3/31/2024 0 Comments Jerry garcia band tour![]() Creating an artistic ecosystem all their own, the Grateful Dead would transform American music and arguably even America itself.Īfter a comically disastrous stint in the Army and discharge in late 1960, Jerry Garcia (guitar, vocals) had spent an intense four years immersed in traditional American music, turning himself into a virtuoso acoustic guitarist and banjoist. Never playing the same setlist twice (except that once), the Dead’s musical legacy remains unfathomably rich, spread across a combined body of live and studio recordings. Emerging as a vessel for a vibrant global counterculture, they would create an unparalleled original songbook through 30 years of recording and touring. Fusing rock and roll, folk, and jazz with avant-garde, visual, and literary traditions-and virtually inventing a new way to play music in the process-they became one of the most popular, enduring, and influential bands in American history. ![]() ![]() Formed as a quintet in California in 1965, the Grateful Dead became as much a folktale as the story from which they drew their name.
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