“Each situation is different and my approach to it is to try and have as many kinds of music available to us as musicians...to be able to play the right thing in any given situation.”
We've got just the right 80 minutes of primo Jerry to celebrate what would have been his 80th circle around the sun.
In honor of Jerry, we're turning social media upside out and inside down with a very special Days Between design. Simply download the graphic to your desktop and upload it as your profile picture on your favorite platform from August 1st to the 9th.
To download, Right-click-save-as on a PC, or ctrl-click-save-as on a MAC. Or you can drag and drop to your desktop.
Join us, won't you, as we celebrate what would have been Jerry's 75th birthday with the music and magic of the Grateful Dead on the silver screen. A special one-night-only cinema event, the 7th-annual Meet-Up At The Movies features the previously unreleased July 12, 1989 RFK Stadium concert. Spoiler alert: the rare first set contains at least one song sung by each of the four lead singers, not to mention a terrific show-opening rendition of “Touch Of Grey.” And the second set?
The Jerry Garcia Foundation Celebrates Jerry’s Birthday with Release of the Legendary Musician’s Fine Art
Several pieces of Jerry Garcia’s fine art have been awarded to charitable organizations and can be viewed at galleries and upcoming music celebrations.
Jerry Garcia’s visual art will be on exhibit at fellow musician Jorma Kaukonen’s Psylodelic Gallery from April through August 1st and at the Asbury Park Music in Film Festival on April 9.
JerryGarcia.com has been nominated for a Webby Award! The nomination is a testament to the thousands of Dead Heads who contributed the set lists, photos, memorabilia and memories which make the site such a vibrant tribute to Jerry. We thank you kindly! Vote for the website to win the Webby here.
More hot show news! On May 14, an extraordinary collection of music stars will come together at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD, for DEAR JERRY: CELEBRATING THE MUSIC OF JERRY GARCIA!
We're pleased to announce that Robert Hunter and Jerry Garcia will be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame on June 18th in NYC. Learn more about this very special honor here.
GarciaLive Volume Five: December 31st, 1975 Keystone Berkeley celebrates the Jerry Garcia Band's three set performance at the storied Keystone Berkeley. While Garcia celebrated many new years on stage with the Grateful Dead, this performance holds the distinction as the Jerry Garcia Band's lone New Year's Eve appearance.
Fantasy Records in conjunction with JamBase will be giving away 6 of the Merl Saunders & Jerry Garcia Keystone Companions box sets.
