Garcia did go on to cover "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" many times, and also shared the stage with Dylan. During a 1981 ...

“People who like the Grateful Dead are like people who like licorice,” said Jerry Garcia. “Not everybody likes licorice, but the people who like licorice really like licorice.” Along with recognizing ...

Happy birthday, Brigid! And thank you. Jerry Garcia was just 18 in 1961 when he and his good friend, Robert Hunter, provided the musical entertainment for the 16th birthday party of Garcia’s ...

Had he lived, Grateful Dead frontman Jerry Garcia would have celebrated his 82nd birthday today (August 1). Garcia was the famed jam band’s lead guitarist and main vocalist, and he also co-wrote the ...

Jerry Garcia was the only latter-day member of the Grateful Dead that Joan Osborne didn’t get to know. That goes without saying if you know that she was drafted to take over some of Garcia’s lead ...

A new Grateful Dead live album has been announced, featuring previously unreleased live recordings from their ’90s era of then-new songs that might have made up the band’s final studio album, before ...

To anyone who’s studied Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead, their connection to jazz was unmistakable: From their own onstage improvising to collaborations with Branford Marsalis and Ornette Coleman, ...

The late Jerry Garcia‘s vault continues to be full of treats that most of the world has yet to hear, and some of those treats will be introduced to the world with the new Heads & Tails archival vinyl ...

Here are some similar artists who, like Jerry Garcia and David Grisman, blend folk, bluegrass, and acoustic creativity with expressive playing and rich collaborations: It dates back to at least 1823 ...

Performing with the Jerry Garcia Band for 18 years, keyboardist Melvin Seals kept the iconic musician’s legacy alive when the ...

Readers differ on the meaning of Jerry Garcia’s politics. Also: Where students debate; more trees in cities; lawyers vs. President Trump. Garcia and the music he wrote aimed for something beyond ...