Jerry Garcia

USA

Born: 01 August 1942

Died: 09 August 1995

Years Active: 60, 70, 80, 90

Genres: Pop/Rock, Country, Blues

Styles: Album Rock, Hard Rock, Country-Rock, Folk/Country Rock, Folk/Country Rock, Rock & Roll, Rock & Roll/Roots, Blues-Rock, Electric Texas Blues, Modern Electric Blues, Modern Electric Texas Blues, Progressive Bluegrass, Bluegrass, Progressive Country, Traditional Country, Psychedelic, Psychedelic/Garage, Folk-Rock

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Guitarist, singer, and songwriter Jerry Garcia was best known as a founding member of the Grateful Dead, the rock band for which he served as de facto leader for 30 years, 1965-1995. Concurrently for much of that time, he also led his own Jerry Garcia Band (JGB), and he performed and recorded in a variety of configurations and a variety of styles, particularly styles of folk and country music, sometimes switching to banjo or pedal steel guitar for the purpose. But the Grateful Dead remained his primary musical outlet, and he performed thousands...

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