Jerry Garcia
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.
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Movies (46)
The Grateful Dead Movie 2025 Meet-Up
Director (Directing)
2025
Grateful Dead Meet-Up At The Movies 2023
as Self
2023
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
as Self (voice)
2022
Grateful Dead Meet-Up 2022
as Self
2022
Stutter.
Music (Sound)
2020
Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music
as Self (archive footage)
2019
Grateful Dead - Giants Stadium 1991
as Self
2019
WBCN and the American Revolution
as Self (archive footage)
2019
Long Strange Trip
as Self (archive footage)
2017
Grateful Dead: Cornell '77
as Self - Band Member
2017
DEADHEADS
2016
Stupor Mundi: Livre 2, Les Hommes qui mangèrent la montagne
as Self (archive footage)
2016
Grateful Dead: Fare Thee Well - Playing for Change, Chicago, IL
as Himself
2015
Woodstock: Untold Stories Revisited
as Self
2014
Grateful Dead: Sunshine Daydream
as Self
2013
Grateful Dead: All The Years Combine - The DVD Collection
as Self
2012
Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place
as Self (archive footage)
2011
Grateful Dead: Crimson, White & Indigo
as Self
2011
Woodstock: Untold Stories
as self
2009
All Tomorrow's Parties
as Self (archive footage)
2009
Sex in '69: The Sexual Revolution in America
as Self
2009
Grateful Dead: The Broadcast Archives
2008
Grateful Dead: Rocking The Cradle - Egypt 1978
as Self
2008
Sister's Keeper
as Olest Brother
2007
Tom Snyder's Electric Kool-Aid Talk Show
as Self
2006
The Last Great Traffic Jam
2005
Jerry Garcia Band: Live at Shoreline
as Himself
2005
Grateful Dead: Still Alive And Well
2005
Grateful Dead: Bird Song
as Self
2005
Festival Express
as Self
2003
Grateful Dead: View from the Vault IV
as Self
2003
Monterey Pop: The Outtake Performances
2002
Grateful Dead: View from the Vault III
as Self
2002
Grateful Dead: View from the Vault II
as Self
2001
The Journey
as Self
2001
Grateful Dawg
as Self
2000
Grateful Dead: View from the Vault
as Self
2000
Grateful Dead: View from the Vault
as Himself
2000
The Source
as Self
1999
Grateful Dead: Anthem to Beauty
as Self
1997
Grateful Dead
as Self
1995
Infrared Sightings
Music (Sound)
1995
And Miles to Go Before I Sleep
as Self
1994
Bill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass Music
as Self
1993
Truckin' With The Dead
as Self
1993
Deadheads
1990
