerome John Garcia -- named after the great Broadway musical composer Jerome Kern. 3. Jerry was surrounded by music as a child: his mother listened to opera, his father was a professional musician, and when his family got together they would have sing-alongs 4. Jerry lost the middle finger of his right hand -- his brother accidentally chopped it off splitting wood. 5. His third grade teacher encouraged him to draw pictures, paint murals, and make ceramics. 6. Having asthma as a child, Jerry spent alot of his time reading in bed. 7. Jerry was an avid collector of comic books. 8. Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream named a flavor, "Cherry Garcia," after him -- the first ice cream named after a musical legend. 9. In Jerry's first gig, he won a contest and got to record a song. They chose Bill Doggett's "Raunchy." 10. Jerry enlisted in the Army at age 17, but was dishonorably discharged just nine months later. 11. Jerry's first paying gig came with his future songwriter, Bob Hunter. Named "Bob and Jerry," each earned $5.00. 12. Early in his life, Jerry was torn between music and art, but realized he couldn't concentrate on two art forms at once. He chose music, because he enjoyed the interaction and creativity of others working together. 13. Some of his early influences were Joan Baez and the New Lost City Ramblers; he incorporated and expanded their techniques to create his own artistry. 14. Garcia loved to play the five-string banjo, which inspired his to organize a bluegrass band in 1962 -- the Hart Valley Drifters, later called the Wildwood Boys. 15. In the spring of 1963, Jerry and Sarah Ruppenthal preformed as "Jerry and Sarah," playing acoustic music from the 1920's and 1930's. Later that year, Sarah became Jerry's first wife. 16. Jerry performed in several groups that only existed for a gig or two: the Thunder Mountain Tub Thumpers, the Sleepy Hollow Hog Stompers, the Wildwood Boys, and the Black Mountain Boys. 17. Garcia met Bob Weir & decided to assemble a jug band-Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions, featuring instruments such as the jug, washtub bass, harmonica, washboard and the kazoo. 18. Jerry and Mother McCree's took their music in a different direction. They started using electric instruments, and then changed the name of their group to the Warlocks. 19. Jerry didn't read musical notes; rather he improvised by playing by ear and by feel. 20. The Warlocks, realizing that there already was a band playing under that same name, decided to change it and came across the words Grateful Dead. 21. Jerry's dad, Jose Ramon Garcia, emigrated from Spain in 1919. 22. Jerry, along with the likes of Janis Joplin, became known as one of the originators of the "San Francisco Sound." 23. Garcia often would develop intense themes in the middle of songs, making this improvisational style of playing the Grateful Dead's trademark. 24. Garcia produced Jefferson Airplane's second album, Surrealistic Pillow, but only got credit as being a spiritual advisor. 25. Jerry earned the nickname "Captain Trips" because of his interest in LSD excursions. 26. Garcia's love for bluegrass and old-time music led him to form a number of side groups over the years while playing in the Grateful Dead. 27. Garcia was not happy with both his and the Dead's performance at Woodstock, calling it a disappointment. 28. Jerry started performing in a country-western band called the New Riders of the Purple Sage-the New Riders even opened for the Dead for a while. 29. Jerry loved to play several types of music, including folk, bluegrass, country, rock 'n' roll, reggae and acid rock. 30. Jerry played all the instruments except the drums for his first solo album, titled Garcia. 31. Jerry's second album was also titled Garcia, but later became known as Compliments of Garcia because there was a promotional sticker that read "Compliments of " on the cover. 32. The Jerry Garcia Band was his second longest-lived music group-the Grateful Dead was the first. 33. Having a strong passion for the visual aspect of art, Jerry helped create The Grateful Dead Movie, working on the soundtrack and editing. 34. Jerry's second wife, Carolyn Adams, was nicknamed Mountain Girl. 35. Born on August 1, 1942, Jerry was his parents' second and final child. 36. Garcia was selected as the Bay Area Musician of the Year in 1980 through readers' poll in Bay Area Music Magazine. 37. Jerry collaborated with the members of Saturday Night Live and developed skits around Grateful Dead Folklore, including a bit entitled "Jerry's Kids." 38. Garcia helped to set up a foundation t help support various charities, the Rex Foundation, which made contributions to numerous social and environmental causes in need. 39. Garcia was once given an ultimatum by the Grateful Dead-to choose between the band and drugs. 40. Jerry's gaining weight led to an inspired slogan amongst fans, "It's not over until the fat man rocks." 41. Jerry had a strong liking to red and black t-shirts. 42. Jerry had been a fan of Bob Dylan, and had covered many of Dylan's songs with both the Jerry Garcia Band and the Grateful Dead. 43. Jerry's first commercial was a 30 second radio advertisement for Levi's 501 jeans -- fittingly, a San Francisco-based company. 44. Garcia won awards for Musician of the Year and Best Guitarist in 1988 at the Bay Area Music Awards. 45. Jerry was a strong environmental activist -- the album Blues from the Rainforest was a project he worked on to help create awareness for the diminishing rainforests. 46. While recovering from a diabetic coma in 1986, Garcia received over 65,000 calls on the Grateful Dead Hotline. 47. Jerry's oldest daughter, Heather, became a first chair violinist for the Redwood Symphony. 48. Jerry had his first art exhibit in 1991 at the Weir Gallery in Berkley, California -- prices for these works of art ranged from $300-$40,000. 49. Jerry published a book of his artwork entitled "J. Garcia: Paintings, Drawings, and Sketches." 50. A tie maker was impressed with his artwork and began the production of J. Garcia Art in neckwear. 51. Garcia put out more than 30 albums with the Grateful Dead, the Jerry Garcia Band, and as a solo performer. 52. Jerry supervised and approved a comic book of the Dead -- Grateful Dead Comix, which featured interpretations of songs and band members as characters. 53. Garcia developed his fondness for country music while listening to the Grand Ole Opry radio broadcasts with his grandmother. 54. "Touch of Grey" was both Jerry's and the Grateful Deads only Top Ten hit. 55. Jerry would often smoke as many as three packs of cigarettes a day. 56. Jerry received his first guitar at the age of fifteen. 57. While on a fishing trip in 1948, Jerry saw his father swept away to his death in a California river. 58. Jerry believed his life began after a 1960 auto accident in which a close, talented friend of his died. 59. Jerry's first idol on the guitar was Chuck Berry. 60. The science fiction writer, Ray Bradbury, was Jerry's favorite author. 61. His first guitar was a Danelectro electric with a tiny Fender amplifier. 62. After his relief from the Army, Jerry studied painting at the Art Institute in San Francisco. 63. Garcia held a job as a music teacher at Dana Morgan's Music. 64. Jerry died of a heart attack on August 9,1995, eight days after his 53rd birthday. 65. Jerry's last recording was a cover of Jimmie Rogers' "Blue Yodel #9." 66. Four months after Jerry's death, in December 1995, the remaining band members stated that they would never preform again as the Grateful Dead. 67. Jerry sang the national anthem for the San Francisco Giants along with Bob Weir and Vince Welnick on opening day in 1993. 68. Jerry did music and sound effects for the movie Invasion of the Body Snatchers. 69. Sting the lead singer from the rock group Police, called Garcia "Father Christmas." 70. Jerry and the Dead played before more people and played more years than any other music combo in history. 71. Vice president Al Gore gave Garcia a personal tour of the White House. 72. One of Jerry's favorite pastimes was scuba diving. 73. Jerry has four children, all daughters. 74. Jerry played lead guitar and sang vocals for the Grateful Dead. 75. The Warlocks name was taken from an Egyptian prayer Garcia discovered in a dictionary. 76. Jerry's parents owned a bar in San Francisco -- The Four Hundred Club, named for its location, 400 First St. 77. Jerry earned three merit badges in the Boy Scouts: for knot tying, compass reading, and life-saving. 78. Tiff was the nickname Jerry called his older brother Clifford. 79. Jerry was court-martialed twice while in the Army. 80. Jerry's mother, Ruth Garcia, was a registered nurse. 81. Jerry played several instruments including the saxophone, piano, banjo and guitar. 82. One of Jerry's first jobs was picking apricots and beans in a local field. 83. One person Jerry wanted to play with was the legendary Bill Monroe, but he never got the chance. 84. Jerry's mother really wanted Jerry to be a girl. She already had one boy and wanted a daughter. 85. Garcia became a regular on the radio broadcast of The Midnight Special a folk music show in Berkley, California. 86. Jerry had built up a repertoire of bluegrass tunes, ballads, mountain tunes, rags, and country blues that he performed on the five-string banjo. 87. After seeing the Beatles film A Hard Day's Night, Jerry was inspired to transform his jug band into a rock band. 88. The first gig for the Warlocks was at Magoo's Pizza Parlor. 89. Jerry would practice at any location he could find, sometimes up to ten hours a day. 90. Jerry's close friend Ken Kesey wrote the novel One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest. 91. Jerry got his first piece of national press in Sing Out magazine. 92. In 1966, the first Grateful Dead record was released -- a 45 of "Stealin'." On the flip side was "Don't Ease Me In." 93. In 1989 Garcia testified about the plight of the rainforests at the Congressional Human Rights Caucus. 94. Garcia was a fan of surreal art; some of his influences were Max Ernst and Paul Klee. 95. The album Deadicated, which featured various bands covering Grateful Dead tunes, was a tribute to a long time song-writing team of Jerry Garcia and Bob Hunter. 96. At a sold out show on Garcia's 50th birthday, a fan distributed paper masks with Garcia's face and the crowed attempted to sing "Happy Birthday." 97. Jerry married his third wife, Deborah Koons, on Valentines Day, 1994. 98. Jerry considered himself one of the best banjo players in America. 99. Half of Jerry's remains were scattered in the Ganges River in India, a country Jerry had never visited. The second half of Jerry's remains were scattered beneath the Golden Gate Bridge.

I would just like to stop and thank every single person involved in putting together such a Wonderful Year! 2009 was a good year to be a Deadhead!! Wanna give thanks to the band members, including all the special guests, to the road crew who put so much hard work into making this happen, to the folks here at Dead.net for putting it on the Net for us, and also all the 'Heads that truly are there for the music and family!!! And the people behind putting out all these killer releases!!! 2009 had lots of killer music released - Winterland 77, To Terrapin, Roadtrips - (esp. the complete shows! 3.1 Rocks! ), the Jerry Band Releases, and many more i can't think of... The Spring Tour of 2009 was incredible. MSG, The SPectrum, The Gorge, to name a few... And Furthur!!! even if we didn't have Furthur, it was a perfect year. But to go beyond, really wanna give thanks to all the people making Furthur happen!!! I'm sure 2010 is going to be just as exciting if not more!!! I Can't Wait!!! Hugz out to everyone thats part of this scene, and to those that are not, that slip into it by chance, nothing but Love!!! "You know it's gonna get stranger, so let's get on with the show!" Peace, Love, and Happiness... Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year!!! God Bless All!!! jameZ

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