Jerry Garcia
Acting
Born 1942-08-01
Died 1995-08-09
San Francisco, California, U.S.
83 credits
Americana Music Association President's Award 1
Awards
Won 1 Americana Music Association President's Award Award
Americana Music Association President's Award 1 won
- 2008 Americana Music Association President's Award Won
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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.
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Acting
53 credits
Classic Albums
Basketball: A Love Story
History 101
America's Top 10
Woodstock
Gimme Shelter
The Journey
The Source
Long Strange Trip
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Festival Express
Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!: The Rolling Stones in Concert
Heartbeeps
Deathsport
The Hippie Temptation
Grateful Dead
Sex in '69: The Sexual Revolution in America
Last Days at the Fillmore
Grateful Dead: View from the Vault III
Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music
Monterey Pop - The Outtake Performances
Rock ‘N’ Roll Goldmine: The San Francisco Sound
WBCN and the American Revolution
Hells Angels Forever
Grateful Dead: Anthem to Beauty
Grateful Dead: So Far
Grateful Dead: Cornell '77
Long Strange Trip
Grateful Dead: The Closing of Winterland
Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place
The Grateful Dead Movie
Sister's Keeper
Grateful Dead Meet-Up At The Movies 2023
Grateful Dead: Dead Ahead
Grateful Dead: Downhill from Here
Grateful Dead: Live at Foxboro
Bill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass Music
Truckin' With The Dead
Grateful Dead: View from the Vault IV
Woodstock: Untold Stories
Grateful Dead: Crimson, White & Indigo
Grateful Dead: Giants Stadium 1991
Woodstock: Untold Stories Revisited
Tom Snyder's Electric Kool-Aid Talk Show
Grateful Dead: Bird Song
The Acid Test
Grateful Dead: At Old Renaissance Faire Grounds 1972
All Tomorrow's Parties
And Miles to Go Before I Sleep
Grateful Dead: Fare Thee Well - Playing for Change, Chicago, IL
Grateful Dead: View from the Vault
Grateful Dead: All The Years Combine - The DVD Collection
Grateful Dead: View from the Vault
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7 credits
Zabriskie Point
Chromatic
Infrared Sightings
San Francisco Rock: A Night at the Family Dog
The Grateful Dead Movie
Introducing... Roy Buchanan
The Last Great Traffic Jam
Directing
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